Title 333, HEALTH

Sec. 2687. An embryo, fetus, or neonate is a live embryo, fetus, or neonate for purposes of sections 2685 to 2691 if, in the best medical judgment of a physician, it shows evidence of life as determined by the same medical standards as are used in determining evidence of life in …

Sec. 2688. (1) Research may not knowingly be performed upon a dead embryo, fetus, or neonate unless the consent of the mother has first been obtained. Consent shall not be required in the case of a routine pathological study. (2) For purposes of this section, consent shall be con…

Sec. 2689. A person shall not perform or offer to perform an abortion where part or all of the consideration for the performance is that the embryo, or fetus, whether alive or dead, may be used for research or study.

Sec. 2690. (1) A person shall not knowingly sell, collect any fee for, transfer, distribute, or give away an embryo, fetus, or neonate for a use that is in violation of sections 2685 to 2689. (2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), a physician, or a person associated …

Sec. 2691. A person who violates sections 2685 to 2690 is guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment for not more than 5 years.

Sec. 2692. As used in sections 2685 to 2691, "nontherapeutic research" means scientific or laboratory research, or other kind of experimentation or investigation not designed to improve the health of the research subject.

Sec. 2701. As used in this part: (a) "Board certified" means certified to practice in a particular medical specialty by a national board recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties or the American Osteopathic Association. (b) "Certified nurse midwife" means an individ…

Sec. 2703. (1) The Michigan essential health provider recruitment strategy is created in the department to facilitate the placement and retention of designated professionals in health resource shortage areas. (2) In operating the Michigan essential health provider recruitment str…

Sec. 2705. (1) The department shall administer an essential health provider repayment program for designated professionals who have incurred a debt or expenses as a result of a loan taken to attend a medical school, dental school, mental health professional program, nursing progr…

Sec. 2707. (1) The department shall administer a grant program for minority students enrolled in medical schools, dental schools, nursing programs, or physician's assistant programs. Only minority students who meet the financial resources eligibility standards for federal student…

Sec. 2709. The department may cooperate with a certified nurse midwifery service to support the placement of certified nurse midwives in health resource shortage areas.

Sec. 2711. (1) For the programs created in sections 2705 and 2707, the department shall only recruit physicians who are qualified or students who are training to become qualified in 1 or more of the following designated physician specialty areas: (a) General practice. (b) Family …

Sec. 2713. (1) The department shall determine when a participant in the grant program or essential health provider repayment program shall begin to fulfill a service obligation. (2) The department shall prepare and annually revise guidelines for the assignment of designated profe…

Sec. 2715. An individual who participates in the national health service corps scholarship program under section 338A of title III of the public health service act, 42 U.S.C. 254l, or who has entered into an agreement that limits the individual's ability to serve in a Michigan he…

Sec. 2717. (1) The department shall develop criteria for identifying and designating a geographic area, population group, or health facility as a health resource shortage area. In developing the criteria, the department shall consider the needs of rural areas. The criteria may in…

Sec. 2719. The department shall exercise its discretion in selecting a health resource shortage area for assignment of a designated professional. The department may establish guidelines for priority among health resource shortage areas in assignments of designated professionals t…

Sec. 2721. (1) There is created the minority health profession grant fund as a separate fund in the state treasury, to be administered by the department. The department shall deposit amounts repaid under section 2707 with the state treasurer, who shall credit the amounts to the f…

Sec. 2723. (1) The department may promulgate rules necessary for the implementation of the department's functions under this part. (2) The department shall report biennially to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on the department of community health, the house and …

Sec. 2725. This part shall be known and may be cited as the "Michigan essential health provider recruitment strategy act".

Sec. 2727. This part shall take effect October 1, 1990, except that this part shall not take effect unless before that date legislation is enacted that contains funding for the program created by this part.

Sec. 2801. (1) For purposes of this part, the words and phrases defined in sections 2803 to 2805 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (2) In addition, article 1 contains general definitions and principles of construction applicable to all articles in this code.

Sec. 2803. (1) "Abortion" means a medical treatment that is intended to terminate a diagnosable intrauterine pregnancy for a purpose other than to produce a live birth. Abortion does not include the use or prescription of a drug or device that prevents pregnancy or a medical trea…

Sec. 2804. (1) "Institution" means a public or private establishment that provides inpatient medical, surgical, or diagnostic care or treatment or nursing, custodial, or domiciliary care to 2 or more unrelated individuals, including an establishment to which individuals are commi…

Sec. 2805. (1) "State registrar" means the official appointed under section 2813 or his or her authorized representative. (2) "System of vital statistics" means the collection, certification, compilation, amendment, coordination, and preservation of vital records, including the t…

