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Massachusetts General Laws
Part I
Title XVII
Chapter 123
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123
Mental Health
1
Definitions
2
Regulations
2A
Geographically-isolated communities; factors to be considered by department when contracting for services to be established by regulation
3
Transfers; notice; emergencies
4
Periodic review; notice
5
Commitment or retention hearings; right to counsel; medical examination; notice
6
Retention of persons; validity of orders; hearing
7
Commitment and retention of dangerous persons; petition; notice; hearing
8
Proceedings to commit dangerous persons; notice; hearing; orders; jurisdiction
8B
Treatment of committed persons with antipsychotic medication; petition; notice; hearing; guardian
9
Review of matters of law; application for discharge; notice; hearing
10
Voluntary admissions; consultation with attorney; discharge; outpatients; veterans
11
Voluntary admissions; withdrawal; notice; examination; retention
12
Emergency restraint and hospitalization of persons posing risk of serious harm by reason of mental illness
13
Transfer of dangerous males to Bridgewater state hospital; retention period; further commitment; procedure
14
Transfers from Bridgewater state hospital to other facilities
15
Competence to stand trial or criminal responsibility; examination; period of observation; reports; hearing; commitment; delinquents
16
Hospitalization of persons incompetent to stand trial or not guilty by reason of mental illness; examination period; commitment; hearing; restrictions; dismissal of criminal charges
17
Periodic review of incompetence to stand trial; petition; hearing; continued treatment; defense to charges; release
18
Hospitalization of mentally ill prisoners; examination; reports; hearing; commitment; petition for transfer to inpatient psychiatric facility or unit licensed or operated by the department of mental health or to Bridgewater state hospital; voluntary admission; reduction of sentence; discharge
18A
Facility residents; contribution towards cost of counsel
19
Parties or witnesses; determination of mental condition
20
Extradition of mental institution escapees
21
Transportation of mentally ill persons; restraint
22
Civil liability of physicians, qualified advanced practice registered nurses, qualified psychologists, qualified psychiatric nurse mental health clinic specialists, police officers and licensed independent clinical social workers
23
Rights of persons receiving services from programs or facilities of department of mental health
23A
Competent interpreter services in hospitals which provide acute psychiatric services
24
Legal capacity of persons admitted or committed
25
Guardian or conservator; appointment
26
Deposit of funds held in trust for inpatients or residents; unclaimed funds and personal property; fiduciaries
27
Administration of estate of deceased inpatient or resident
28
Violent or unnatural death of patients; notice to district attorney
29
Instruction and education; work programs; sale of work products
30
Unauthorized absence of patients; notification of police, et al.; return
31
Medicine and drugs; indigent patients
32
Charges for care of persons in facilities
33
Expenses of apprehension, examination, hearing, commitment or delivery; certification; audit; payment; fees
34
Commitment or transfer to Veterans Administration or other federal agency
35
Commitment of alcoholics or substance abusers
36
Patient records; inspection; maintenance and retention
36A
Court records of examination or commitment; privacy
36B
Duty to warn patient's potential victims; cause of action
36C
Transmission of committed person's name and nonclinical, identifying information to department of criminal justice information services; prohibition of committed person from being issued firearm identification card or license to carry; petition for relief