{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-111-26a","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, § 26A","heading":"Health departments in cities; commissioners","body":"Section 26A. A city, by accepting the provisions of this section and sections twenty-six B to twenty-six E, inclusive, by vote of the city council and approval of the mayor, and a town, by accepting the provisions of said sections by vote of the town, may create a health department to replace the board of health therein. Such health department shall consist of a commissioner of health who shall perform and exercise the duties and powers of a board of health, with the advice of an advisory council of health.","path":["Part I","Title XVI","Chapter 111"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXVI/Chapter111/Section26A","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:22:39Z","sha256":"79618c155d980ef945d4f693ae330a99aea791fa16f0f203ec0db0bfd430148f","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-111-26","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-111-26b"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}