General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 17 Department of Public Health
- Massachusetts General Laws - Composition of department - Chapter 17, Section 1
There shall be a department of public health, consisting of a commissioner of public health and a public health council.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Commissioner; qualifications; appointment and term; salary - Chapter 17, Section 2
At the time of appointment, the commissioner shall be a graduate of an accredited four-year college or university and shall have had (a) not less...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Powers of commissioner upon declaration of emergency - Chapter 17, Section 2A
Upon declaration by the governor that an emergency exists which is detrimental to the public health, the commissioner may, with the approval of the governor...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Public health council - Chapter 17, Section 3
(a) There shall be a public health council to advise the commissioner of public health and to perform other duties as required by law. The...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Other divisions; directors; civil service - Chapter 17, Section 4
There shall be in the department a division of sanatoria, a division of communicable and venereal diseases, a division of food and drugs, a division...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Poison information and control center - Chapter 17, Section 4A
There shall be in the department a poison information and control center to accept inquiries and provide comprehensive, full-time, centralized professional information to cities and...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Deputy commissioners - Chapter 17, Section 5
The commissioner may, with the approval of the public health council, designate the director of one or more, but not more than three, divisions as...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1954, 564, Sec. 1 - Chapter 17, Section 5A
Repealed, 1954, 564, Sec.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Assistant directors, treasurers, superintendents, inspectors and other employees - Chapter 17, Section 6
The commissioner may, with the approval of the public health council, appoint assistant directors of divisions and epidemiologists, inspectors and other necessary employees. Persons appointed...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Training programs for residents in medical specialties; fellowships - Chapter 17, Section 6A
Under the supervision of the commissioner, superintendents of hospitals under the control and supervision of the department may establish programs for the training of residents...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Hearings officer - Chapter 17, Section 6B
The commissioner shall appoint a hearings officer who shall be an attorney and who shall not be subject to chapter thirty-one. He shall hold hearings...
- Massachusetts General Laws - District health officers - Chapter 17, Section 7
The commissioner, with the approval of the public health council, shall appoint a district health officer for each health district provided in section four of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Public health officers; eligibility; salaries - Chapter 17, Section 7A
The commissioner, with the approval of the secretary of health and human services, may designate certain physicians and dentists employed by the department as public...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1963, 558, Sec. 3 - Chapter 17, Section 8 9
Repealed, 1963, 558, Sec.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1978, 3, Sec. 1 - Chapter 17, Section 9A
Repealed, 1978, 3, Sec.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1925, 348, Sec. 5 - Chapter 17, Section 10
Repealed, 1925, 348, Sec.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Commission on hypertension - Chapter 17, Section 11
There shall be in the department, but in no manner subject to its control, a commission on hypertension, hereinafter called the commission. The commission shall...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1969, 889, Sec. 4 - Chapter 17, Section 12
Repealed, 1969, 889, Sec.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Drug formulary commission - Chapter 17, Section 13
[ First paragraph effective until August 6, 2014. For text effective August 6, 2014, see below.] There shall be in the department a drug formulary...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Advisory council on alcoholism - Chapter 17, Section 14
There shall be an advisory council on alcoholism consisting of the attorney general, the commissioner of public health, the commissioner of mental health, the commissioner...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Advisory council on organ and tissue transplants and donations - Chapter 17, Section 15
(a) There shall be an advisory council on organ and tissue transplants and donations which shall consist of the commissioner of public health; the registrar...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Office of violence prevention; duties - Chapter 17, Section 16
There shall be in the department an office of violence prevention whose purpose shall be to coordinate and expand violence prevention activities, to reduce the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Advisory council on quality of care in nursing homes; members; duties - Chapter 17, Section 17
There shall be an advisory council on quality of care in nursing homes to consist of the commissioner of public health, the commissioner of medical...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Bureau of substance abuse services; telephone helpline; website - Chapter 17, Section 18
(a) There shall be a bureau of substance abuse services within the department. [ Subsection (b) effective until July 1, 2014. For text effective July...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Voluntary training and accreditation program for operators of alcohol and drug free housing - Chapter 17, Section 18A
[ Text of section through subsection (g) added by 2014, 165, Sec. 37 effective January 1, 2015. See 2014, 165, Sec. 287.] (a) As used...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Regulations relative to discharge plans for substance abuse treatment programs subject to licensure or approval - Chapter 17, Section 19
[ Text of section effective until August 6, 2014. For text effective August 6, 2014, see below.] The department shall promulgate regulations relative to discharge...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Domestic and Sexual Violence Prevention and Victim Assistance Fund - Chapter 17, Section 20
[ Text of section added by 2014, 260, Sec. 6 effective August 8, 2014.] There shall be established and placed within the department of public...
Last modified: September 11, 2015