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Mass. Gen. Laws. Ann. ch. 111, §119 - Records pertaining to venereal diseases
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Current as of June 2015
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“Records pertaining to venereal diseases”
Medical records pertaining to venereal diseases, are not public records, and the contents must not be divulged by any person having charge of or access to the same, except upon proper judicial order or to a person whose official duties, in the opinion of the commissioner, entitle him to receive information contained therein. Violations of this section are to be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars, and for a subsequent offence by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.
Current as of June 2015