Massachusetts § 40 Causing serious bodily injury to participants in physical exercise training programs; punishment

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 40 — Causing serious bodily injury to participants in physical exercise training programs; punishment

Massachusetts § 40

Part IVCRIMES, PUNISHMENTS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES

Title ICRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS

Ch. 265CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON

This text of Massachusetts § 40 (Causing serious bodily injury to participants in physical exercise training programs; punishment) 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. 265, § 40 (2026).

Text

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.For 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 tim

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

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.For 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.

View on official source ↗

Cite This Page — Counsel Stack

Bluebook (online)

Massachusetts § 40, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/ma/265/40.