Michigan Laws 333.20108 – Definitions; I to N
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(1) “Intermediate care facility” means a hospital long-term care unit, nursing home, county medical care facility, or other nursing care facility, or distinct part thereof, certified by the department to provide intermediate care or basic care that is less than skilled nursing care but more than room and board.
(2) “License” means an authorization, annual or as otherwise specified, granted by the department and evidenced by a certificate of licensure or permit granting permission to a person to establish or maintain and operate, or both, a health facility or agency. For purposes of part 209, “license” includes a license issued to an individual under that part.
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 333.20108
- in writing: shall be construed to include printing, engraving, and lithographing; except that if the written signature of a person is required by law, the signature shall be the proper handwriting of the person or, if the person is unable to write, the person's proper mark, which may be, unless otherwise expressly prohibited by law, a clear and classifiable fingerprint of the person made with ink or another substance. See Michigan Laws 8.3q
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
(3) “Licensee” means the holder of a license or permit to establish or maintain and operate, or both, a health facility or agency. For purposes of part 209, “licensee” includes an individual licensed under that part.
(4) “Limited license” means a provisional license or temporary permit or a license otherwise limited as prescribed by the department.
(5) “Medically contraindicated” means, with reference to nursing homes only, having a substantial adverse effect on the patient’s physical health, as determined by the attending physician, which effect is explicitly stated in writing with the reasons therefor in the patient’s medical record.
(6) “Medical first response service” means that term as defined in section 20906.
(7) “Nontransport prehospital life support operation” means that term as defined in section 20908.