General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 47 Infirmaries

• Massachusetts General Laws - Authorization - Chapter 47, Section 1
  Any town may erect or provide and maintain an infirmary for persons in need. No town shall erect or maintain an infirmary wholly or in...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Management - Chapter 47, Section 2
  Any town which has an infirmary may annually choose three, five, seven or more directors to have the management thereof, who may appoint a superintendent...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Meetings of directors; promulgation of rules and regulations - Chapter 47, Section 3
  The directors shall at least monthly hold general meetings at which they may make orders and regulations for the infirmary, to be binding until the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Joint infirmaries - Chapter 47, Section 4
  Any number of towns may, at their joint charge and for their common use, erect or provide an infirmary and purchase land for the use
• Massachusetts General Laws - Joint management - Chapter 47, Section 5
  The management and repair of such infirmary shall be vested in a joint board of directors, who shall be chosen annually by the several towns
• Massachusetts General Laws - Membership of joint board; vacancies - Chapter 47, Section 6
  Unless all the towns interested in such infirmary agree to choose a different number, each of them shall choose three members of the joint board;...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Expenses, payment - Chapter 47, Section 7
  The expense of maintaining the infirmary shall be paid by the several towns interested, in proportion to their share of the state tax at the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Records of admissions - Chapter 47, Section 8
  Each infirmary shall keep records of all persons admitted to it, which records shall be in the form prescribed by the department of public welfare.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Discontinuance - Chapter 47, Section 9
  An infirmary may be discontinued or appropriated to any other use if the towns interested so determine.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Rates for non-indigent persons - Chapter 47, Section 10
  Persons able to pay for infirmary care may be received and cared for in an infirmary at a rate fixed by the board of directors
• Massachusetts General Laws - Detention of children; conditions - Chapter 47, Section 11
  No child shall be detained in an infirmary for more than sixty days unless his physical condition is such as to make such action necessary...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1931, 426, Sec. 163 - Chapter 47, Section 12
  Repealed, 1931, 426, Sec.

Last modified: September 11, 2015