Title 393, DEAF AND BLIND

Sec. 15. There shall be received in said school, as pupils, all such deaf children and partially deaf children whose defective hearing prevents them from receiving instruction in the common schools, to remain not beyond 21 years of age, as are in suitable condition of body and mi…

Sec. 17. The superintendents of the poor in each of the counties of this state in which there are or shall be hereafter, any person or persons of suitable age, who shall possess a good natural intellect and a good moral character, and shall have no contagious disease, who shall b…

Sec. 18. Such superintendents of the poor, in every case, before taking or sending any person to said institution, as provided in section 17 of this act shall see that such person is in a state of perfect bodily cleanliness, and comfortably and decently clothed, and provided with…

Sec. 19. The expenses incurred by the superintendents of the poor of any county in carrying out the provisions of this act shall be paid as other necessary expenses incurred by them in the discharge of their official duties as are by law required to be paid.

Sec. 1. That there shall be maintained, at the city of Lansing, in this state, an institution for the instruction of the blind under the name and style of the "Michigan school for the blind."

Sec. 4. The object of said school shall be to educate the blind and to afford them instruction in such useful arts and trades as they are best adapted to pursue, and such as will best enable them to maintain themselves. All pupils received in said school shall be educated in the …

Sec. 5. There shall be received in said school as pupils all such blind persons and partially blind persons whose defective sight prevents their receiving instruction in the common schools, between the ages of 7 and 19 years, as are in suitable condition of body and mind to recei…

Sec. 6. The board of control may admit applicants from other states to said school and prescribe the compensation to be paid by them, their parents or guardians: Provided, Such compensation shall be 10 per cent more than is sufficient to cover all their necessary expenses.

Sec. 7. The period in which pupils shall be entitled to remain in said school shall be 12 years, or the board of control may, in cases where they deem it advisable, extend such time to 14 years. This section shall not be so construed as to prohibit the said board of control from …

Sec. 8. It shall be the duty of the superintendents of the poor of the several counties of this state to send or cause to be sent to said school all such persons as are entitled to admission therein, who are a charge upon their respective counties or any township therein. Such su…

Sec. 1. The Michigan school for the deaf, located in the city of Flint in the county of Genesee, and the Michigan school for the blind, located in the city of Lansing in the county of Ingham, are hereby declared to be public schools of the state of Michigan. They shall have for t…

Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "deaf persons' interpreters act".

Sec. 2. As used in this act: (a) "Appointing authority" means a court or a department, board, commission, agency, or licensing authority of this state or a political subdivision of this state or an entity that is required to provide a qualified interpreter in circumstances descri…

Sec. 3. (1) In any action before a court or a grand jury where a deaf or deaf-blind person is a participant in the action, either as a plaintiff, defendant, or witness, the court shall appoint a qualified interpreter to interpret the proceedings to the deaf or deaf-blind person, …

Sec. 3a. If an interpreter is required as an accommodation for a deaf or deaf-blind person under state or federal law, the interpreter shall be a qualified interpreter.

Sec. 4. (1) Each deaf or deaf-blind person whose appearance in an action or other proceeding entitles the deaf or deaf-blind person to a qualified interpreter shall provide reasonable notice to the appointing authority of the need of a qualified interpreter before the appearance.…

Sec. 5. (1) If a deaf or deaf-blind person is arrested and taken into custody for any alleged violation of a criminal law of this state, the arresting officer and the officer's supervisor shall procure a qualified interpreter in order to properly interrogate the deaf or deaf-blin…

Sec. 6. (1) Before a qualified interpreter participates in any action or other proceeding because of an appointment under this act, the qualified interpreter shall make an oath or affirmation that the qualified interpreter will make a true interpretation in an understandable mann…

Sec. 7. (1) A court appointed interpreter, qualified interpreter, intermediary interpreter, or deaf interpreter shall be paid a fee by the court that it determines to be reasonable. A qualified interpreter, intermediary interpreter, or deaf interpreter appointed by an appointing …

Sec. 8. (1) The appointing authority shall channel requests for qualified interpreters, intermediary interpreters, and deaf interpreters through the division. (2) The division shall compile and update annually a listing of qualified interpreters, intermediary interpreters, and de…

Sec. 8a. (1) The division, with the advice of the department of education, shall promulgate rules, under the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, that govern procedures for application, testing, revocation, suspension or limitation of certific…

Sec. 8b. (1) A person who knows that he or she does not meet the definition of qualified interpreter under this act and misrepresents himself or herself as a qualified interpreter is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days or a fine of not les…

Sec. 8c. A person who is certified through and is in good standing with the national registry of interpreters for the deaf shall be issued a state certification upon filing a complete application and submitting the $30.00 application fee.

