Michigan Laws 400.131 – Optometric services; welfare agencies, acceptance and payment
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 400.131
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
Any agency of the state or county or municipality, or any commission, clinic, or board administering relief, social security, health insurance or health service under the laws of the state of Michigan shall accept the services of optometrists registered in the state in accordance with law for the purposes of rendering services defined under the optometric law to any person under the jurisdiction of said agency, clinic, commission or board administering such relief, social security, health insurance or health service, on the same basis and on a parity with any other person authorized by law to render similar professional service, when such services are needed, and shall pay for such services in the same way as other professions may be paid for similar services.