Section 16 Blank forms for towns and boards of health; contents; distribution - Massachusetts Statutes

Section 16. The commissioner of public health shall prepare and furnish to the clerks and boards of health of towns and to the superintendent of the Tewksbury hospital, record books, books for indexes thereto, forms for returns, on paper of uniform size, and any necessary instructions and explanations, including an explanation that sections one hundred and ten and one hundred and eleven of chapter one hundred and eleven require physicians, registered hospital medical officers, nurses, relatives or other attendants to report immediately to the local board of health every child one or both of whose eyes become inflamed, swollen and red and show an unnatural discharge within two weeks after birth. Town clerks shall distribute the blank forms as the commissioner of public health shall direct. A town may provide such books and forms if they conform to those so prepared. The commissioner of public health shall prepare and furnish to the probate courts of the several counties forms for certificates of adoption required by section six A of chapter two hundred and ten.