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Mass. Gen. Laws. Ann. ch. 111, §72H - Duties of department
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Current as of June 2015
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“Duties of department”
This section lists the department’s reporting obligations. The department must:
- Notify the attorney general upon receipt of an oral or written report made under the provisions of section 72G;
- Investigate and evaluate the information reported in any such report;
- Evaluate the environment of the facility named in the report and make a written determination of the risk of physical or emotional injury to any other residents in such facility; and
- Forward a copy of the department's written report to the attorney general within a reasonable time after a case has been investigated.
If the department has reasonable cause to believe that a patient or resident has died as a result of abuse, mistreatment or neglect, the Department must immediately report such death to the attorney general, the district attorney for the county in which such death occurred and the medical examiner.
Current as of June 2015
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