Chap.  529.        AN   ACT   REQUIRING   CERTAIN   PRECAUTIONS
BEFORE    ADMINISTERING   RADIATION   TREATMENT.
Whereas,     The deferred  operation  of this act would  tend  to defeat  its   purpose,   which  is  to immediately  provide for  safeguards from radiation treatments,  therefore it is hereby declared to  be an  emergency  law,   necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health._______________________________________
Be it enacted,  etc.,  as follows:
Chapter   111  of the  General Laws  is  hereby  amended  by  inserting after section 51 the following section: -
Section 5J.    Any person who administers radiation treatment of any kind to another person shall use lead shields to protect such other person when  clinically appropriate.     If such other person is a female, any person who so administers such radiation treatment  shall   inform  her  that radiation  can be hazardous  to an unborn  child,   shall inquire whether such female believes she is pregnant,   and  if  the  answers   is  affirmative,   take   clinically appropriate   precautions   before   administering   such   treatment.
Approved   August   20,   1979.