Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 125, § 18 (2026)

Bridgewater state hospital; medical director

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Section 18. The Bridgewater state hospital shall be part of the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Bridgewater. The commissioner, with the approval of the commissioner of mental health, shall appoint a physician as medical director of the Bridgewater state hospital. The medical director shall have the care of the inmates thereof and govern them in accordance with rules and regulations approved by the commissioner.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1959–2007 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Gillis, 861 N.E.2d 422 (Mass. 2007).

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Commonwealth v. Gillis, 861 N.E.2d 422 (Mass. 2007). “125, § 1 (n)y and (3) “[t]he Bridgewater state hospital shall be part of the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Bridgewater,” G. L. c. 125, § 18. However, the Commonwealth’s definition would make any mentally ill person placed at Bridgewater State Hospital a “prisoner.”

Bradley v. Comm'r of Mental Health, 436 N.E.2d 135 (Mass. 1982). “The plaintiff sought his transfer from the Bridgewater State Hospital (Bridgewater), which is within the Department of Correction (G. L. c. 125, § 18), to a facility within the Department of Mental Health (DMH).”

Rohrer, 230 N.E.2d 915 (Mass. 1967). “1 By G. L. c. 125, § 18 (as inserted by St. 1955, c.”

Gentile, 159 N.E.2d 86 (Mass. 1959). “” See G. L. c. 125, § 18 (as amended through St.”

Doe Ex Rel. Roe v. Gaughan, 617 F. Supp. 1477 (D. Mass. 1985). “Bridgewater State Hospital is a part of the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Bridgewater, and is administered by the Massachusetts Department of Correction (“DOC”) pursuant to M.G.L. c. 125 § 18. Michael Fair is the Commissioner of Correction, and Charles Gaughan was…”

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