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- Actuary: means a person who is a member in good standing of the American academy of actuaries, the society of actuaries, or the casualty actuarial society. See Michigan Laws 500.1151
- Authorized representative: means any of the following:
(i) A person empowered by the patient by explicit written authorization to act on the patient's behalf to access, disclose, or consent to the disclosure of the patient's medical record, in accordance with this act. See Michigan Laws 333.26263Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC Commissioner: means the director. See Michigan Laws 500.102 Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed. Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name. Detroit consumer price index: means the most comprehensive index of consumer prices available for the Detroit area from the bureau of labor statistics of the United States department of labor. See Michigan Laws 333.26263 Director: means , unless the context clearly implies a different meaning, the director of the department. See Michigan Laws 500.102 Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other. Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator. Guardian: means an individual who is appointed under section 5306 of the estates and protected individuals code, 1998 PA 386, MCL 700. See Michigan Laws 333.26263 Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs. Health care: means any care, service, or procedure provided by a health care provider or health facility to diagnose, treat, or maintain a patient's physical condition, or that affects the structure or a function of the human body. See Michigan Laws 333.26263 Health care provider: means a person who is licensed or registered or otherwise authorized under article 15 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333. See Michigan Laws 333.26263 Health facility: means a health facility or agency licensed under article 17 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333. See Michigan Laws 333.26263 Insurer: means an individual, corporation, association, partnership, reciprocal exchange, inter-insurer, Lloyds organization, fraternal benefit society, or other legal entity, engaged or attempting to engage in the business of making insurance or surety contracts. See Michigan Laws 500.106 Medicaid: means that term as defined in section 2701 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333. See Michigan Laws 333.26263 Medical record: means information oral or recorded in any form or medium that pertains to a patient's health care, medical history, diagnosis, prognosis, or medical condition and that is maintained by a health care provider or health facility in the process of caring for the patient's health. See Michigan Laws 333.26263 Medical records company: means a person who stores, locates, or copies medical records for a health care provider or health facility under a contract or agreement with that health care provider or health facility and charges a fee for providing medical records to a patient or his or her authorized representative for that health care provider or health facility. See Michigan Laws 333.26263 Medically indigent individual: means that term as defined in section 106 of the social welfare act, 1939 PA 280, MCL 400. See Michigan Laws 333.26263 Medicare: means that term as defined in section 2701 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333. See Michigan Laws 333.26263 Minor: means an individual who is less than 18 years of age, but does not include an individual who is emancipated under section 4 of 1968 PA 293, MCL 722. See Michigan Laws 333.26263 Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses. Patient: means an individual who receives or has received health care from a health care provider or health facility. See Michigan Laws 333.26263 Person: means an individual, corporation, estate, trust, partnership, association, joint venture, government, governmental subdivision or agency, or other legal or commercial entity. See Michigan Laws 333.26263 person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l Personal representative: means that term as defined in section 1106 of the estates and protected individuals code, 1998 PA 386, MCL 700. See Michigan Laws 333.26263 Rate: means the cost of insurance per payroll before adjustment for an individual insured's size, exposure, or loss experience. See Michigan Laws 500.2402 Reinsurance intermediary: means a reinsurance intermediary-broker or a reinsurance intermediary-manager. See Michigan Laws 500.1151 Reinsurance intermediary-broker: means any person, other than an officer or employee of the ceding insurer, who solicits, negotiates, or places reinsurance cessions or retrocessions on behalf of a ceding insurer without the authority or power to bind reinsurance on behalf of that insurer. See Michigan Laws 500.1151 Reinsurance intermediary-manager: means any person who has authority to bind or manages all or part of the assumed reinsurance business of a reinsurer, including the management of a separate division, department, or underwriting office, and acts as an agent for the reinsurer whether known as a reinsurance intermediary-manager, manager, or other similar term. See Michigan Laws 500.1151 Reinsurer: means any person duly authorized in this state pursuant to the applicable provisions of this act as an insurer with the authority to assume reinsurance. See Michigan Laws 500.1151 Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims. shall not apply: means that the pertinent provision is not operative as to certain persons or things or in conjunction with a particular date or dates. See Michigan Laws 8.4c 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 Third party payer: means a public or private health care payment or benefits program including, but not limited to, all of the following:
(i) A health insurer. See Michigan Laws 333.26263United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o