Michigan Administrative Code

R 400.4160 Emergency restraint. Rule 160. The use of emergency restraint as a lifesaving response for a youth will be limited to: Page 24 Courtesy of Michigan Administrative Rules (a) An emergency response to protect the youth or others from an unanticipated or severely aggressiv…

R 431.4160 Entries and starters required. Rule 4160. (1) An association shall specify how many entries are required for overnight races. After the condition is fulfilled, the race shall be held. (2) In early closing races or late closing races, if 5 or more interests are declared…

R 400.4161 Secure juvenile justice facilities, mechanical restraint; policies and procedures; prohibitions. Rule 161. (1) Secure juvenile justice facilities must develop and implement written policies and procedures regarding the use of mechanical restraint in actual practice in …

R 400.4162 Seclusion within secure and nonsecure facilities; seclusion plan; prohibitions; reduction and elimination. Rule 162. (1) An agency must establish a process improvement and a seclusion reduction/elimination plan that addresses the following areas: (a) Requires staff tra…

R 400.4163 Health status assessment; notification; debriefing; reporting. Rule 163. (1) The agency shall develop and implement written procedures for health status screening, notifications, debriefing, and reporting when a restraint, including an emergency restraint, or seclusion…

R 400.4164 Secure facilities serving juvenile justice youth; reintegration. Rule 164. A secure facility that serves juvenile justice youth may have policies and procedures used to reintegrate youth who have been placed in seclusion back into the Page 28 Courtesy of Michigan Admin…

R 400.4165 Secure facilities serving juvenile justice youth; lockdowns. Rule 165. (1) A secure facility may only use lockdown in situations that threaten facility security, including but not limited to, riots, taking of hostages, or escape plans involving multiple residents. (2) …

R 400.4166 Discharge plan. Rule 166. (1) When a resident is discharged from institutional care, all of the following information shall be documented in the case record within 14 days after discharge: Page 29 Courtesy of Michigan Administrative Rules (a) The date of and reason for…

R 400.4167 Case record maintenance. Rule 167. (1) The institution shall maintain a case record for each resident. (2) Service plans shall be signed and dated by the social services worker and the social services supervisor. (3) Narrative entries in the case record shall be signed…

R 431.4170 Declaration to start; drawing. Rule 4170. (1) Unless otherwise specified in the conditions, the declaration time is at the discretion of the stewards. (2) A horse shall not be permitted to enter in more than 1 race on any 1 racing day. Races decided by more than 1 heat…

R 431.4175 Qualifying races. Rule 4175. At all race meetings, entries cannot be accepted without at least 1 satisfactory current charted line on the electronic eligibility. When an association determines a race will be nonbetting, entries may be accepted on a horse without a curr…

R 431.4180 Mutuel entries; common ties. Rule 4180. (1) Not more than 2 horses that have common ties so as to be joined as a mutuel entry shall be entered in an overnight race. A preference for 1 of the horses shall be made when making a double entry. Two horses that have common t…

R 431.4185 Also-eligibles. Rule 4185. (1) Not more than 2 horses may be drawn as also-eligibles for a race. If 1 or more horses are excused by the stewards, the also-eligible horse or horses shall race and take the post position drawn by the horse that it replaces, except in hand…

R 431.4190 Preference. Rule 4190. (1) Preference shall be given in all overnight races according to a horse's last previous purse race. If 2 or more horses have the same preference date, then a second preference date shall be used. If 2 or more horses have the same first and seco…

R 431.4195 Stewards' list. Rule 4195. (1) A horse that is unfit to race because it is dangerous, unmanageable, unable to show a performance to qualify at the race meeting, or otherwise unfit to race at the race meeting may be placed on a stewards' list by the stewards, and declar…

R 400.4199 Rescission. Rule 199. R 400.141 to R 400.160 and R 400.174 to R 400.185 of the Michigan Administrative Code, appearing on pages 2996 to 3002, 3005, and 3006 of the 1979 Michigan Administrative Code, and pages 306 and 307 of the 1980 Annual Supplement to the Code, are r…

R 431.4200 Naming drivers. Rule 4200. Declarations shall state who shall drive the horse. Drivers may be changed until a time specified by the stewards. After such time a driver shall not be changed without permission of the stewards. The stewards shall approve or disapprove the …

R 247.4201 Accessibility plan; content; amendment. Rule 201. (1) Each applicant seeking comprehensive transportation funds to purchase, lease, or rent demand-actuated vehicles shall prepare and submit an accessibility plan to the department as a part of its application. (2) An ac…

R 299.4201 Certification procedure. Rule 201. (1) By July 1 of each year, an uncertified city, county, or district department of health that desires to be considered for certification shall file an application on a form provided by the department. (2) An application request shall…

R 299.4202 Rescission of certification. Rule 202. (1) Certification may be rescinded by the department upon written request of the certified health department. The department shall notify the health department of its determination within 30 days and, if applicable, the effective …

R 247.4202 Accessibility plan local advisory council composition. Rule 202. (1) A local advisory council shall be composed and structured in such a manner so as to facilitate an independent objective assessment of the accessibility plan by persons in the service area. (2) An appl…

R 247.4203 Accessibility plan review and approval process. Rule 203. The department shall process an accessibility plan in accordance with both of the following procedures: (a) The department shall, within 60 days after submission of the accessibility plan, do either of the follo…

R 431.4210 Starting. Rule 4210. (1) The official starter shall have control of the horses from the formation of the parade until he or she gives the word “go”. (2) The official starter shall notify the drivers when to come to the starting gate. During or before the parade, the dr…

