General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 19C Disabled Persons Protection Commission

• Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions - Chapter 19C, Section 1
  As used in this chapter, the following words shall, unless the context requires otherwise, have the following meanings:— “Abuse”, an act or omission which results...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Establishment of disabled persons protection commission; membership; terms; compensation; annual report - Chapter 19C, Section 2
  There is hereby established a commission for the protection of disabled persons, to be known as the disabled persons protection commission. The purpose of the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Powers and duties - Chapter 19C, Section 3
  The commission shall have the following powers and duties:— (a) to employ, subject to appropriation, such staff as shall be necessary to carry out its...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Referral of abuse reports - Chapter 19C, Section 4
  Upon receipt of a report of abuse of a disabled person, the commission shall:— (a) refer immediately any such reports which allege the occurrence of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Investigation, evaluation and disclosure of abuse reports; case findings and recommendations; reports of deaths - Chapter 19C, Section 5
  Upon receipt of a report of abuse of a disabled person, an investigator designated by the commission, the general counsel, or a department within the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Protective services - Chapter 19C, Section 6
  The commission, acting through state agencies within the executive office of human services designated by the commission, for the purpose of furnishing protective services, the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Petitions for findings of incapacity; emergency orders; warrants - Chapter 19C, Section 7
  (a) If the commission, the general counsel, the department of mental health or the department of public health, has reasonable cause after initiation of an...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Abuse of disabled persons under state care; investigations and hearings - Chapter 19C, Section 8
  If, upon completion of investigation of a report of abuse of a disabled person whose caretaker is a state agency there is reasonable cause to...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Completion of hearings; reports; referrals - Chapter 19C, Section 9
  Upon the completion of any formal investigation, the commission shall:— (a) issue a written report and refer the same to the appropriate state agency. Such...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Reporters of abuse; liability; privileged communications - Chapter 19C, Section 10
  Except when prevented by the constraints of professional privilege as hereinafter provided, mandated reporters shall notify the commission orally of any reportable condition immediately upon...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Retaliation for reporting abuse - Chapter 19C, Section 11
  No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged or otherwise discipline or in any manner discriminate against or thereafter take any other retaliatory action...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Scope of chapter; delay or deferral of investigation - Chapter 19C, Section 12
  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to be a limitation of the powers and responsibilities assigned by law to other departments or agencies, nor...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Notification by caretaker agency of death of disabled person; written report - Chapter 19C, Section 13
  Upon the death of any disabled person whose caretaker was a state agency or an agency of any subdivision of the commonwealth or a private...

Last modified: September 11, 2015