Michigan Compiled Laws 368-1978-5-56a Part 56a Terminal Illness (333.5651...333.5661)

• Section 333.5651 Short Title Of Part.
  This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Michigan dignified death act”. History: Add. 1996, Act 594, Eff. Mar. 31, 1997...
• Section 333.5652 Legislative Findings; Michigan Dignified Death Act.
  (1) The legislature finds all of the following: (a) That patients face a unique set of circumstances and decisions once they have been diagnosed...
• Section 333.5653 Definitions.
  (1) As used in this part: (a) "Advanced illness", except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, means a medical or surgical condition with significant...
• Section 333.5654 Recommended Medical Treatment For Advanced Illness; Duty Of Physician To Inform Orally; Limitation Or Modification Of Disclosed Information.
  (1) A physician who has diagnosed a patient as having a reduced life expectancy due to an advanced illness and is recommending medical treatment...
• Section 333.5655 Recommended Medical Treatment For Advanced Illness; Duty Of Physician To Inform Orally And In Writing; Requirements.
  In addition to the requirements of section 5654, a physician who has diagnosed a patient as having a reduced life expectancy due to an...
• Section 333.5656 Updated Standardized Written Summary; Development; Publication; Contents; Availability To Physicians.
  (1) By July 1, 2002, the department of community health shall develop and publish an updated standardized, written summary that contains all of the...
• Section 333.5657 Availability Of Form To Patient, Patient Surrogate, Or Patient Advocate; Compliance With Mcl 333.5656; Placement Of Signed Form In Patient's Medical Record; Signed Form As Bar To Civil Or Administrative Action.
  (1) If a physician gives a copy of the standardized, written summary developed and published before July 1, 2002 or a copy of the...
• Section 333.5658 Prescription Of Controlled Substance; Immunity From Administrative And Civil Liability.
  A physician who, as part of a medical treatment plan for a patient with reduced life expectancy due to advanced illness, prescribes for that...
• Section 333.5659 Life Insurer, Health Insurer, Or Health Care Payment Or Benefits Plan; Prohibited Acts.
  A life insurer, a health insurer, or a health care payment or benefits plan shall not do 1 or more of the following because...
• Section 333.5660 Scope Of Part; Limitation.
  This part does not do the following: (a) Impair or supersede a legal right a parent, patient, patient advocate, legal guardian, or other individual...
• Section 333.5661 Fraud Resulting In Death Of Patient; Violation As Felony; Penalty.
  (1) An individual shall not, by fraud, cause or attempt to cause a patient, patient surrogate, or patient advocate to make a medical treatment...

Last modified: October 10, 2016