521 CMR, § 8.1

Current through Register 1536, December 6, 2024

Section 8.1 - GENERAL

Transient lodging facilities shall comply with 521 CMR, except as specified or modified in 521 CMR 8.00. Transient lodging shall include but not be limited to hotels, motels, bed and breakfasts, inns, boarding houses, dormitories and resorts. Transient lodging facilities shall also include homeless shelters, halfway houses, lodging houses and transitional housing, and other places that provide temporary accommodations. Transient lodging includes facilities, or portions thereof, used for sleeping accommodations. Sleeping accommodations in a medical care facility are covered by 521 CMR 13.00: MEDICAL CARE FACILITIES.

Exception: 521 CMR 8.00 does not apply to an establishment located within a building that:

a. contains five or fewer beds or contains five or fewer rooms for rent or hire; and

b. is actually occupied as a residence by the proprietor of the establishment (See521 CMR 5.00: DEFINITIONS.)

521 CMR, § 8.1