SENATE, No. 1002

By Mr. Moore, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1002) of Richard T. Moore and Edward G. Connolly for legislation relative to physician addresses. The Judiciary

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

In the Year Two Thousand and Five.

AN ACT RELATIVE TO PHYSICIAN ADDRESSES

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 5 of Chapter 112 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2002 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word "inclusive", in line 123, the following paragraph:--

The home address and telephone number of physicians licensed pursuant to M.G.L. c.112, § 2, and the name and home address and telephone number of a family member of such physicians, shall not be public records in the custody of a government agency which maintains records identifying such persons as falling within such categories and shall not be disclosed, provided, that the physician has provided said government agency with a business address for dissemination to the public upon request.