Michigan Laws 338.44 – Use of public records or other sources to determine person’s fitness
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 338.44
- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- good moral character: when used as a requirement for an occupational or professional license or when used as a requirement to establish or operate an organization or facility regulated by this state in a statute of this state or administrative rules promulgated under a statute of this state, means the propensity on the part of an individual to serve the public in the licensed area in a fair, honest, and open manner. See Michigan Laws 338.41
- Licensing board or agency: means a principal department, or a board or agency within a principal department, that issues occupational or professional licenses. See Michigan Laws 338.41
This act does not prohibit the use by a licensing board or agency in its determination of an individual’s good moral character of any other public record that is not related to his or her arrest, prosecution, or conviction or the use of any other source of unbiased and accurate information.