Sec. 2811. The department shall prescribe the form and content of vital records and certificates, which, except as otherwise provided in this part, must conform as nearly as possible to recognized national standardized forms including, as required to comply with federal law, requ…

Sec. 2813. (1) The director shall appoint, subject to civil service rules, a state registrar to administer the system of vital statistics. (2) The state registrar shall: (a) Administer and control the only system of vital statistics for this state, as authorized in this part and …

Sec. 2814. (1) A city having a population of less than 40,000 and an institution located within the city limits may request the state registrar to approve the governing body's appointment of a city clerk or a city department as a local registrar. (2) The department shall promulga…

Sec. 2815. (1) A county board of commissioners and the governing body of a city having a population of 40,000 or more may agree that the county clerk or the clerk's deputy shall act as the local registrar for the city. (2) A local registrar shall do all of the following: (a) Reco…

Sec. 2821. (1) Birth registration is required for each individual born in this state. (2) A record of birth for each live birth that occurs in this state shall be filed at the office of the local registrar not more than 5 days after the birth. The birth shall be registered when t…

Sec. 2822. (1) The following individuals shall report a live birth that occurs in this state: (a) If a live birth occurs in an institution or enroute to an institution, the individual in charge of the institution or that individual's designated representative shall obtain the per…

Sec. 2823. (1) When a live birth occurs in a moving conveyance in the United States and the child is first removed from the conveyance in this state, the birth must be registered in this state. Except as otherwise provided in section 2823a, the place where the child is first remo…

Sec. 2823a. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), when a live birth occurs in this state, the place of birth must be listed on the certificate as follows: (a) If the live birth occurs in an institution or en route to an institution, the place of birth must be listed…

Sec. 2824. (1) Except as otherwise provided by law, the name of the spouse at the time of conception or, if none, the spouse at birth must be registered as the other parent of the child. The surname of the child must be registered as designated by the child's parents. (2) Except …

Sec. 2825. (1) A person who assumes custody of a live born child of unknown parentage shall report on a form and in a manner prescribed by the state registrar the following information: (a) The date and place of finding the child. (b) The sex and approximate birth date of the chi…

Sec. 2827. (1) When the birth of an individual born in this state has not been registered within the time period prescribed in section 2821, a certificate of birth may be filed in accordance with procedures established pursuant to section 2896 or as otherwise provided under subse…

Sec. 2828. (1) If an applicant does not submit the minimum documentation required by rules for delayed registration of a birth or if the state registrar has reasonable cause to question the validity or adequacy of the applicant's sworn statement or the documentary evidence, the s…

Sec. 2829. (1) For each adoption ordered by the probate court in this state, the court shall prepare a report of adoption on a form prescribed and furnished by the state registrar. The report shall: (a) Include the facts necessary to locate and identify the certificate of live bi…

Sec. 2830. (1) If a child whose birth occurred outside the United States, a territory of the United States, or Canada is adopted by a resident of this state under the laws of this state or under the laws of a foreign country, the probate court, on motion of the adopting parent, m…

Sec. 2831. The state registrar shall establish a new certificate of birth for an individual born in this state when the registrar receives any of the following: (a) A report of adoption as provided in section 2829, a report of adoption prepared and filed under the laws of another…

Sec. 2832. (1) When a new certificate of live birth is established, the actual place and date of birth must be shown. The new certificate must be substituted for the original certificate of live birth. Thereafter, the original certificate and the evidence of adoption, sex designa…

Sec. 2833. (1) The death of a person whose birth is registered under this code shall be recorded on the decedent's birth certificate in compliance with this section. (2) Upon receipt of a certificate of death for a person under 45 years of age, the department shall notify the loc…

Sec. 2834. (1) A fetal death occurring in this state shall be reported to the state registrar within 5 days after delivery. The state registrar shall prescribe the form and manner for reporting fetal deaths. (2) The fetal death reporting form shall not contain the name of the bio…

Sec. 2841. (1) Death registration is required for each individual who dies in this state. If the place of death is unknown, but the body is found in this state, the death registration shall show this fact and shall be completed and filed in accordance with this section and sectio…

Sec. 2842. (1) When death occurs in a moving conveyance in the United States and the body is first removed from the conveyance in this state, the death registration shall show this fact and be completed and filed in accordance with this part. The place where the body is first rem…

Sec. 2843. (1) A funeral director who first assumes custody of a dead body, either personally or through the funeral director's authorized agent, shall report the death. For purposes of this subsection, "dead body" includes, but is not limited to, the body of an infant who surviv…

Sec. 2843a. A funeral director or his or her agent shall ascertain if the deceased person was a veteran of the armed forces of the United States. If the deceased person was a veteran of the armed forces of the United States, the funeral director or his or her agent shall release …