Chapter 112

Section 1. The commissioner of occupational licensure shall supervise the work of the several boards of registration and examination included in the division of occupational licensure. He shall recommend changes in the methods of conducting examinations and transacting business a…

Section 10. The provisions of this chapter with reference to medicine and its practice shall apply to and include osteopathy and its practice, when such construction is not inconsistent with the following section.

Section 100. Every registered landscape architect shall have a seal of a design authorized by the board. All plans and specifications and reports prepared by a registered landscape architect, or under his supervision, shall be stamped with the impression of such seal. A registere…

Section 101. Before being examined for registration as a landscape architect, each applicant shall submit evidence to the board that: (a) he is at least twenty-three years of age and of good moral character; (b) he is a citizen of the United States or has legally declared his int…

Section 102. Examinations for registration as a landscape architect shall be held by the board at least one each year, provided that applications shall have been receiving during the time announced. The board shall adopt rules and regulations covering the subjects and scope of th…

Section 103. Fees for landscape architects shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven and shall be paid to the board for the following:— (a) Annual registration fee on or before the thirty-first day o…

Section 104. The board may certify for registration without examination an applicant who is legally registered as a landscape architect in any other state or country whose requirements for registration are at least substantially equivalent to the requirements of this commonwealth…

Section 106. The board, after due notice and hearing, may suspend or revoke the certificate of registration of a landscape architect upon proof satisfactory to the board: (a) that the holder of such certificate of registration is in violation of any provision of sections ninety-e…

Section 107. It shall be unlawful for any person to: (a) hold himself as a landscape architect unless he is registered under the provisions of sections ninety-eight to one hundred and six, inclusive; (b) present as his own the certificate of registration of another; (c) give fals…

Section 108. The following words as used in this section and in sections one hundred and nine to one hundred and seventeen, inclusive, shall, unless the context requires otherwise, have the following meanings:— ''Board'', the board of registration of nursing home administrators e…

Section 109. (a) No nursing home which is licensed by the department of public health to provide nursing care may operate except under the supervision of a nursing home administrator duly licensed by the board. (b) No person shall be admitted to or permitted to take an examinatio…

Section 11. No person now registered as an osteopath under section one or two of chapter five hundred and twenty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and nine shall prescribe or administer drugs for internal use, perform major operations in surgery, engage in the practice of obste…

Section 110. Each applicant for an original license as a nursing home administrator shall also serve for a period of not less than three months as a nursing home administrator in training. At least two weeks before entering upon such administrator training internship the applican…

Section 111. A person who desires to be registered as a qualified nursing home administrator shall file with the board an application upon a form to be prescribed and furnished by the board. He shall include in such application under oath his qualifications as a nursing home admi…

Section 112. A nursing home administrator's license shall not be transferable and shall be valid until surrendered for cancellation or suspended or revoked for violation of any laws or regulations relating to the proper management and administration of a nursing home. Any denial …

Section 113. The board may issue a nursing home administrator's license without examination, to any person who holds a valid license as a nursing home administrator from another jurisdiction; provided, that the board finds that the standards for licensure in such other jurisdicti…

Section 114. The board shall keep a record of its proceedings and an official register of all applicants for examination for a license to practice nursing home administration in this commonwealth, which register shall show (a) the name, age, and residence of each applicant; (b) t…

Section 115. The board shall have the duty and responsibility to: (a) Develop and administer standards which shall be met by individuals in order to receive a license as a nursing home administrator, which standards shall be designed to insure that nursing home administrators wil…

Section 116. Whoever acts as a nursing home administrator or represents himself to be a licensed nursing home administrator without having been duly licensed and registered by the board of registration of nursing home administrators shall be punished by a fine of not less than fi…

Section 117. Section one hundred and sixteen shall not be construed so as to prevent or to affect the work of an employee or subordinate of a licensed nursing home administrator, provided such work is done under the direct responsibility and supervision of a licensed nursing home…

Section 118. As used in sections one hundred and eighteen to one hundred and twenty-nine A, inclusive, the following words, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, shall have the following meanings: ''Board'', the board of registration of psychologists. ''Doctoral degree …

Section 119. Each person desiring to obtain a license as a psychologist shall make application to the board upon such form and in such manner as the board shall prescribe and shall furnish evidence satisfactory to the board that such person: (a) is of good moral character; (b) ha…

Section 12. Any registered physician or surgeon who knows or has reason to believe that any person is infected with a venereal disease as defined under section six of chapter one hundred and eleven may disclose such information to any person from whom the infected person has rece…

Section 120. Upon satisfaction of requirements specified in section one hundred and nineteen, the applicant shall pass an examination administered by the board. Examinations shall be conducted at least once a year at a time and place to be designated by the board. Examinations sh…

Section 121. Notwithstanding the provisions of section one hundred and twenty, the board may issue a license without examination to an applicant who presents evidence that he has been licensed or certified as a psychologist by a similar board of another jurisdiction whose standar…

