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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 221, § 26 (2026)

Physicians or unregistered practitioners convicted of crimes; clerk to report convictions to board of registration in medicine

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Section 26. The clerk of any court in which a physician registered in the commonwealth is convicted of any crime or in which an unregistered practitioner is convicted of holding himself out as a practitioner of medicine or of practicing medicine shall, within one week thereafter, report the same to the board of registration in medicine together with a copy of the court proceedings in the case. For the purposes of this section, a person shall be deemed to be convicted of a crime if he pleaded guilty or was found or adjudged guilty by a court of competent jurisdiction.

In the instance where a physician pleads nolo contendere to charges or where sufficient facts of guilt were found and the matter was continued without a finding by a court of competent jurisdiction, such clerk shall, within one week thereafter, report the same to the board of registration in medicine together with a copy of the court proceedings in the case.

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Cited in 1 case, 2020–2020 · leading case: Doe v. Bd. of Reg. in Med. (Mass. 2020).
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Doe v. Bd. of Reg. in Med. (Mass. 2020). “For example, under G. L. c. 221, § 26, in any case in which "a physician pleads nolo contendere to charges or where sufficient facts of guilt were found and the matter was continued without a finding," the clerk of the court is required to inform the board within one week of…”
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