Michael Langan, M.D. v. Board of Registration in Medicine (SPR 20171675)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor ofR ecords December 11, 2017 SPR17/1675 Gerard F. Dolan Assistant General Counsel Board of Registration in Medicine 200 Harvard Mill Sq. Suite 330 Wakefield, MA 01880 Attorney Dolan: I have received the petition from Dr. Michael Langan appealing the nonresponse of the Board of Registration in Medicine (Board) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § 1O A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Specifically, Dr. Langan requested "documents pertaining to the obvious forensic fraud and perjury." Having received no response, Dr. Langan petitioned this office. Under the Public Records Law and the Access Regulations (Regulations) all requests for public records must be met with a response within ten business days of receipt of the request. G. L. c. 66, § lO(a)-(b). The response may contain, among other things, an offer to provide records, a fee estimate for provision of the records, or a denial. G. L. c. 66, § 1O (b ). All records custodians must comply with both the Public Records Law and the Regulations with respect to the timeliness of response. Subsequent to the intervention by a member of the Public Records Division, this office . was notified through an email from the Board to Dr. Langan on December 6, 2017 that the Board provided a response to Dr. Langan. Whereas this matter was opened based upon the Board's failure to provide a written response, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. Dr. Langan may appeal the substantive nature of the Department's response within ninety days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Sincerely, ~~ Supervisor of Records cc: Dr. Michael Langan One Ashburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 • (617) 727-2832• Fax: (617) 727-5914 sec.state.ma.us/pre• pre@sec.state.ma.us