Section 333.21717 - Individuals excluded from nursing home; exception; approval of area and program. - Michigan Statutes

PUBLIC HEALTH CODE (EXCERPT)
Act 368 of 1978

333.21717 Individuals excluded from nursing home; exception; approval of area and program.

Sec. 21717.

An individual shall not be admitted or retained for care in a nursing home who requires special medical or surgical treatment, or treatment for acute mental illness, mental retardation, communicable tuberculosis, or a communicable disease, unless the home is able to provide an area and a program for the care. The department shall approve both the area and the program, except for the programs providing treatment for mental illness and mental retardation which shall be approved by the department of mental health.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Popular Name: Act 368