{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-265-40","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 265, § 40","heading":"Causing serious bodily injury to participants in physical exercise training programs; punishment","body":"Section 40. Whoever, having the direct management or direct control over the conduct of physical exercise as part of a course of study or training program at any public or private institution, agency or entity, willfully, wantonly and recklessly causes serious bodily injury to a person participating in a course of study or training program involving physical exercise, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars or by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than two and one-half years or both.\nFor the purposes of this section ''serious bodily injury'' shall mean bodily injury which creates a substantial risk of death or which involves either total disability or the loss or substantial impairment of some bodily function for a substantial period of time.","path":["Part IV","Title I","Chapter 265"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleI/Chapter265/Section40","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:25:10Z","sha256":"30a1894accc3f88f951884523b6a9f4bd53687ecc1e21c37d22130d5f24bb039","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-265-39","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-265-41"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}