Section 122. Any person not licensed to practice psychology who holds himself out to be a psychologist or who uses the title ''psychologist'' or engages in the practice of psychology shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment of not more…

Section 123. The penalties in section one hundred and twenty-two shall not apply to: (a) persons eligible for licensure under section 119 who provide consultative services for a fee no more than one day a month; or (b) students of psychology, psychological interns or persons prep…

Section 124. The board may grant a temporary license for a period not to exceed one year to a psychologist with legal residence outside the commonwealth to practice within the commonwealth provided he registers with the board and practices in consultation with, or under the super…

Section 125. Nothing in sections one hundred and eighteen to one hundred and twenty-nine A, inclusive, shall be construed to prevent qualified members of other professions or occupations such as physicians, teachers, members of the clergy, authorized Christian Science practitione…

Section 126. The following fees shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven and shall be collected by the board: (a) application fee; (b) initial license fee; (c) temporary license fee; and (d) biennia…

Section 127. Licenses shall be valid for two years and shall be renewed biennially. On or before April fifteenth every two years the secretary of the board shall forward to each licensed psychologist an application form for renewal. Upon the receipt of the completed form and the …

Section 128. The board shall investigate all complaints relating to the proper practice of psychology by any person licensed under sections one hundred and eighteen to one hundred and twenty-nine A, inclusive; provided, however, that notwithstanding any general or special law to …

Section 129. After three years from the date of revocation, an application for reinstatement may be made to the board, which may, upon the affirmative vote of at least five of its members, grant such reinstatement.

Section 129A. All communications between a licensed psychologist and the individuals with whom the psychologist engages in the practice of psychology are confidential. At the initiation of the professional relationship the psychologist shall inform the patient of the following li…

Section 129B. A contract or agreement which creates or establishes the terms of a partnership, employment, or any other form of professional relationship with a psychologist licensed under this chapter, which includes a restriction of the right of the psychologist to practice in …

Section 12A. Every physician attending or treating a case of bullet wound, gunshot wound, powder burn or any other injury arising from or caused by the discharge of a gun, pistol, BB gun, or other air rifle or firearm, or examining or treating a person with a burn injury affectin…

Section 12AA. Any person registered or licensed pursuant to this chapter who refers a patient for physical therapy services to any partnership, corporation, firm or other legal entity in which the registered or licensed person has a financial ownership interest shall disclose suc…

Section 12B. No physician duly registered under the provisions of section two, two A, nine, nine A or nine B, no physician assistant duly registered under the provisions of section nine I or his employing or supervising physician, and no nurse duly registered or licensed under th…

Section 12BB. Each physician duly registered under the provisions of section two, two A, nine, nine A, or nine B shall screen patients for lead poisoning at the intervals and using the methods specified in the regulations adopted pursuant to section one hundred and ninety-three o…

Section 12C. No physician or nurse administering immunization or other protective programs under public health programs shall be liable in a civil suit for damages as a result of any act or omission on his part in carrying out his duties. Chapter 112: Section 12C. Immunity of phy…

Section 12CC. A health care provider who maintains records for a patient treated or examined by such provider shall permit inspection of such records by such patient or an authorized representative of the patient, and upon request a copy of such patient's record shall be furnishe…

Section 12D. As used in this section the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:— ''Department'', the department of public health. ''Interchangeable abuse deterrent drug product'', a drug with abuse deterrent properties i…

Section 12DD. (a) As used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise: ''Long-term antibiotic therapy'', the administration of oral, intramuscular or intravenous antibiotics singly or in combination, for per…

Section 12E. A minor twelve years of age or older who is found to be drug dependent by two or more physicians may give his consent to the furnishing of hospital and medical care related to the diagnosis or treatment of such drug dependency. Such consent shall not be subject to di…

Section 12EE. (a) As used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise: ''Biological product'' a virus; therapeutic serum; toxin; antitoxin; vaccine; blood; blood component or derivative; allergenic product; …

Section 12F. No health care provider, as defined in section 1 of chapter 111 or hospital shall be held liable for damages for failure to obtain consent of a parent, legal guardian, or other person having custody or control of a minor child, or of the spouse of a patient, to emerg…

Section 12FF. Any person who, in good faith, attempts to render emergency care by administering naloxone or any other opioid antagonist, as defined in section 19B of chapter 94C, to a person reasonably believed to be experiencing an opiate-related overdose, shall not be liable fo…

Section 12G. The disclosure by a physician, health care facility, nursing home or any other medical provider or by an agent of any of the foregoing information concerning the diagnosis, treatment, or condition of a patient in connection with the establishment of eligibility for, …

Section 12GG. (a) A pharmacist may dispense a 90–day supply for a prescribed topical ophthalmic product when: (i) the practitioner prescribed an initial 30–day prescription for the topical ophthalmic product; (ii) the patient completed the initial 30–day prescription; (iii) the p…

Section 12H. Any physician who writes a prescription upon a prescription blank of a hospital or clinic shall print or type his name directly below his signature thereon.