804 CMR, § 12.02
As used throughout 804 CMR 12.00, the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
Commission means the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination.
Person means any agency or political subdivision of the Federal government or the Commonwealth, or any state, public or private corporation or authority, any individual, trust, firm, joint stock company, partnership, association, or other entity, and any officer, employee or agent of said person, and any group of said persons.
Public Record means any record made or received by any officer or employee of any agency, executive office, department, board, commission, bureau, division or authority of the Commonwealth, or of any authority established by the General Court to serve a public purpose, and which is a public record pursuant to M.G.L. c. 4, § 7, cl. 26, as may be amended from time to time.
Record means a book, paper, map, photograph, recorded tape, financial statement, statistical tabulation, or any other documentary material or data, regardless of physical form or characteristics.
804 CMR, § 12.02