Session Laws

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 25B of chapter 111 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1994 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 35 and 36, the words "a religious group relying solely on spiritual means through prayer and healing" and inserting in place thereof the following words:- and for persons who rely exclusively upon treatment by spiritual means through prayer for healing, in accordance with the creed or tenets of a church or religious denomination.

SECTION 2. Section 70E of said chapter 111, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 180 and 181, the words "or listed and certified by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston" and inserting in place thereof the following words:- by and for persons who rely exclusively upon treatment by spiritual means through prayer for healing, in accordance with the creed or tenets of a church or religious denomination.

SECTION 3. Section 72Y of said chapter 111, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 17 and 18, the words "a religious group relying solely on spiritual means through prayer and healing" and inserting in place thereof the following words:- and for persons who rely exclusively upon treatment by spiritual means through prayer for healing, in accordance with the creed or tenets of a church or religious denomination.

SECTION 4. Section 73A of said chapter 111, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 3 and 4, the following words ", or listed and certified by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts," and inserting in place thereof the following words:- by and for persons who rely exclusively upon treatment by spiritual means through prayer for healing, in accordance with the creed or tenets of a church or religious denomination.

SECTION 5. Section 108 of chapter 112 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 13 to 17, inclusive, the words "certified by a recognized church or religious denomination which teaches reliance on spiritual means alone for healing as having been approved to administer institutions certified by such church or denomination for the care and treatment of the sick in accordance with its teachings" and inserting in place thereof the following words:- employed by an institution operated by and for persons who rely exclusively upon treatment by spiritual means through prayer for healing, in accordance with the creed or tenets of a church or religious denomination.