Michigan Administrative Code

R 400.615 Resident register. Rule 615. A licensee shall maintain a chronological register of all residents admitted that includes the following information for each resident: (a) Resident full name. (b) Resident date of birth. (c) Date of admission. Page 6 Courtesy of Michigan Ad…

R 285.617.1 Black stem rust of small grains. Rule 1. (1) All species and varieties of the genera Berberis, Mahoniaand Mahoberberis and all living parts thereof determined by the director of agriculture to be susceptible alternate hosts for the black stem rust of small grains caus…

R 400.617 Records. Rule 617. (1) A licensee shall maintain the following records: (a) Admission policy. (b) Program statement. (c) Discharge policy. (d) Resident records. (e) Resident register. (f) Resident care agreement. (g) Accident records and incident reports. (h) Staff reco…

R 432.617 Special proceedings. Rule 617. (1) The board may suspend a license without notice or hearing if the board determines that the safety or health of persons or employees or the integrity of internet gaming is jeopardized by continuing an operation or that the action is nec…

R 432.618 Waiver of requirements. Rule 618. The board may, in writing, waive, restrict, or alter any requirement or procedure set forth in these rules, if the board determines any of the following: (a) That the requirement or procedure is impractical or burdensome. (b) That the w…

R 285.619.1 Scionwood certification. Rule 1. Scionwood will be certified as virus-free when produced on a parent tree registered by the department of agriculture, hereinafter referred to as "the department," as being apparently virus-free, the virus-free characteristic of the reg…

R 285.619.11 Understock parent tree certification. Rule 11. (1) An understock seed source parent tree is considered registered when determined to be free of seed transmissible viruses by procedures established in R 285.619.1. Continuance of registration depends upon the registran…

R 285.619.2 Scionwood orchards; location and plantings. Rule 2. (1) The registrant shall be grown in a planting, hereinafter known as a scionwood orchard, isolated not less than 1,000 feet from wild and cultivated bearing- age trees of the same genus but which are not eligible fo…

R 285.619.22 Nursery stock, scionwood, understock, and seed; certification. Rule 22. (1) Finished nursery stock and clonal understocks of apple, cherry, or plum shall be labeled as and certified true to variety by the nursery as a prerequisite for certification under these rules.…

R 285.619.3 Scionwood orchards; care, additions, removals. Rule 3. (1) A scionwood orchard and the registered trees therein shall be cared for as follows: Page 2 Courtesy of www.michigan.gov/orr (a) Clean cultivated at all times with the exception of a winter cover crop or mowed …

R 285.619.31 Fees. Rule 31. Annual fees as established by R 285.610.1 shall be charged for registration and certification services. History: 1979 AC; 1984 AACS.

R 285.619.4 Parent tree registration. Rule 4. A registered parent tree shall be assigned an identifying registration number by the department. Registration of a parent tree shall be continued from year to year if the requirements of R 285.619.1 to R 285.619.3 are met and biannual…

R 338.619 Educational standards; adoption by reference. Rule 19. (1) The standards for accrediting speech-language pathology educational programs developed and adopted by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA), American Speech-Langu…

R 400.619 Emergency preparedness plan. Rule 619. (1) A licensee shall have a written emergency preparedness plan in case of fire, medical, weather, extended utility outage, or other emergencies. The plan must include where residents will receive care in the event the facility is …

R 285.620.1 Quarantine; purpose. Rule 1. (1) The director of agriculture when he shall find that there exists in any state, territory, or district or part thereof any dangerous insect pest or plant disease infestation with reference to which the secretary of agriculture of the Un…

R 400.620 Special license. Rule 620. (1) A special license may be issued in accordance with section 18 of the act, MCL 400.718, if there is an instance where adult foster care residents of another licensed facility have been displaced due to fire, tornado, flood, or other disaste…

R 400.621 Capability. Rule 621. Licensees, staff, volunteers, and members of the household shall be capable of ensuring the welfare of residents. History: 2025 MR 22, Eff. November 3, 2025.

R 500.621 Contracts on a variable basis; authorization. Rule 621. A contract on a variable basis authorized by section 925 of the insurance code of 1956 shall not be delivered or issued for delivery in this state unless the insurer is acting under a certificate of authority which…

R 338.621 Relicensure. Rule 21. (1) An applicant may be relicensed within 3 years after the expiration date of the license under section 16201(3) of the code, MCL 333.16201, if the applicant satisfies the requirements of the code and the rules promulgated under the code, and all …

R 35.621 Need. Rule 1. Need is defined for the purpose of this act to be any emergency in the life of an honorably discharged world war II or Korean war veteran, or his or her dependents, which requires immediate assistance in order to prevent undue hardship to the veteran, or hi…

R 35.622 Eligibility of veteran or dependents, or both. Rule 2. Eligibility of the veteran, or his or her dependents, or both, shall be as specified in section 2, Act No. 9 of the Public Acts of 1946, Extra Session, as amended. ". . . for the purposes of the administration of thi…

R 432.622 License classifications. Rule 622. (1) The following licenses may be issued under the act and these rules: (a) Internet gaming operator license. (b) Internet gaming supplier license. (2) The following persons are eligible to hold an internet gaming operator license: (a)…

R 500.622 Certificates of authority; applications. Rule 622. Application for a certificate of authority which specifically provides for issuance of contracts on a variable basis shall be made to the commissioner in writing and shall be accompanied by all of the following: (a) A c…

R 285.623.101 Designation of seed certifying agency. Rule 101. The Michigan crop improvement association is designated an official seed- certifying agency to assist and advise the director of the department of agriculture in certifying the varietal purity, quality, vitality, and …

R 285.623.102 Seed origin and list of varieties. Rule 102. (1) Certified seed shall be the progeny of foundation seed as defined in the act. (2) Only properly named and properly described varieties and hybrids shall be eligible for certification. History: 1994 AACS.

