Chapter 111B

Section 1. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Alcoholism Treatment and Rehabilitation Law.

Section 10. Any person under the age of eighteen who is a patient at a facility, pursuant to section seven, or held in protective custody at a police station pursuant to section eight shall, upon request of his parent or guardian, be released to the custody of said parent or guar…

Section 11. The administrator of each facility shall keep a record of the treatment afforded each patient, which shall be confidential and shall be made available only upon proper judicial order, whether in connection with pending judicial proceedings or otherwise. Any patient sh…

Section 12. The commonwealth, the several counties, cities and towns, subject to appropriation, may establish service forces to perform the function of the police in accordance with the provisions of section eight. Such service forces may be a part of a police department, the dep…

Section 13. Police officers, facility administrators or other persons acting in a reasonable manner and pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall not be held criminally or civilly liable for such acts.

Section 2. The programs or activities of the organization known as Alcoholics Anonymous or any other private organization in the field of alcoholic rehabilitation shall not be restricted or regulated by the provisions of this chapter. Nothing herein contained shall affect any law…

Section 3. In this chapter the following words shall, unless the context requires otherwise, have the following meanings:— ''Administrator'', the person in charge of the operation of a facility, or his designee. ''Alcoholic'', a person suffering from alcoholism. ''Alcoholism'', a…

Section 4. The department shall coordinate matters affecting alcoholism in the commonwealth, shall establish and conduct a program for the treatment of intoxicated persons and alcoholics, including juveniles and young adults, their rehabilitation and the prevention of alcoholism …

Section 5. The department may: (1) make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and the execution of its powers under this chapter including, but not limited to, contracts with government departments, public and private…

Section 6. The department shall issue for a term of two years, and may renew for like terms, a license, subject to revocation by it for cause, to any person, other than a licensed hospital, a department, agency, or institution of the federal government, the commonwealth or any po…

Section 6A. The department shall issue for a term of two years, and may renew for like terms, a license, subject to revocation by it for cause, to any person, other than a department, agency or institution of the federal government, the commonwealth or any political subdivision t…

Section 6B. The department shall be empowered to classify ''treatment program units'', as defined in section three, and shall issue for a term of two years, and may renew for like terms, a license, subject to revocation by it for cause, to any person, other than a department, age…

Section 7. Any person who is intoxicated and voluntarily applies for treatment at a detoxification facility or is brought to said facility in accordance with section eight shall be afforded treatment there or at another facility. Prior to the admission of any person, the administ…

Section 8. Any person who is incapacitated may be assisted by a police officer with or without his consent to his residence, to a facility or to a police station or the Dukes county sheriff's office. To determine for purposes of this chapter only, whether or not such person is in…

Section 9. Each person who receives treatment at a facility shall be subject to the supervisory powers of the administrator exercised in accordance with rules and regulations of the department; however, if the facility is operated by a department or agency of the commonwealth oth…