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2016 Massachusetts General Laws
PART I ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
TITLE XVII PUBLIC WELFARE
Chapter 123B MENTAL RETARDATION
- Section 1 Definitions
- Section 2 Regulations
- Section 3 Transfers; notice to guardian or relative; consent; objection; hearing; right to counsel; emergency transfer
- Section 4 Periodic review; notice
- Section 5 Retention of persons
- Section 6 Voluntary admissions; consultation with attorney; discharge
- Section 7 Voluntary admissions; withdrawal; notice; examination
- Section 8 Transportation of persons with an intellectual disability; restraint
- Section 9 Mailing privileges; visitation rights; legal and civil rights
- Section 10 Legal capacity of persons admitted or committed
- Section 11 Guardian or conservator; appointment
- Section 12 Deposit of funds held in trust for residents; unclaimed funds and personal property; fiduciaries
- Section 13 Administration of estate of deceased resident
- Section 14 Violent or unnatural death of residents; notice to district attorney
- Section 15 Instruction and education; work programs; sale of work products
- Section 16 Charges for care of persons in facilities
- Section 17 Records; inspection
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