Mental Health

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  2. Massachusetts General Laws
  3. Administration of the Government
  4. Public Welfare
  5. Mental Health

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Section
1

Definitions

Section
2

Regulations

Section
3

Transfers; Notice; Emergencies

Section
4

Periodic Review; Notice

Section
5

Commitment or Retention Hearings; Right to Counsel; Medical Examination; Notice

Section
6

Retention of Persons; Validity of Orders; Hearing

Section
7

Commitment and Retention of Dangerous Persons; Petition; Notice; Hearing

Section
8

Proceedings to Commit Dangerous Persons; Notice; Hearing; Orders; Jurisdiction

Section
8a

[There Is No 123:8a.]

Section
8b

Treatment of Committed Persons With Antipsychotic Medication; Petition; Notice; Hearing; Guardian

Section
9

Review of Matters of Law; Application for Discharge; Notice; Hearing

Section
10

Voluntary Admissions; Consultation With Attorney; Discharge; Outpatients; Veterans

Section
11

Voluntary Admissions; Withdrawal; Notice; Examination; Retention

Section
12

Emergency Restraint and Hospitalization of Persons Posing Risk of Serious Harm by Reason of Mental Illness

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13

Transfer of Dangerous Males to Bridgewater State Hospital; Retention Period; Further Commitment; Procedure

Section
14

Transfers From Bridgewater State Hospital to Other Facilities

Section
15

Competence to Stand Trial or Criminal Responsibility; Examination; Period of Observation; Reports; Hearing; Commitment; Delinquents

Section
16

Hospitalization of Persons Incompetent to Stand Trial or Not Guilty by Reason of Mental Illness; Examination Period; Commitment; Hearing; Restrictions; Dismissal of Criminal Charges

Section
17

Periodic Review of Incompetence to Stand Trial; Petition; Hearing; Continued Treatment; Defense to Charges; Release

Section
18

Hospitalization of Mentally Ill Prisoners; Examination; Reports; Hearing; Commitment; Voluntary Admission; Reduction of Sentence; Discharge

Section
18a

Facility Residents; Contribution Towards Cost of Counsel

Section
19

Parties or Witnesses; Determination of Mental Condition

Section
20

Extradition of Mental Institution Escapees

Section
21

Transportation of Mentally Ill Persons; Restraint

Section
22

Civil Liability of Physicians, Qualified Psychologists, Qualified Psychiatric Nurse Mental Health Clinic Specialists, Police Officers and Licensed Independent Clinical Social Workers

Section
23

Rights of Persons Receiving Services From Programs or Facilities of Department of Mental Health

Section
23a

Competent Interpreter Services in Hospitals Which Provide Acute Psychiatric Services

Section
24

Legal Capacity of Persons Admitted or Committed

Section
25

Guardian or Conservator; Appointment

Section
26

Deposit of Funds Held in Trust for Inpatients or Residents; Unclaimed Funds and Personal Property; Fiduciaries

Section
27

Administration of Estate of Deceased Inpatient or Resident

Section
28

Violent or Unnatural Death of Patients; Notice to District Attorney

Section
29

Instruction and Education; Work Programs; Sale of Work Products

Section
30

Unauthorized Absence of Patients; Notification of Police, Et al.; Return

Section
31

Medicine and Drugs; Indigent Patients

Section
32

Charges for Care of Persons in Facilities

Section
33

Expenses of Apprehension, Examination, Hearing, Commitment or Delivery; Certification; Audit; Payment; Fees

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34

Commitment or Transfer to Veterans Administration or Other Federal Agency

Section
35

Commitment of Alcoholics or Substance Abusers

Section
36

Patient Records; Inspection; Maintenance and Retention

Section
36a

Court Records of Examination or Commitment; Privacy

Section
36b

Duty to Warn Patient's Potential Victims; Cause of Action

Section
36c

Transmission of Committed Person's Name and Nonclinical, Identifying Information to Department of Criminal Justice Information Services; Prohibition of Committed Person From Being Issued Firearm Identification Card or License to Carry; Petition for Relief