True or False: Civil penalty fines allocate 20% to the Health Professions Trust Fund.

• A. True
• B. False
• C. Not specified
• D. Both 20% and 80% allocations require legislative approval

Answer: (A)

Civil penalties collected by the Massachusetts board are distributed by statute, with a fixed portion directed to the Health Professions Trust Fund to support enforcement, education, and consumer protection for health professions. Specifically, 20% of penalties goes to the Health Professions Trust Fund, while the remaining 80% goes to the General Fund. Because these percentages are set by law, the statement that 20% is allocated to the Health Professions Trust Fund is true. The allocations are not left unspecified, and they do not require separate legislative approval for each collection once the statute sets them.