The provisions of 945 CMR 5.00 are severable. If any section, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase, word or other component of 945 CMR 5.00 is declared invalid or unconstitutional for any reason, that decision shall not affect the validity of any other portion of 945 CMR 5.00.

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945 CMR 5.00: M.G.L. c. 149A, § 15½(m).