{"id":"DUT-MA-007","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Massachusetts","state":"MA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"General Court (codified statute; powers of municipal boards of health)","authority":"Massachusetts General Laws, Part I, Title XVI, Chapter 111 (nuisances)","instrument":"G.L. c. 111, s. 122","title":"Regulations relative to nuisances; examinations","dateIssued":"2026-09-28","effective":"standing","end":"standing","startDate":"2026-09-28","endDate":"","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","CLOSE","COND"],"addressees":["persons generally; owners or persons in control of premises"],"clause":"The board of health shall examine into all nuisances, sources of filth and causes of sickness... which may, in its opinion, be injurious to the public health, shall destroy, remove or prevent the same... and shall make regulations for the public health and safety relative thereto... Whoever violates any such regulation shall forfeit not more than one thousand dollars.","enforcement":"Forfeiture of not more than $1,000 per violation; abatement by the board (ss. 123-125)","functions":[],"notes":"A mandatory duty on the board of health to examine and to \u0027destroy, remove or prevent\u0027 every nuisance, source of filth and cause of sickness injurious to the public health, and to make regulations for the public health and safety relative thereto and to \u0027articles capable of containing or conveying infection or contagion,\u0027 binding on all persons on pain of forfeiture up to $1,000.","sourceUrl":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXVI/Chapter111/Section122","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":52141,"grade":"primary","character":"sanitary_code_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-MA","url":"/library/DUT-MA-007","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-MA-007","citation":"General Court (codified statute; powers of municipal boards of health), G.L. c. 111, s. 122 (standing) (Ex. DUT-MA-007)","stateName":"Massachusetts","related":[]}