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2022 Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title XVII - Public Welfare
Chapter 123 - Mental Health
- Section 1 - Definitions
- Section 2 - Regulations
- Section 3 - Transfers; Notice; Emergencies
- Section 4 - Periodic Review; Notice
- Section 5 - Commitment or Retention Hearings; Right to Counsel; Medical Examination; Notice
- Section 6 - Retention of Persons; Validity of Orders; Hearing
- Section 7 - Commitment and Retention of Dangerous Persons; Petition; Notice; Hearing
- Section 8 - Proceedings to Commit Dangerous Persons; Notice; Hearing; Orders; Jurisdiction
- Section 8a - [There Is No 123:8a.]
- Section 8b - Treatment of Committed Persons With Antipsychotic Medication; Petition; Notice; Hearing; Guardian
- Section 9 - Review of Matters of Law; Application for Discharge; Notice; Hearing
- Section 10 - Voluntary Admissions; Consultation With Attorney; Discharge; Outpatients; Veterans
- Section 11 - Voluntary Admissions; Withdrawal; Notice; Examination; Retention
- Section 12 - Emergency Restraint and Hospitalization of Persons Posing Risk of Serious Harm by Reason of Mental Illness
- Section 13 - Transfer of Dangerous Males to Bridgewater State Hospital; Retention Period; Further Commitment; Procedure
- Section 14 - Transfers From Bridgewater State Hospital to Other Facilities
- Section 15 - Competence to Stand Trial or Criminal Responsibility; Examination; Period of Observation; Reports; Hearing; Commitment; Delinquents
- Section 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
- Section 17 - Periodic Review of Incompetence to Stand Trial; Petition; Hearing; Continued Treatment; Defense to Charges; Release
- Section 18 - Hospitalization of Mentally Ill Prisoners; Examination; Reports; Hearing; Commitment; Voluntary Admission; Reduction of Sentence; Discharge
- Section 18a - Facility Residents; Contribution Towards Cost of Counsel
- Section 19 - Parties or Witnesses; Determination of Mental Condition
- Section 20 - Extradition of Mental Institution Escapees
- Section 21 - Transportation of Mentally Ill Persons; Restraint
- Section 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
- Section 23 - Rights of Persons Receiving Services From Programs or Facilities of Department of Mental Health
- Section 23a - Competent Interpreter Services in Hospitals Which Provide Acute Psychiatric Services
- Section 24 - Legal Capacity of Persons Admitted or Committed
- Section 25 - Guardian or Conservator; Appointment
- Section 26 - Deposit of Funds Held in Trust for Inpatients or Residents; Unclaimed Funds and Personal Property; Fiduciaries
- Section 27 - Administration of Estate of Deceased Inpatient or Resident
- Section 28 - Violent or Unnatural Death of Patients; Notice to District Attorney
- Section 29 - Instruction and Education; Work Programs; Sale of Work Products
- Section 30 - Unauthorized Absence of Patients; Notification of Police, Et al.; Return
- Section 31 - Medicine and Drugs; Indigent Patients
- Section 32 - Charges for Care of Persons in Facilities
- Section 33 - Expenses of Apprehension, Examination, Hearing, Commitment or Delivery; Certification; Audit; Payment; Fees
- Section 34 - Commitment or Transfer to Veterans Administration or Other Federal Agency
- Section 35 - Commitment of Alcoholics or Substance Abusers
- Section 36 - Patient Records; Inspection; Maintenance and Retention
- Section 36a - Court Records of Examination or Commitment; Privacy
- Section 36b - Duty to Warn Patient's Potential Victims; Cause of Action
- Section 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
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