R 285.623.103 Production of certified seed; restrictions. Rule 103. (1) If a kind of seed is submitted for certification for which standards have not been established in these rules, association of official seed-certifying agencies standards for that kind of seed will be used. Th…

R 285.623.104 Field conditions. Rule 104. (1) A field that contains more than an occasional weed which produces seed that is not readily separable from the crop seed or that contains weed growth that will impair seed quality or prevent adequate field inspection is ineligible for …

R 285.623.105 Inspections and final certification. Rule 105. (1) A field inspection shall be performed by the certifying agency when all of the following can best be determined: (a) The identity of the variety. (b) Mixtures. (c) Weediness. (d) Disease infection. (e) Vigor. (f) Cr…

R 285.623.106 Containers and tags. Rule 106. (1) A bag of seed that is to be offered for sale or sold as certified, registered, or foundation seed shall be identified as to variety. Seed that is offered for sale or sold as certified, registered, or foundation seed shall be placed…

R 285.623.108 Seed from out of state. Rule 108. Seed which is produced in another state or country and which is sold and delivered in this state as certified, registered, or foundation shall have been certified by a legally constituted agency of the state or country of origin in …

R 285.623.109 Interagency certification. Rule 109. If the Michigan crop improvement association participates with another certifying agency in performing services that are required to certify the same lot or lots of seed, the standards for such interagency certification shall be …

R 285.623.110 Modification of standards. Rule 110. The minimum quality standards for foundation and certified seed, other than the standards that affect genetic purity as established in these rules, may be modified by the director of the department of agriculture when application…

R 285.623.111 Definitions. Rule 111. As used in these rules: (a) "Act" means Act No. 221 of the Public Acts of 1959, as amended, being S286.71 et seq. of the Michigan Compiled Laws. (b) "Field crops" means any agricultural crop that is grown for food, feed, forage, fiber, or oil.…

R 285.623.199 Rescission. Rule 199. R 285.623.1 to R 285.623.29 of the Michigan Administrative Code, appearing on pages 1274, 1276, and 1280 to 1282 of the 1979 Michigan Administrative Code and pages 217 to 223 of the 1985 Annual Supplement to the Code, are rescinded. History: 19…

R 285.623.201 Applications for field crop inspection and certification. Rule 201. An application for field crop inspection and certification shall be made to the certifying agency on or before the dates specified by the certifying agency. Page 7 Courtesy of Michigan Administrativ…

R 285.623.202 Isolation. Rule 202. The seed of that portion of a crop which is to be field-inspected and which is less than 6 feet from an inseparable species, a variety of the same species, or the same variety grown from noncertified seed shall not be harvested for certification…

R 285.623.203 Field beans; field and seed standards. Rule 203. (1) Field standards for field bean seed are as follows: Classes of Seed Factor Foundation Certified Other varieties or off-types (maximum) .01% .01% Inseparable other crops none none Bacterial bean blight--percent of …

R 285.623.204 Soybeans; field and seed standards. Rule 204. (1) Field standards for soybean seed are as follows: Maximum Each Class Factor Foundation Certified Other varieties or off-types .05% .1% Inseparable seed plants: Corn (with kernels) and others none none (2) Seed standar…

R 285.623.205 Small grains and buckwheat; field and seed standards. Rule 205. (1) Field standards for small grain seed and buckwheat are as shown in table 205.1: TABLE 205.1 Field Standards for Small Grain Seed and Buckwheat Factor Foundation Maximum Each Class Certified Other va…

R 285.623.206 Red clover and alfalfa; field and seed standards. Rule 206. (1) Red clover or alfalfa seed shall be planted on land on which the same crop has not been previously grown for a minimum of 5 years for producing foundation seed and 2 years for producing certified seed. …

R 285.623.207 Birdsfoot trefoil. Rule 207. (1) Birdsfoot trefoil seed shall be planted on land on which the same crop has not been previously grown for a minimum of 5 years for producing foundation seed and 2 years for producing certified seed. During the year immediately before …

R 285.623.208 Crownvetch. Rule 208. (1) Crownvetch seed shall be planted on land on which the same crop has not been previously grown for a minimum of 5 years for producing foundation seed and 2 years for producing certified seed. During the year immediately before seeding, the l…

R 285.623.209 Perennial cross-pollinated grasses (timothy, reed canarygrass, and orchardgrass). Rule 209. (1) Timothy, reed canarygrass, and orchardgrass seed for the production of foundation seed shall be planted where the same species has not been seeded or grown for at least 5…

R 285.623.210 Rape. Rule 210. (1) Rape shall be planted on land on which the same crop has not been previously grown for a minimum of 4 years for producing foundation seed and 3 years for producing certified seed. (2) Fields that produce foundation seed shall have a minimum isola…

R 285.623.211 Lupine. Rule 211. (1) A field shall not be eligible for certification if lupines were grown in the same field the previous year, unless the previous crop was grown from certified or foundation seed of the same variety. (2) Field inspections shall be made when the fi…

R 285.623.212 Adzuki beans. Rule 212. (1) One field inspection will be made before harvest on all fields of adzuki beans that are eligible for certification. (2) Stage of inspection - the field inspection shall be made at the time of leaf drop, just before harvest. (3) Field stan…

R 285.623.213 Perennial pea. Rule 213. (1) Perennial pea seed shall be planted on land on which the same crop has not been previously grown for a minimum of 5 years for producing foundation seed and 2 years for producing certified seed. During the year immediately before seeding,…