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GENERAL LAWS OF MASSACHUSETTS
Part I - ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENTTitle II - EXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH
Chapter 6 - THE GOVERNOR, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL, CERTAIN OFFICERS UNDER THE GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL, AND STATE LIBRARY
Section 6:172M - Person licensed pursuant to section 122 of chapter 140 required to obtain criminal offender record information prior to hiring new employee who may have direct and unmonitored contact with firearms, shotguns or rifles

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6 § 172M

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Current through Chapter 112 of the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 6:172M - Person licensed pursuant to section 122 of chapter 140 required to obtain criminal offender record information prior to hiring new employee who may have direct and unmonitored contact with firearms, shotguns or rifles

Notwithstanding section 172 or any other general or special law to the contrary, a person licensed pursuant to section 122 of chapter 140 shall obtain from the department all available criminal offender record information prior to accepting a person as an employee to determine the suitability of such employee who may have direct and unmonitored contact with firearms, shotguns or rifles. A person obtaining information pursuant to this section shall not disseminate such information for any purpose other than the further protection of public safety.

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, § 172M

Amended by Acts 2016, c. 176,§ 11, eff. 8/1/2016.
Renumbered from Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, § 6:172L by Acts 2015, c. 10,§ 4, eff. 3/31/2015.
Added as section 6:172L by Acts 2014, c. 284,§ 3, eff. 1/1/2015.