Sec. 8d. Any person possessing a Michigan quality assurance certification at the level of I, II, or III, on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, shall be considered a qualified interpreter for purposes of this act until that certification status expir…

Sec. 8e. (1) A person who is a qualified interpreter, upon presentation of national certification credentials and without examination, shall pay a $30.00 application fee, that shall also fulfill the initial certification requirement under subsection (2). (2) The division shall co…

Sec. 8f. (1) Money received under sections 8c and 8e shall be deposited into the division on deafness fund established in section 8 of the division of deafness act, 1937 PA 72, MCL 408.208, and expended as described in that section. (2) Money received under sections 8c and 8e tha…

Sec. 9. This act shall not take effect unless Senate Bill No. 616 of the 81st Legislature is enacted into law.

Sec. 1. As used in this act: (a) "Blind person" means an individual who has a visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with correction, or has a limitation of his or her field of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angular distance not gr…

Sec. 2. (1) The commission for the blind is created in the department of labor. The commission consists of 5 members appointed by the governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate. Three of the members shall be blind persons. One of the members shall be designated by …

Sec. 3. (1) The commission shall establish and maintain services as needed for determining the cause and prevention of blindness. The examination to certify statutory blindness may be performed by either an ophthalmologist or physician skilled in the diseases of the eye; or a lic…

Sec. 4. (1) The commission shall maintain a program of services to assist persons with a visual disability to overcome vocational disabilities and to obtain the maximum degree of self-support and self-care. Services provided for under this section may be furnished to clients from…

Sec. 5. The commission shall do all of the following: (a) Cooperate with other departments, agencies, and institutions, both public and private, in providing for the rehabilitation of blind persons, in studying problems relative to blind persons, and in establishing, developing, …

Sec. 6. (1) The commission may employ qualified educational consultants to assist public or private school teachers responsible for teaching students with visual disabilities. Educational consultants shall assist public and private school teachers by providing methods and materia…

Sec. 7. The commission may accept contributions or gifts in cash or otherwise from persons, associations, or corporations. Contributions and gifts shall be expended as provided by law, in the same manner as moneys appropriated for implementing the purposes of this act. The donor …

Sec. 8. The commission, pursuant to state-federal agreements: may cooperate with the federal government in carrying out the purposes of a federal statute or regulation, not in conflict with state law, which pertains to rehabilitation of blind persons; may adopt methods of adminis…

Sec. 9. (1) Except as provided in sections 10 and 10a, a concession in a building or on property owned or occupied by this state must be operated by a blind person, regardless of race, creed, color, sex, marital status, or religious preference. (2) The department of technology, m…

Sec. 10. (1) This act shall not apply to a concession operated in connection with the state fair, with the use of state fairgrounds, with a state educational institution, state penal institution, military establishment, armory, or state park. (2) A sighted person operating a conc…

Sec. 10a. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), section 9 does not apply to a building or part of a building owned or occupied by this state if the building is larger than 1,000,000 square feet. (2) The commission shall exercise its authority under section 9 to provide for au…

Sec. 11. The qualifications of an applicant to operate a concession shall be determined according to qualifications established by the commission. A blind person shall not operate more than 1 concession.

Sec. 12. This act shall not be construed to affect the contract or lease of world war I, world war II, Spanish-American war, Korean conflict, or Vietnam era conflict veteran having a service-connected disability recognized by the veterans' administration of the federal government…

Sec. 13. The commission shall be the state agency for implementing the Randolph-Sheppard vending stand act, 20 U.S.C. 107 to 107f.

Sec. 15. (1) The business which the commission or any committee appointed under this act may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting of the commission or committee held in compliance with Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.261 to 15.275 of the Michig…

Sec. 16. (1) The personnel serving in and the equipment and unexpended appropriations of the office of services to the blind in the department of social services is transferred to the commission. (2) All powers, duties, and functions vested by law in the department of social serv…

Sec. 17. Act No. 140 of the Public Acts of 1911, being sections 393.251 to 393.258 of the Compiled Laws of 1970, Act No. 14 of the Public Acts of 1939, being sections 393.271 to 393.276 of the Compiled Laws of 1970 and Act No. 95 of the Public Acts of 1967, being sections 393.301…

Sec. 18. This act shall take effect October 1, 1978.

Sec. 1. The powers and duties relating to the Michigan school for the deaf, at Flint, and the Michigan school for the blind, at Lansing, which are now vested by law in the state institute commission within the state welfare department by Act No. 163 of the Public Acts of 1921, as…