Terms Used In Michigan Laws 400.683

  • Child placing agency: means that term as defined in section 1 of 1973 PA 116, MCL 722. See Michigan Laws 400.683
  • Consumer reporting agency: means any person who, for monetary fees or dues or on a cooperative nonprofit basis, regularly engages in whole or in part in the practice of assembling or evaluating consumer credit-related information or other information on consumers for the purpose of furnishing credit reports to third parties. See Michigan Laws 400.683
  • Department: means the department of health and human services. See Michigan Laws 400.683
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
  As used in this act:
  (a) “Caseworker” means an individual employed by the department or a child placing agency for the purpose of placing children in homes for foster care or investigating and certifying individuals or homes for foster care.
  (b) “Child placing agency” means that term as defined in section 1 of 1973 PA 116, MCL 722.111.
  (c) “Consumer reporting agency” means any person who, for monetary fees or dues or on a cooperative nonprofit basis, regularly engages in whole or in part in the practice of assembling or evaluating consumer credit-related information or other information on consumers for the purpose of furnishing credit reports to third parties.
  (d) “Credit report” means any written, oral, or other communication of information by a consumer reporting agency bearing on a consumer’s creditworthiness, credit standing, or credit capacity.
  (e) “Department” means the department of health and human services.