Chapter 13

Section 104. The board shall, at its first meeting and annually thereafter, organize by electing from its membership a chairman, a vice-chairman and a secretary. Those officers shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified. The board shall meet at least 2 times ann…

Section 105. The board shall have the following powers and duties: (a) to promulgate regulations and adopt such rules as are necessary to regulate genetic counselors; (b) to recommend policy and budgetary matters to the department of public health; (c) to receive, review, approve…

Section 106. There shall be a board of certification of community health workers, called the board in sections 106 to 108, inclusive. The board shall consist of 11 members who shall be residents of the commonwealth, 1 of whom shall be the commissioner of public health or the desi…

Section 107. The board shall meet at least quarterly or more often upon the call of the chair at such times and places as the chair shall designate. The board shall, at its first meeting and annually thereafter, elect from among its members a vice-chair and a secretary. Such offi…

Section 108. In addition to the powers and duties set forth in sections 106 and 107, the board shall have the following powers and duties: (a) to develop and administer a program for certification of community health workers, and to establish education, training, experience and o…

Section 109. (a) There shall be within the department of public health a board of registration in naturopathy which shall consist of 5 persons to be appointed by the governor, 2 of whom shall be naturopathic doctors with at least 5 years of experience in the practice of naturopat…

Section 10A. The commissioner of public health shall review and approve any rule or regulation proposed by the board of registration in medicine pursuant to section 10. Such rule or regulation shall be deemed disapproved unless approved within 30 days after submission to the comm…

Section 11. Said board shall hold regular meetings on the second Tuesdays of March, July and November in each year, and additional meetings at such times and places as it may determine. At the regular meeting in July, it shall organize by the choice of a chairman and secretary, w…

Section 110. (a) There shall be within the department of public health a board of registration in midwifery, hereinafter called the board. The board shall consist of 9 members who are residents of the commonwealth to be appointed by the governor, 5 of whom shall be midwives licen…

Section 11A. There shall be a board of allied health professions, hereinafter called the board, which shall consist of 15 members who are residents of the commonwealth to be appointed by the governor, 3 of whom shall be qualified athletic trainers licensed pursuant to section 23B…

Section 11B. There shall be a board of respiratory care, hereinafter called the board, which shall consist of 7 members to be appointed by the governor and the appointments may be from among a list of nominations submitted by the Massachusetts Society for Respiratory Therapy or i…

Section 11C. There shall be a board of registration of physician assistants, herein called the board, to consist of nine members who are residents of the commonwealth, who shall be appointed by the governor, two of whom shall be licensed physicians who shall have been actively en…

Section 11D. There shall be within the department of public health a board of registration of dietitians and nutritionists to be appointed by the governor, who in his discretion may seek the advice of the Massachusetts nutrition board, as established under section 181 of chapter …

Section 11E. There shall be a board of registration of perfusionists, herein called the board, to consist of seven members who shall be residents of the commonwealth, to be appointed by the governor who, in his discretion, may seek advice from the Massachusetts Society of Perfusi…

Section 12A. There shall be a board of registration in podiatry, to be appointed by the governor, in this and in the following two sections called the board, consisting of five members, citizens of the commonwealth, three of whom shall have had at least seven years of practice in…

Section 12B. The board shall annually meet in the month of October at such time and place as it shall determine, and shall organize by electing a chairman and secretary, who shall be members of the board, and who shall hold their respective offices for one year. The board shall h…

Section 12C. The members of the board shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses reasonably incurred in the performances of their duties as members or on behalf of the board.

Section 13. (a) The governor shall appoint 17 members to a board of registration in nursing, hereinafter called the board. When making such appointments the governor shall consider persons suggested by nursing organizations in the commonwealth. Members shall be residents of the c…

Section 14. The board shall: (a) meet at least four times per year and shall elect a chairperson and officers annually; (b) appoint, employ and prescribe the duties of a qualified registered nurse to serve as executive director of the board, who shall not be subject to chapter th…

Section 14A. There shall be an assistant to the executive director of the board, who shall have been a registered nurse for at least five years prior to appointment, who shall be appointed by the director, with the approval of the board.

Section 15. Each member of the board shall receive as compensation five hundred dollars a year for the performance of his duties, and also his necessary traveling expenses actually incurred in attending the meetings of the board, but subject to section fifteen D.

