{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-111-81a","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, § 81A","heading":"Use of intradermal tuberculin tests to show freedom from tuberculosis","body":"Section 81A. No ordinance, by-law, rule or regulation of a board of health or the requirements of any public or private institution, school or college shall be enacted, promulgated, or continued in effect which would require a chest x-ray examination to show freedom from tuberculosis in a communicable form, unless the recipient of such x-ray is known to be tuberculin positive. Any report required by such ordinance, by-law, rule or regulation showing freedom from tuberculosis in a communicable form shall be based upon a negative intradermal tuberculin test that is administered and interpreted in a manner approved by the commissioner. In the case of a person whose tuberculin test is positive, a statement by a physician, based upon the results of a standard chest x-ray film shall be required, and such other laboratory and clinical examinations as may be necessary for the exclusion of tuberculosis in a communicable form.","path":["Part I","Title XVI","Chapter 111"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXVI/Chapter111/Section81A","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:22:41Z","sha256":"78fe40e6e82682c7868dad3fdba29275d74b5c38252dbdd4b823658e06406085","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-111-81","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-111-82"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}