Massachusetts General Laws
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, § 24 (2026)
Dispensing by practitioner for narcotic drug research or treatment of drug dependent persons
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Section 24. (a) If the commissioner determines that a research subject or patient is receiving a controlled substance from more than one source and in quantities which he determines to be harmful to the health of such research subject or patient, said commissioner shall so notify the practitioners who have dispensed the controlled substance.
(b) In order to prevent the dispensing of controlled substances to the same individual from multiple sources or the unlawful diversion of controlled substances, the commissioner shall, pursuant to the provisions of chapter 30A, adopt rules and regulations for carrying out the provisions of this section.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1976–1987 · leading case: Keigan v. Bd. of Reg. in Med., 506 N.E.2d 866 (Mass. 1987).
Keigan v. Bd. of Reg. in Med., 506 N.E.2d 866 (Mass. 1987). “3 The plaintiff did not report the names and addresses of such drug dependent persons, or the name, dosage or strength per dosage unit of the controlled substances to the Commissioner of Mental Health for any of the prescriptions as required by G. L. c. 94C, § 24 (a).…”
Commonwealth v. Donoghue, 358 N.E.2d 465 (Mass. App. Ct. 1976). “660, § 1 stated: “Every physician and every hospital treating persons suffering from the chronic use of narcotic drugs shall within seventy-two hours of the first treatment therefor furnish the department of public health with a statement in duplicate containing the name,…”
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