Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 117 (2026)

Placement in hospital or medical facility for medical, dental, or similar professional treatment

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Section 117. Whenever the physician of any state correctional facility certifies that any prisoner held therein requires medical, dental or other similar professional treatment which cannot safely or properly be given in such state correctional facility or the hospital at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Norfolk, the commissioner may temporarily place such person in an appropriate hospital or medical facility to receive such treatment.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1979–2016 · leading case: Reaves v. Dep't of Corr., 195 F. Supp. 3d 383 (D. Mass. 2016).

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Reaves v. Dep't of Corr., 195 F. Supp. 3d 383 (D. Mass. 2016). “Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 117 . . The Rehabilitation Act provides in pertinent part: No otherwise qualified individual with a disability .”

Ladetto v. Comm'r of Corr., 385 N.E.2d 273 (Mass. App. Ct. 1979). “As to the Commissioner’s power temporarily to transfer prisoners to a hospital or medical facility, see G. L. c. 127, § 117, as appearing in St. 1977, c.”

Commonwealth v. Porter, 87 Mass. App. Ct. 676 (Mass. App. Ct. 2015). “Such authorization may be granted for any of the following purposes: (a) to attend the funeral of a relative; (b) to visit a critically ill relative; (c) to obtain medical, psychiatric, psychological or other social services when adequate services are not available at the…”

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