Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 265 § 40

Current through Chapters 1 to 249 and Chapters 253 to 255 of the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 265:40 - Willful or reckless cause of serious bodily injury to participants in physical exercise training programs

Whoever, having the direct management or direct control over the conduct of physical exercise as part of a course of study or training program at any public or private institution, agency or entity, willfully, wantonly and recklessly causes serious bodily injury to a person participating in a course of study or training program involving physical exercise, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars or by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than two and one-half years or both.

For the purposes of this section "serious bodily injury" shall mean bodily injury which creates a substantial risk of death or which involves either total disability or the loss or substantial impairment of some bodily function for a substantial period of time.

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 265, § 40