Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 333 > Act 111 of 1998 - The Human Cloning Funding Prohibition Act

• Affordable care act: means the patient protection and affordable care act, Public Law 111-148, as amended by the health care and education reconciliation act of 2010, Public Law 111-152. See Michigan Laws 500.1261
• Certificate: means a document issued by the director authorizing a person to act as a navigator or certified application counselor for the qualifications specified in the document. See Michigan Laws 500.1261
• Certificate holder: means a person issued a certificate under this chapter. See Michigan Laws 500.1261
• Department: means the department of insurance and financial services. See Michigan Laws 500.102
• Director: means , unless the context clearly implies a different meaning, the director of the department. See Michigan Laws 500.102
• Exchange: means an American health benefits exchange established or operating under the affordable care act. See Michigan Laws 500.1261
• human cloning: means that term as defined in section 16274 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333. See Michigan Laws 333.26402
• 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
• 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
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• 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
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Travel assistance services: means noninsurance services for which the consumer is not indemnified based on a fortuitous event, and as to which providing the service does not result in the transfer or shifting of risk that would constitute the business of insurance. See Michigan Laws 500.1283
• Travel insurance: means that term as defined in section 1202. See Michigan Laws 500.1283