General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 111E Drug Rehabilitation
- Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions - Chapter 111E, Section 1
For the purposes of this chapter the following words shall, unless the context requires otherwise, have the following meanings:— “Administrator”, the person in charge of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Division of drug rehabilitation; director; duties; appointments; employees - Chapter 111E, Section 2
There shall be in the department a division of drug rehabilitation. The division shall take cognizance of all matters affecting drug dependency in the commonwealth....
- Massachusetts General Laws - Drug rehabilitation advisory board - Chapter 111E, Section 3
There shall be in the division a drug rehabilitation advisory board, consisting of the commissioners of public health, correction, rehabilitation and education, the commissioner of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Comprehensive plan for the treatment of drug dependent persons - Chapter 111E, Section 4
The director shall, subject to the approval of the commissioner, prepare and submit to the governor, and from time to time amend, a comprehensive plan...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Comprehensive program for treatment of drug dependent persons; treatment facilities; annual report; list of facilities - Chapter 111E, Section 5
The division shall establish a comprehensive program for the treatment of drug dependent persons and persons in need of immediate assistance due to the use...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Powers and duties of division - Chapter 111E, Section 6
The division is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to: (1) Plan, construct, establish, cause to be established and maintain such facilities as may be necessary...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Licensing and approval of facilities - Chapter 111E, Section 7
The division shall issue for a term of two years, and may renew for like terms, a license, subject to revocation by it for cause,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Admission to facilities; application; inpatient and outpatient treatment; discharge; readmission - Chapter 111E, Section 8
Any person who believes that he is a drug dependent person may apply for admission to a facility. Such application may be directed either to...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Emergency treatment - Chapter 111E, Section 9
Any facility may afford emergency treatment to a drug dependent person or a person in need of immediate assistance due to the use of a...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Defendant charged with drug offense; request for examination; stay of proceedings; report of findings; assignment; hearing; discharge or transfer; quarterly reports; juveniles; review - Chapter 111E, Section 10
Any defendant who is charged with a drug offense shall, upon being brought before the court on such charge, be informed that he is entitled...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Defendant charged with other than drug offense; request for examination; evidence; report; treatment; consent; hearing; order - Chapter 111E, Section 11
Any person found guilty of a violation of any law other than a drug offense, who prior to disposition of the charge, states that he...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Probation of drug dependent persons; treatment; urinalysis program; reports - Chapter 111E, Section 12
Any court may, in placing on probation a defendant who is a drug dependent person who would benefit by treatment, impose as a condition of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Juveniles and youthful offenders; examination; admission; inpatient or outpatient treatment; report; department of youth services; jurisdiction - Chapter 111E, Section 13
The division shall accept for referral juveniles and youthful offenders referred to the division by the department of youth services. Application by the department of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Children referred by department of children and families or juvenile court; examination; report; treatment; jurisdiction - Chapter 111E, Section 13A
The division shall, in accordance with this section, accept for referral children determined to be in need of services under section 39G of chapter 119...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Findings; recording - Chapter 111E, Section 14
Each finding, determination and order required to be made by any court pursuant to this chapter, and the reasons therefor, shall be in writing and...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Requiring admission to facilities; rules and regulations - Chapter 111E, Section 15
The director may require the administrator of a public facility or a private facility with which the division contracts on a fee-for-services basis pursuant to...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Supervision of patients - Chapter 111E, Section 16
Each person who receives treatment at a facility shall be subject to the supervisory powers of the administrator exercised in accordance with rules and regulations...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Liability for cost of treatment; rules and regulations - Chapter 111E, Section 17
Any patient in a public facility, or the estate, spouse or adult child of such patient, or, if the patient is a minor, the parent...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Record of treatment; rights of patients - Chapter 111E, Section 18
(a) The administrator of each facility shall keep a record of treatment afforded each patient, which shall be confidential and shall only be made available...
Last modified: September 11, 2015