Title 333, HEALTH

Sec. 20961. (1) The department may grant a license under this part to a person who is licensed in another state at the time of application if the applicant provides evidence satisfactory to the department as to all of the following: (a) The applicant meets the requirements of thi…

Sec. 20963. (1) A person participating in radio communications activities in support of emergency medical services, on frequencies utilized in the statewide emergency medical services communications system, shall comply with procedures and radio system requirements established by…

Sec. 20965. (1) Unless an act or omission is the result of gross negligence or willful misconduct, the acts or omissions of a medical first responder, emergency medical technician, emergency medical technician specialist, paramedic, medical director of a medical control authority…

Sec. 20967. (1) Authority for the management of a patient in an emergency is vested in the licensed health professional or licensed emergency medical services personnel at the scene of the emergency who has the most training specific to the provision of emergency medical care. If…

Sec. 20969. This part and the rules promulgated under this part do not authorize medical treatment for or transportation to a hospital of an individual who objects to the treatment or transportation. However, if emergency medical services personnel, exercising professional judgme…

Sec. 20971. (1) This part does not supersede, limit, or otherwise affect the emergency preparedness act, Act No. 390 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 30.401 to 30.420 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, or Act No. 151 of the Public Acts of 1953, being section 30.261 of the M…

Sec. 20973. This part does not deny emergency medical services to individuals outside of the boundaries of this state, or limit, restrict, or prevent a cooperative agreement for the provision of emergency medical services between this state or a political subdivision of this stat…

Sec. 20975. The department may promulgate rules to implement this part.

Sec. 20977. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), rules promulgated to implement former parts 32, 203, or 207 of this act and in effect on July 22, 1990 do not continue, and are considered as rescinded. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to rules that have been ident…

Sec. 20979. The legislature shall not use the increase in the amount of fees charged under this part from the fees charged under former part 207 as a basis for reducing the amount of general fund money that is appropriated to the department.

Sec. 20981. (1) As used in this part: (a) "Critical incident" means an actual or perceived event or situation that involves crisis, disaster, trauma, or emergency. (b) "Critical incident stress" means stress or trauma that an emergency service provider may experience in providing…

Sec. 20982. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a communication made by an emergency service provider to a CISM team member while the emergency service provider receives CISM services is confidential and shall not be disclosed in a civil, criminal, or administrative…

Sec. 20983. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), a CISM team or a CISM team member providing CISM services is not liable for damages, including personal injury, wrongful death, property damage, or other loss related to the CISM team's or CISM team member's act, err…

Sec. 21301. Article 1 contains general definitions and principles of construction applicable to all articles in this code and part 201 contains definitions applicable to this part.

Sec. 21302. (1) "Continuing care community" means that term as defined in section 3 of the continuing care community disclosure act, 2014 PA 448, MCL 554.903. (2) "Supervised personal care" means the direct guidance or hands-on assistance with activities of daily living offered b…

Sec. 21307. This part does not authorize the medical supervision, regulation, or control of the remedial care or treatment of residents in a home for the aged operated for the adherents of a bona fide church or religious denomination who rely on treatment by prayer or spiritual m…

Sec. 21311. (1) Except as provided in section 21311a, a home for the aged shall be licensed under this article. (2) "Home for the aged" or a similar term or abbreviation shall not be used to describe or refer to a health facility or agency unless the health facility or agency is …

Sec. 21311a. (1) Beginning on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, an exemption from licensure as a home for the aged under this article shall be given to an existing facility or a facility under construction if the requirements of subsection (3) are …

Sec. 21313. (1) The owner, operator, and governing body of a home for the aged are responsible for all phases of the operation of the home and shall assure that the home maintains an organized program to provide room and board, protection, supervision, assistance, and supervised …

Sec. 21321. (1) Before issuance of a license under this article, the owner, operator, or governing body of the applicant shall give a bond with a surety approved by the department. The bond shall insure the department for the benefit of the residents. The bond shall be conditione…

Sec. 21325. If a resident of a home for the aged is receiving care in the facility in addition to the room, board, and supervised personal care specified in section 20106(3), as determined by a physician, the department shall not order the removal of the resident from the home fo…

Sec. 21331. A licensee of a home for the aged operated for profit is considered to be the consumer, and not the retailer, of tangible personal property purchased and used or consumed in operation of the home.

