Section 333.20104 - Definitions; C to F. - Michigan Statutes

PUBLIC HEALTH CODE (EXCERPT)
Act 368 of 1978

333.20104 Definitions; C to F.

Sec. 20104.

(1) “Certification” means the issuance of a document by the department to a health facility or agency attesting to the fact that the facility or agency meets both of the following:

(a) It complies with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements and standards.

(b) It is eligible to participate as a provider of care and services in a specific federal or state health program.

(2) “Clinical laboratory” means a facility patronized by, or at the direction of, a physician, health officer, or other person authorized by law to obtain information for the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of disease or the assessment of a medical condition by the microbiological, serological, histological, hematological, immunohematological, biophysical, cytological, pathological, or biochemical examination of materials derived from the human body, except as provided in section 20507.

(3) “Consumer” means a person who is not a provider of health care as defined in section 1531(3) of title 15 of the public health service act, 42 U.S.C. 300n.

(4) “County medical care facility” means a nursing care facility, other than a hospital long-term care unit, which provides organized nursing care and medical treatment to 7 or more unrelated individuals who are suffering or recovering from illness, injury, or infirmity and which is owned by a county or counties.

(5) “Freestanding surgical outpatient facility” means a facility, other than the office of a physician, dentist, podiatrist, or other private practice office, offering a surgical procedure and related care that in the opinion of the attending physician can be safely performed without requiring overnight inpatient hospital care. It does not include a surgical outpatient facility owned by and operated as part of a hospital.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 493, Eff. Mar. 30, 1979
Popular Name: Act 368