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Web Site:
www.mass.gov/standardsOrganization Chart
Mission:
The primary mission of the Division of Standards is to provide uniformity in the marketplace by enforcing standard accuracy requirements for devices used in the weighing or measuring of any item sold by weight, measure or count.Governing Laws:
Statutes
- MGL C. 24A S. 5
- Enabling Statute
- MGL C. 94 S. 295A-295C
- Petroleum Products
- MGL C. 94 S. 303F
- Fuel Oil
- MGL C. 98 S. 1-56
- Weights an Measures
- MGL C. 99 S. 1-5
- Metric Weights and Measures
- MGL C. 100 S. 1-13
- Auctioneers
- MGL C. 100A S. 1-10
- Motor Vehicle Damage Repair Shops
- MGL C. 101 S. 1-34
- Transient Vendors, Hawkers and Peddlers