Inspections.
Boston Municipal Code § 11-5C.6
in effect11-5C.6 Inspections.
(A) In order to ensure that the public health and the public safety are protected and the city first responders are protected from the potential hazards that may be posed by laboratories and/or laboratory facilities, on or before the first anniversary of the passage of these Sections and subsequent to analysis of the information collected through the registration processes required by these Sections, the Commissioner shall implement a program of inspection of laboratories and/or laboratory facilities. At the discretion of the Commissioner, this programmatic inspection may require full physical inspections of the laboratories and/or laboratory facilities or may require only inspection of the laboratories’ or laboratory facilities’ compliance with the registration requirements, emergency preparedness including, but not limited to, the information required to be readily available to first responders, and signage.
(B) The Commissioner may collaborate and cooperate with the Commissioner of the Inspectional Services Department in developing a program of inspections.
(C) If any owner-operator knowingly impedes, inhibits, interferes with, restricts or obstructs entry and free access to the laboratory and/or the laboratory facility for the purposes delineated in these Sections, then the Commissioner and/or the Commissioner of the Inspectional Services Department may seek in a court of competent jurisdiction an inspection warrant that allows for the inspection of the site and apprises said owner-operator concerning the nature of the inspection, the scope of the inspection, the justification for the inspection and may seek the assistance of the law enforcement community in presenting said warrant.
(D) If any person knowingly impedes, inhibits, interferes with, restricts or obstructs entry and free access to the laboratory and/or the laboratory facility for the purposes delineated in these Sections, then the Commissioner or the Commissioner of the Inspectional Services Department may seek in a court of competent jurisdiction an inspection warrant that allows for the inspection of the site and apprises said person or other person concerning the nature of the inspection, the scope of the inspection, the justification for the inspection and may seek the assistance of the law enforcement community in presenting said warrant.
(CBC 1985 11-5C.6; Ord. 2006 c. 4)
Source: City of Boston, Massachusetts, Boston Municipal Code and City Charter (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/boston/latest/boston_ma/0-0-0-8194Fetched: 11/8/2026