Section 1 – Short Title
Section 1. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Alcoholism Treatment and Rehabilitation Law.
Section 10 – Juvenile Patients or Juveniles Held in Protective Custody
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 guardian. All rights afforded any […]
Section 11 – Treatment Record; Patient's Rights
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 shall have the right to have a physician retained by him examine him, […]
Section 12 – Service Forces; Establishment; Nature; Duties
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 department, or may be a separate unit. Members of the force […]
Section 13 – Civil and Criminal Liability of Certain Persons Performing Duties Under This Chapter
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 – Application of Chapter
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 laws, ordinances, by-laws, resolutions or regulations against driving after drinking alcohol, driving under […]
Section 4 – Coordination of Alcoholism Programs; Rules and Regulations; Providing for Facilities and Services
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 in cooperation with public and private agencies, business and industry, and shall provide technical assistance and consultation […]
Section 6 – Licensing and Approval of Facilities
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 political subdivision thereof, deemed by it to […]
Section 6a – Licensing and Approval of Halfway Houses
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 thereof, deemed by it to be responsible and […]
Section 6b – Licensing and Approval of Treatment Program Units
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, agency or institution of the federal government, […]
Section 7 – Detoxification Facility; Admission Procedure; Treatment; Notification to Family; Transportation; Aftercare Treatment
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 administrator of the facility shall cause him to be evaluated by […]
Section 8 – Incapacitated Persons; Assistance to Facility or Protective Custody
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 intoxicated, the police officer may […]
Section 9 – Powers of Administrator
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 other than the department of public health, the administrator shall exercise […]