{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-127-117","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 117","heading":"Placement in hospital or medical facility for medical, dental, or similar professional treatment","body":"Section 117. Whenever the physician of any state correctional facility certifies that any prisoner held therein requires medical, dental or other similar professional treatment which cannot safely or properly be given in such state correctional facility or the hospital at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Norfolk, the commissioner may temporarily place such person in an appropriate hospital or medical facility to receive such treatment.","path":["Part I","Title XVIII","Chapter 127"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXVIII/Chapter127/Section117","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:23:05Z","sha256":"899f0df789dd6d2ec316808332bd072fa592e56d33fbd81f0c7ebfe0b20158cf","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-127-116","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-127-117a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}