Sec. 21332. A home for the aged shall offer each resident, or shall provide each resident with information and assistance in obtaining, an annual vaccination against influenza in accordance with the most recent recommendations of the advisory committee on immunization practices o…

Sec. 21335. (1) Except as provided under subsection (2), a home for the aged seeking a license or a renewal of a license under this article shall have, at a minimum, an emergency generator system that during an interruption of the normal electrical supply is capable of both of th…

Sec. 21401. (1) As used in this part: (a) "Home care" means a level of care provided to a patient that is consistent with the categories "routine home care" or "continuous home care" described in 42 C.F.R. 418.302(b)(1) and (2). (b) "Hospice residence" means a facility that meets…

Sec. 21411. (1) Except as provided in subsection (5), a hospice or hospice residence shall be licensed as required under this article. (2) The term "hospice" shall not be used to describe or refer to a health program or agency unless that program or agency is licensed as a hospic…

Sec. 21413. (1) The owner, operator, and governing body of a hospice or hospice residence licensed under this article: (a) Are responsible for all phases of the operation of the hospice or hospice residence and for the quality of care and services rendered by the hospice or hospi…

Sec. 21415. (1) A hospice or a hospice residence shall provide a program of planned and continuous hospice care, the medical components of which shall be under the direction of a physician. (2) Hospice care shall consist of a coordinated set of services rendered at home or in hos…

Sec. 21417. An individual shall not be admitted to or retained for care by a hospice or a hospice residence unless the individual is suffering from a disease or condition with a terminal prognosis. An individual shall be considered to have a disease or condition with a terminal p…

Sec. 21418. (1) Beginning 90 days after the department promulgates rules to implement this section, a hospice or hospice residence that provides services in a patient's private home shall establish and implement a written controlled substance disposal policy establishing procedur…

Sec. 21419. (1) Not later than 1 year after the effective date of this part, the department shall submit for a public hearing proposed rules necessary to implement and administer this part. (2) The rules promulgated pursuant to subsection (1) shall not establish standards related…

Sec. 21420. Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, all hospices shall be exempt from license fees and certificate of need fees for 3 years after the first hospice is licensed under this article.

Sec. 21501. (1) As used in this part: (a) "Aircraft transport vehicle" means that term as defined in section 20902. (b) "Ambulance" means that term as defined in section 20902. (c) "Emergency patient" means that term as defined in section 20904. (d) "Group health plan" means an e…

Sec. 21511. (1) A hospital shall be licensed under this article. (2) "Hospital" shall not be used to describe or refer to a health facility unless the health facility is licensed as a hospital by the department under this article. This section does not apply to a hospital license…

Sec. 21513. The owner, operator, and governing body of a hospital licensed under this article: (a) Are responsible for all phases of the operation of the hospital, selection of the medical staff, and quality of care rendered in the hospital. (b) Shall cooperate with the departmen…

Sec. 21515. The records, data, and knowledge collected for or by individuals or committees assigned a review function described in this article are confidential and shall be used only for the purposes provided in this article, shall not be public records, and shall not be availab…

Sec. 21521. A hospital shall meet the minimum standards and rules authorized by this article and shall endeavor to carry out practices that will further protect the public health and safety, prevent the spread of disease, alleviate pain and disability, and prevent premature death…

Sec. 21523. (1) The rules for operation and maintenance of hospitals shall not be less strict than those required for certification of hospitals under part D of title XVIII of the social security act, chapter 531, 79 Stat. 313, 42 U.S.C. 1395x to 1395yy and 1395bbb to 1395ggg. (2…

Sec. 21527. (1) If an individual alleges to a physician or other member of the attending or admitting staff of a hospital that within the preceding 120 hours the individual has been the victim of criminal sexual conduct under sections 520a to 520l of the Michigan penal code, 1931…

Sec. 21532. (1) A hospital shall provide to an unmarried mother of a live child born in that hospital an acknowledgment of parentage form that can be completed by the child's mother and father to acknowledge paternity of the child as provided in the acknowledgment of parentage ac…

Sec. 21533. Upon request, the department shall provide to an unmarried mother of a child or to a putative father an acknowledgment of parentage form that can be completed by the child's mother and father to acknowledge the child's paternity as provided in the acknowledgment of pa…

Sec. 21534. Upon the request of a patient, a patient's physician, a member of the patient's family, the patient's designated patient advocate, or the patient's legal guardian, a hospital shall provide information orally and in writing to the requesting party regarding hospice and…

Sec. 21535. A hospital shall make available to the public the nonopioid directive form developed under section 9145 on the hospital's internet website.

Sec. 21537. (1) If a live child born in a hospital is not covered under a health benefit plan, the hospital shall provide to a parent or guardian of the child the informational document on the insurance enrollment process developed under subsection (2). (2) The department of insu…

Sec. 21539. A hospital shall comply with section 17773.

Sec. 21540. (1) A nonemergency patient shall be transported by an ambulance that is a motor vehicle instead of an aircraft transport vehicle or ambulance that is a rotary aircraft, unless transporting the patient by an aircraft transport vehicle or ambulance that is a rotary airc…