Massachusetts Statutes
§ 6 — Release of medical and dental records; comparison of dental records
Massachusetts § 6
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
Title IIEXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH
Ch. 22AMISSING PERSONS
This text of Massachusetts § 6 (Release of medical and dental records; comparison of dental records) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Massachusetts primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Bluebook
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 22A, § 6 (2026).
Text
Section 6. When any person makes a report of a missing person to a law enforcement authority, the authority shall request a member of the family or next of kin of the missing person to authorize the release to the department of the medical and dental records of the person reported missing.The department of the state police shall compare the dental records received from the medical examiner to dental records of missing persons on file with the department. The department of the state police shall submit the results of the comparison to the medical examiner and if a tentative or positive identification is made, to the law enforcement authority which submitted the report of the missing person.
Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI
Cite This Page — Counsel Stack
Bluebook (online)
Massachusetts § 6, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/ma/22A/6.