Section 198 – Violations of State Sanitary Code; Enforcement
Section 198. Violations of this section shall not constitute violations of the state sanitary code when (i) an owner has received a letter of full compliance, or (ii) an owner has received a letter of interim control; provided that in the case where an owner has received a letter of interim control and the tenant […]
Section 199 – Liability of Owner of Premises; Punitive Damages
Section 199. (a) Except as provided in section one hundred and ninety-seven D, the owner of any premises shall be liable for all damages to a child under six years of age at the time of poisoning, upon proof that said child’s blood lead level equals or exceeds the blood lead level at which the […]
Section 199a – Unlawful Practices in Selling, Renting, or Leasing Premises Containing Lead in Paint, Plaster or Materials
Section 199A. (a) It shall be an unlawful practice for purposes of chapter one hundred and fifty-one B for the owner, lessee, sublessee, real estate broker, assignee, or managing agent of any premises to refuse to sell, rent, lease or otherwise deny to or withhold from any person or to discriminate against any person in […]
Section 199b – Exemptions From Secs. 189a to 199a
Section 199B. The provisions of sections one hundred and eighty-nine A to one hundred and ninety-nine A, inclusive, shall not apply to any dwelling unit having fewer than two hundred and fifty square feet of floor space calculated on the basis of total habitable room area or which is used as a rooming house; provided, […]
Section 201 – First Aid Training of Emergency Personnel, Including Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; Standards; Refresher Course; Coordination by Department; Personnel Excepted
Section 201. Members of police and fire departments, members of the state police participating in highway patrol, persons appointed permanent or temporary lifeguards by the commonwealth or any of its political subdivisions, and members of emergency reserve units of a volunteer fire department or fire protection district shall be trained to administer first aid, including, […]
Section 202 – Fetal Deaths; Reports; Confidentiality; Disposition of Remains; Violations; Forms
Section 202. As used in this section, ”fetal death” means death prior to the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a fetus, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy, as indicated by the fact that after such expulsion or extraction the fetus does not breathe or show any other evidence of life such as […]
Section 193 – Lead Poisoning Early Identification Program; Examination and Reports
Section 193. The director shall establish a program for early identification of cases of lead poisoning. Such program shall systematically screen all children under six years of age for the presence of lead poisoning. The director shall, after consultation with recognized professional medical groups and such other sources as he deems appropriate, promulgate regulations establishing […]
Section 203 – Health Care Provider Misconduct; Medical Peer Review
Section 203. (a) The by-laws of every licensed or public hospital and the by-laws of all medical staffs shall contain provisions for reporting conduct by a health care provider that indicates incompetency in his specialty or conduct that might be inconsistent with or harmful to good patient care or safety. Said by-laws shall direct a […]
Section 194 – Detection of Sources of Lead Poisoning; Inspection; Search Warrant; Notice; Examination of Children; Reports; Records
Section 194. The director shall, subject to appropriation, establish a comprehensive program for detection of sources of lead poisoning. Such program shall attempt, to the extent permitted by appropriations, to locate all premises in which the paint, plaster or other accessible structural material contains dangerous levels of lead. The means of detection and the amount […]
Section 204 – Confidentiality of Medical Peer Review Committee Proceedings, Reports and Records; Exceptions; Immunity
Section 204. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the proceedings, reports and records of a medical peer review committee shall be confidential and shall be exempt from the disclosure of public records under section 10 of chapter 66 but shall not be subject to subpoena or discovery, or introduced into evidence, in any […]