{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-111-72bb","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, § 72BB","heading":"Administering of psychotropic medication by nursing home, rest home or other long-term care facility; informed consent","body":"Section 72BB. (a) For the purposes of this section, the term ''facility'' shall mean a nursing home, rest home or other long-term care facility.\n(b) The department shall establish a schedule of psychotropic medications that shall not be administered to a resident by a facility without informed written consent.\n(c) Prior to administering psychotropic medication listed on the schedule created under subsection (b), a facility shall obtain the informed written consent of the resident, the resident's health care proxy or the resident's guardian. Informed written consent shall be obtained on a form approved by the department, which shall include, at a minimum, the following information: (i) the purpose for administering the listed psychotropic drug; (ii) the prescribed dosage; and (iii) any known effect or side effect of the psychotropic medication. The written consent form shall be kept in the resident's medical record.","path":["Part I","Title XVI","Chapter 111"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXVI/Chapter111/Section72BB","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:22:40Z","sha256":"042be4c77b845cc0b563d220d52e34a530cb60cdfdfdfcdc86a43963bb54d635","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-111-72aa","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-111-72cc"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}