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Massachusetts Statutes, Title VII

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Chapter 47

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11 sections·Filtered byTitle VII✕Ch 47✕

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 47, § 1 Authorization
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Section 1. Any town may erect or provide and maintain an infirmary for persons in need. No town shall erect or maintain an infirmary wholly or in part within the limits of any other town without its consent.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 47, § 10 Rates for non-indigent persons
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Section 10. Persons able to pay for infirmary care may be received and cared for in an infirmary at a rate fixed by the board of directors thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 47, § 11 Detention of children; conditions
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Section 11. No child shall be detained in an infirmary for more than sixty days unless his physical condition is such as to make such action necessary or desirable or unless he is under three years of age and his mother is a suitable person to aid in taking care of him and is an …
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 47, § 2 Management
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Section 2. Any town which has an infirmary may annually choose three, five, seven or more directors to have the management thereof, who may appoint a superintendent and assistants. If such directors are not chosen, the selectmen shall be the directors.

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 47, § 3 Meetings of directors; promulgation of rules and regulations

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Section 3. The directors shall at least monthly hold general meetings at which they may make orders and regulations for the infirmary, to be binding until the next meeting of the town or of the city council, when the same shall be submitted to such meeting, and if approved shall …

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 47, § 4 Joint infirmaries

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Section 4. Any number of towns may, at their joint charge and for their common use, erect or provide an infirmary and purchase land for the use thereof.

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 47, § 5 Joint management

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Section 5. The management and repair of such infirmary shall be vested in a joint board of directors, who shall be chosen annually by the several towns interested.

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 47, § 6 Membership of joint board; vacancies

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Section 6. Unless all the towns interested in such infirmary agree to choose a different number, each of them shall choose three members of the joint board; and upon the death of a director, or his removal from the place for which he was chosen, the vacancy may be filled by such …

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 47, § 7 Expenses, payment

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Section 7. The expense of maintaining the infirmary shall be paid by the several towns interested, in proportion to their share of the state tax at the time when the expense was incurred, unless they agree to a different proportion.

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 47, § 8 Records of admissions

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Section 8. Each infirmary shall keep records of all persons admitted to it, which records shall be in the form prescribed by the department of public welfare.

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 47, § 9 Discontinuance

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Section 9. An infirmary may be discontinued or appropriated to any other use if the towns interested so determine.