***** 333.20104 THIS SECTION IS AMENDED EFFECTIVE JANUARY 18, 2016: See 333.20104.amended *****
Sec. 20104.
(1) "Certification" means the issuance of a document by the department to a health facility or agency attesting to the fact that the health facility or agency meets both of the following:
(a) It complies with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements and standards.
(b) It is eligible to participate as a provider of care and services in a specific federal or state health program.
(2) "Consumer" means a person who is not a provider of health care as defined in section 1531(3) of title 15 of the public health service act, 42 USC 300n.
(3) "County medical care facility" means a nursing care facility, other than a hospital long-term care unit, that provides organized nursing care and medical treatment to 7 or more unrelated individuals who are suffering or recovering from illness, injury, or infirmity and that is owned by a county or counties.
(4) "Direct access" means access to a patient or resident or to a patient's or resident's property, financial information, medical records, treatment information, or any other identifying information.
(5) "Freestanding surgical outpatient facility" means a facility, other than the office of a physician, dentist, podiatrist, or other private practice office, offering a surgical procedure and related care that in the opinion of the attending physician can be safely performed without requiring overnight inpatient hospital care. Freestanding surgical outpatient facility does not include a surgical outpatient facility owned by and operated as part of a hospital.
(6) "Good moral character" means that term as defined in section 1 of 1974 PA 381, MCL 338.41.
History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 493, Eff. Mar. 30, 1979 ;-- Am. 2010, Act 381, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 2010 ;-- Am. 2015, Act 104, Eff. Oct. 1, 2015
Popular Name: Act 368
Last modified: October 10, 2016