General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 270 Crimes Against Public Health
- Massachusetts General Laws - Adulterating liquor; sale; forfeiture - Chapter 270, Section 1
Whoever, for the purpose of sale, adulterates any liquor used or intended for drink with Indian cockle, vitriol, grains of paradise, opium, alum, cochineal, capsicum,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Eyeglasses or sunglasses; specifications; flammable frames; sales - Chapter 270, Section 1A
No person shall distribute, sell or deliver any eyeglasses or sunglasses unless said eyeglasses or sunglasses are fitted with plastic lenses, laminated lenses, heat-treated glass...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1960, 727, Sec. 1 - Chapter 270, Section 2 to 2B
Repealed, 1960, 727, Sec.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Drugs or other substance injurious to users; distribution - Chapter 270, Section 3
Whoever distributes, delivers or gives away in any public way or from house to house or place to place, any bottle, box, envelope or package...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Poison for rodents; placement where it may cause injury - Chapter 270, Section 3A
Whoever negligently or maliciously places any poison or poisoned food for the control of rats, mice or other rodents in any place where it may...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Wood alcohol contained in food or drink; sale or possession - Chapter 270, Section 4
Whoever, himself, or by his servant or agent, or as the servant or agent of another, sells or exchanges, or has in his possession with...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Alcoholic beverages or drugs; sale or delivery to hospital patients - Chapter 270, Section 5
Whoever, except under the direction of a physician, gives, sells or delivers alcoholic beverages, as defined in section one of chapter one hundred and thirty-eight,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Tobacco; sale or gift to minors - Chapter 270, Section 6
Whoever sells a cigarette, chewing tobacco, snuff or any tobacco in any of its forms to any person under the age of eighteen or, not...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Sale of cigarette rolling papers to minors - Chapter 270, Section 6A
Whoever sells cigarette rolling papers to any person under the age of eighteen shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Posting copy of Sec. 6; removing copy - Chapter 270, Section 7
A copy of the preceding section printed as therein specified shall be posted conspicuously by the owner or person in charge thereof in the shop...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Candy containing alcohol; sale - Chapter 270, Section 8
Whoever sells to a person any candy enclosing or containing liquid or syrup having more than one per cent of alcohol shall be punished by...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Foods containing foreign injury causing substances; distribution or sale - Chapter 270, Section 8A
Whoever sells, gives, or distributes to anyone candy or other food or foodstuffs containing a foreign substance, which is intended or may reasonably be expected...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Feeding garbage or refuse to animals - Chapter 270, Section 9
Whoever knowingly feeds or has in his possession with intent to feed to a milch cow any garbage, refuse or offal collected by a town,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Toys or confectionery containing or coated with material containing arsenic - Chapter 270, Section 10
Whoever, himself, or by his agent or servant, or as the agent or servant of another, manufactures, sells or exchanges, or has in his custody...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Arsenic; samples for analysis - Chapter 270, Section 11
Whoever offers or exposes for sale or exchange any paper, fabric or other article shall furnish a sample thereof sufficient to ascertain by analysis the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Fabric or paper containing arsenic - Chapter 270, Section 12
Whoever, himself, or by his agent or servant, manufactures, sells or exchanges, or has in his custody or possession with intent to sell or exchange,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Water; refusal or neglect to furnish - Chapter 270, Section 13
A corporation engaged in selling or distributing water, which refuses or neglects to furnish or supply water to or for any building or premises for...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Spitting - Chapter 270, Section 14
Whoever expectorates or spits upon any public sidewalk, or upon any place used exclusively or principally by pedestrians, or, except in receptacles provided for the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Arrest without warrant for spitting - Chapter 270, Section 15
Any person detected in the act of violating the preceding section may, if his name is unknown to the officer, be arrested without a warrant...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Disposal of rubbish, etc. on or near highways and coastal or inland waters; penalties; enforcement; park rangers - Chapter 270, Section 16
Whoever places, throws, deposits or discharges or whoever causes to be placed, thrown, deposited or discharged, trash, bottles or cans, refuse, rubbish, garbage, debris, scrap,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Alternative noncriminal disposition of violations of Sec. 16 - Chapter 270, Section 16A
If any officer empowered to enforce section sixteen takes cognizance of a violation thereof, he may request the offender to state his name and address....
- Massachusetts General Laws - Garbage or refuse; disposal in containers placed along highways - Chapter 270, Section 17
Whoever disposes of household or commercial garbage or refuse by placing it in a trash barrel placed on a public highway by the commonwealth, or...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1979, 704, Sec. 3 - Chapter 270, Section 17A
Repealed, 1979, 704, Sec.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Substance having property of releasing toxic vapors - Chapter 270, Section 18
No person shall intentionally smell or inhale the fumes of any substance having the property of releasing toxic vapors, for the purpose of causing a...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Glue or cement; sale to minors; smelling deterrent ingredients - Chapter 270, Section 19
Any person who sells glue or cement to a minor shall require such minor to properly identify himself and write his name and address legibly...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Burning of refuse, etc. within marine or shoreline boundaries - Chapter 270, Section 20
No person shall burn refuse, rubbish or demolition debris within the marine boundaries of the commonwealth, or within twelve miles from the shoreline of the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2004, 127, Sec. 1 - Chapter 270, Section 21
Repealed, 2004, 127, Sec.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Smoking in public places - Chapter 270, Section 22
(a) As used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings, unless the context requires otherwise: “Business agent”, an individual who has...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Flea markets; smoking prohibition; penalty - Chapter 270, Section 23
(a) As used in this section, “flea market” shall mean that portion of a building then occupied by one or more vendors, other than retail...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Mercury thermometers; sale or supply; instructions regarding breakage - Chapter 270, Section 24
No person shall sell or supply, including online, retail mercury fever thermometers, except in the case of a medical necessity as determined by a licensed...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Ice cream truck vending; permit requirements - Chapter 270, Section 25
(a) For the purposes of this section, the following words shall have the following meanings:— “Ice cream”, any frozen dairy or frozen water-based food product....
- Massachusetts General Laws - Use of employee restroom by customer suffering from eligible medical condition or using ostomy device; non-liability; penalty for violation - Chapter 270, Section 26
(a) For the purposes of this section, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings: “Customer”, an individual who...
Last modified: September 11, 2015