R 431.4215 Recall; notice. Rule 4215. (1) Before giving the word “go,” the official starter shall endeavor to get all horses away in position and on gait. (2) The official starter may, at any time before the word “go” is given, order a recall for 1 of the following reasons: (a) A…

R 431.4220 Penalties to drivers. Rule 4220. The official starter may recommend to the stewards that a driver be penalized for any of the following reasons: (a) Delaying the start. (b) Failure to obey the official starter's instruction. (c) Rushing ahead of the inside or outside w…

R 431.4225 Gate restrictions. Rule 4225. (1) A person, other than the official starter, his or her assistant, and a patrol judge, shall not be allowed to ride in the starting gate unless permission has been granted by the stewards. (2) Use of a mechanical loudspeaker for any purp…

R 431.4230 Starting without gates. Rule 4230. (1) An association shall provide a backup starting gate. In the event of an extraordinary occurrence, however, horses may be started without a gate. (2) When horses are started without a gate, the official starter shall have control o…

R 431.4235 Starters. Rule 4235. The horses shall be deemed to have started when the word "go" is given by the starter, and all of the horses shall go the course, except where there is an accident in which, in the opinion of the stewards, it is impossible to go the course. History…

R 431.4240 Unmanageable horses. Rule 4240. If, in the opinion of the stewards or the official starter, a horse is unmanageable or liable to cause accidents or injury to any other horse or to any driver, it may be scratched. When this action is taken by the official starter, the s…

R 431.4245 Post positions; heat racing. Rule 4245. The horse winning a heat shall take the pole the succeeding heat, unless otherwise specified in the published conditions, and all others shall take their positions in the order they were placed the last heat. When 2 or more horse…

R 431.4250 Gate arm shields. Rule 4250. The arms of all starting gates shall be provided with a screen or a shield in front of the position for each horse, and such arms shall be perpendicular to the rail. History: 1985 AACS.

R 431.4255 Drivers; licensing. Rule 4255. (1) A person who desires to drive a harness horse at a race meeting licensed by the executive director is required to obtain a license from the executive director, upon the recommendation of the stewards, whether or not the person possess…

R 431.4260 Driver restrictions. Rule 4260. (1) A person who is 60 years of age or older and who has never previously held any type of driver's license shall not be issued a driver's license. (2) An applicant for a driver's license who is 65 years of age or over may be required to…

R 431.4265 Driving rule violations; complaints; disciplinary action. Rule 4265. (1) Although a leading horse is entitled to any part of the race course, except after selecting its position in the home stretch, the driver of the first horse or any other driver in the race shall no…

R 431.4270 Breaking. Rule 4270. (1) When any horse breaks from its gait in trotting or pacing, its driver shall at once, where clearance exists, take the horse to the outside and pull it to its gait. (2) Any of the following conduct is a violation of this rule: (a) Failure to pro…

R 431.4275 Right of course; time for accidents, loose horses. Rule 4275. (1) Horses called for a race have the exclusive right of the course and other horses shall vacate the race course at once, unless permitted to remain by the stewards. (2) In the case of accidents, only so mu…

R 431.4280 Time and records. Rule 4280. (1) In every race, the time of each heat shall be accurately recorded by an approved electric timing device and placed in the record in minutes, seconds, and fifths of seconds. When each heat has been ruled official by the stewards, the tim…

R 431.4285 Trainers; licensing. Rule 4285. (1) An applicant for a trainer's license shall satisfy the stewards, in the manner as they may prescribe, that he or she complies with all of the following requirements: (a) Has not less than 2 years of experience under a recognized trai…

R 431.4290 Protective nose shield. Rule 4290. A protective nose shield may be worn by standardbred horses in pari- mutuel races when the executive director determines that weather conditions warrant the use for humane considerations. The stewards shall approve the type of protect…

R 247.4301 Financial and compliance audits. Rule 301. (1) A recipient of funds under the local public transportation operating grants section and the new services section of the act shall provide, to the department, an annual financial and compliance audit report and management l…

R 299.4301 Purpose, scope, and applicability. Rule 301. (1) The purpose of this part is to establish standards under the act for all type III landfill units. These standards ensure the protection of human health and the environment. (2) Type III landfills that are new disposal ar…

R 299.4302 Existing industrial waste landfills. Rule 302. (1) The owner and operator of an industrial waste landfill that has been issued a permit or license under the act on the effective date of these rules may construct, operate, and close the disposal area in accordance with …

R 247.4302 Local public transportation progress report. Rule 302. (1) Not later than 40 calendar days after the end of each state fiscal year, a recipient of funds under the local public transportation operating grants and new services sections of the act shall file an annual loc…

R 299.4303 Existing construction and demolition waste landfills. Rule 303. (1) Construction and demolition waste landfills that are existing disposal areas shall be in compliance with all of the requirements of this part that are not designated as applying to new disposal areas o…

R 247.4303 Procedures for adjusting or withholding funds. Rule 303. (1) The department may adjust or withhold project funds that are awarded under the act or may adjust project quantities or alter the project scope under any of the following circumstances: (a) Federal funds that …

R 247.4304 Contractual agreements generally. Rule 304. (1) A contractual agreement is required for authorized projects that are funded under the comprehensive transportation fund and bond fund sections of the act. (2) A contractual agreement is not required for authorized local p…

R 299.4305 Type III landfill location restrictions. Rule 305. (1) The requirements of this rule apply to type III landfills that are new disposal areas. (2) Horizontal isolation distances shall be in compliance with the following provisions, as applicable: (a) The isolation dista…