Section 15D. The compensation and traveling expenses of the members of the board, and the incidental expenses necessarily incurred by the board and by any member thereof paid by the commonwealth, in any year shall not exceed the receipts from registration and licensing paid to th…

Section 16. There shall be a board of registration in optometry, in the following sections called the board, consisting of five members, citizens of the commonwealth to be appointed by the governor, four of whom shall have been engaged in the practice of optometry as defined in s…

Section 17. The board shall annually meet in the month of October at such time and place as it shall determine, and shall organize by electing a chairman and secretary, who shall be members of the board, and who shall hold their respective offices for one year. The board shall ho…

Section 18. The members of the board shall serve without compensation shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses reasonably incurred in the performances of their duties as members or on behalf of the board.

Section 19. There shall be a board of registration in dentistry, called the board in sections 19 to 21, inclusive. The board shall consist of 11 persons, each of whom shall be a legal resident of the commonwealth, to be appointed by the governor; 6 shall be graduates of a reputab…

Section 20. The board shall hold at least two regular meetings in each year in Boston, and shall annually choose from its own number a chairman and a secretary.

Section 21. There shall be paid by the commonwealth to the chairman of the board a salary of twelve hundred and fifty dollars, to the secretary thereof eighteen hundred and seventy-five dollars, and to the other members thereof one thousand dollars each, and to each member thereo…

Section 22. (a) There shall be a board of registration in pharmacy, hereinafter referred to as the board in this section and sections 23 to 25A, inclusive. The governor shall appoint 13 members to the board. Members shall be residents of the commonwealth. No person who has been c…

Section 23. The board shall meet on the first Tuesday of December in each year at such time and place as it may determine, and shall organize by electing a president and secretary, who shall be members of the board, and shall hold their offices for one year. The secretary shall g…

Section 24. There shall be paid by the commonwealth to the secretary of the board a salary of twenty-two hundred and fifty dollars, to each of the other members thereof a salary of one thousand and fifty dollars, and to each member thereof his necessary traveling expenses actuall…

Section 25. The board shall appoint agents who shall be allowed necessary traveling expenses. They shall inspect drug stores and all other places of business wherein drugs, medicines, patent medicines, medical preparations and medical supplies of any kind are sold or distributed,…

Section 25A. As directed by the board, all agents appointed pursuant to section 25 shall be trained in chapters 795 and 797 of the United States Pharmacopeia and the National Formulary as well as additional sterile compounding and non-sterile compounding surveyor courses. This tr…

Section 26. There shall be a board of registration in veterinary medicine, in sections twenty-seven and twenty-eight called the board, consisting of four veterinarians, and one representative of the public, subject to the provisions of section nine B. Each member of said board sh…

Section 27. The members of the board shall meet in February of each year, at such time and place as they shall determine, and shall immediately organize by electing a chairman and a secretary, who shall hold their respective offices for one year. The board shall hold regular meet…

Section 28. The members of the board shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses reasonably incurred in the performances of their duties as members or on behalf of the board.

Section 29. There shall be a board of registration in embalming and funeral directing, in this and the following two sections called the board, consisting of five members, citizens and residents of the commonwealth, four of whom shall have had at least five years' practical exper…

Section 30. The board shall hold regular meetings on the first Tuesday of each month, and such additional meetings at such times and places as it may determine. At the regular meeting in October, it shall organize by the choice of a chairman and secretary, who shall be members th…

Section 31. The members of the board shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses reasonably incurred in the performances of their duties as members or on behalf of the board.

Section 32. The state examiners of electricians, hereinafter, called the board, shall consist of the state fire marshal, the associate commissioner for the division of occupational education in the department of education, ex officiis, and 9 persons to be appointed for terms of t…

Section 32A. There shall be a board of electricians' appeals, whose membership shall consist of the members of the state examiners of electricians. The chairman of the state examiners of electricians shall be the chairman of said board. Said board may make such rules or regulatio…

Section 33. (a) There shall be a board of public accountancy, in this section and in sections thirty-four and thirty-five called the board, consisting of five members, to be appointed by the governor. Each member shall be a citizen of the commonwealth. Four of the members shall h…

Section 34. (a) The board shall annually elect a chairman and a secretary from its members. The board shall hold meetings at such times as it shall determine, and may adopt, revoke and amend from time to time regulations for the orderly conduct of its internal affairs and practic…

Section 35. The members of the board shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses reasonably incurred in the performances of their duties as members or on behalf of the board.

Section 36. There shall be a board of state examiners of plumbers and gas fitters, in sections 37 and 38 called the examiners, to consist of nine members who shall be citizens of the commonwealth, one of whom shall be the commissioner of public health or his designee, one of whom…

Section 37. The examiners shall hold meetings at such times and places as they may designate.