{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-112-61a","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, § 61A","heading":"Sale of tobacco products within buildings, facilities or grounds of health care institutions","body":"Section 61A. (a) As used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise:-\n''Health care institution'', (i)an individual, partnership, association, corporation or trust or a person or group of persons who provides health care services and employs health care providers subject to licensing under this chapter; or (ii)a retail establishment that sells pharmaceutical goods and services and is subject to regulation by the board of registration in pharmacy. For the purpose of this section, a retail establishment shall be considered a health care institution if it operates at a health care institution or has a health care institution located on or within its premises; provided, however, that a retail establishment that provides optician, optometric, hearing aid or audiology services but is not subject to regulation by the board of registration in pharmacy shall not be considered a health care institution.\n''Retail establishment'', a store that sells goods to the public.\n(b) No health care institution shall sell or authorize the sale of tobacco products, as defined in section 6 of chapter 270, within its buildings or facilities or on its grounds.","path":["Part I","Title XVI","Chapter 112"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXVI/Chapter112/Section61A","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:22:49Z","sha256":"080da3f737d652dccb959e0aee4edd979a4c2cb441a7940334bbbe642be31bd3","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-112-61","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-112-62"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}