MA · rules
Mass. Super. Ct. R. 55
Experts in criminal and delinquent children cases
Rule 55
The court will not allow compensation as an expert witness to a salaried medical examiner or a salaried physician of a penal institution or place of detention, unless it appears by the certificate of the district attorney that he has testified as an expert.
The court will allow no fee to a salaried physician of a penal institution or place of detention for making an examination into the mental condition of a person held in custody therein or for a report or medical certificate as to such condition.
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- 2026-09-17
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- 2026-09-16
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