Massachusetts § 53A Hospitals and in-patient clinics to offer and perform ''Pap tests''

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 53A — Hospitals and in-patient clinics to offer and perform ''Pap tests''

Massachusetts § 53A

Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT

Title XVIPUBLIC HEALTH

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Bluebook

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, § 53A (2026).

Text

Section 53A. Every hospital and in-patient clinic licensed by the department or financially supported in whole or in part by the commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof shall offer to administer to any female, eighteen years of age and older, admitted as a patient to said hospital or clinic a Papanicolaou's Stain or Pap test, so-called, provided said female shall pay the cost of such test.

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Section 53A. Every hospital and in-patient clinic licensed by the department or financially supported in whole or in part by the commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof shall offer to administer to any female, eighteen years of age and older, admitted as a patient to said hospital or clinic a Papanicolaou's Stain or Pap test, so-called, provided said female shall pay the cost of such test.