Michigan Laws 330.1439 – Cause of action against person filing petition
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 330.1439
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
- person requiring treatment: means (a), (b), or (c):
(a) An individual who has mental illness, and who as a result of that mental illness can reasonably be expected within the near future to intentionally or unintentionally seriously physically injure himself, herself, or another individual, and who has engaged in an act or acts or made significant threats that are substantially supportive of the expectation. See Michigan Laws 330.1401Preadmission screening unit: means a service component of a community mental health services program established under section 409. See Michigan Laws 330.1400
(1) A cause of action is not cognizable against a person who in good faith files a petition under this chapter alleging that an individual is a person requiring treatment, unless the petition is filed as the result of an act or omission amounting to gross negligence or willful and wanton misconduct.
(2) A cause of action is not cognizable against a preadmission screening unit or its employees or contractors or a crisis stabilization unit or its employees or contractors, who in good faith makes a determination as to whether an individual is a person requiring treatment or not, unless the determination is the result of an act or omission amounting to gross negligence or willful and wanton misconduct.