2021 Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title XVI - Public Health
Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations
Section 1 - Duties of Director of Professional Licensure
[ First paragraph effective until July 18, 2021. For text effective July 18, 2021, see below.]
Section 1. The commissioner of professional licensure shall supervise the work of the several boards of registration and examination included in the division of professional licensure. He shall recommend changes in the methods of conducting examinations and transacting business and shall make such reports to the governor and council as they may require or as the commissioner may deem expedient.
[ First paragraph as amended by 2021, 39, Sec. 46 effective July 18, 2021. See 2021, 39, Sec. 128. For text effective until July 18, 2021, see above.]
The commissioner of occupational licensure shall supervise the work of the several boards of registration and examination included in the division of occupational licensure. He shall recommend changes in the methods of conducting examinations and transacting business and shall make such reports to the governor and council as they may require or as the commissioner may deem expedient.
[ Second paragraph effective until fulfillment of the conditions of 2021, 39 Sec. 127. For text effective upon the conditions of 2021, 39 Sec. 127, see below.]
The commissioner of public health shall supervise the work of the board of registration in nursing, the board of registration in pharmacy, the board of registration of physician assistants, the board of registration of perfusionists, the board of registration of nursing home administrators, the board of registration in dentistry and the board of registration of respiratory therapists. He shall recommend changes in the methods of conducting examinations and transacting business, and shall make such reports to the governor as he may require or the director may deem expedient.
[ Second paragraph as amended by 2021, 39, Sec. 47 effective upon the fulfillment of the conditions of 2021, 39 Sec. 127. For text effective until the conditions of 2021, 39 Sec. 127, see above.]
The commissioner of public health shall supervise the work of the board of registration in nursing, the board of registration in pharmacy, the board of registration of physician assistants, the board of registration of perfusionists, the board of registration of nursing home administrators, the board of registration in dentistry, the board of registration of genetic counselors, the board of registration of community health workers, the board of registration in naturopathy, the board of registration of social workers, the board of registration of psychologists, the board of registration of allied mental health and human services professions, the board of allied health professions, the board of registration of dieticians and nutritionists, the board of registration in podiatry, the board of registration in optometry, the board of registration of dispensing opticians, the board of registration of chiropractors, the board of registration of speech-language pathology and audiology, the board of registration of hearing instrument specialists, the board of certification of health officers, the board of registration of sanitarians and the board of registration of respiratory therapists. He shall recommend changes in the methods of conducting examinations and transacting business, and shall make such reports to the governor as he may require or the director may deem expedient.
The commissioner of public health shall consult with the chair of the board of registration in medicine concerning the operations of the board.
