PUBLIC HEALTH CODE - Michigan Legislature

1 PUBLIC HEALTH CODEAct 368 of 1978AN ACT to protect and promote the PUBLIC HEALTH ; to codify, revise, consolidate, classify, and add to thelaws relating to PUBLIC HEALTH ; to provide for the prevention and control of diseases and disabilities; to providefor the classification, administration, regulation, financing, and maintenance of personal, environmental, andother HEALTH services and activities; to create or continue, and prescribe the powers and duties of, departments,boards, commissions, councils, committees, task forces, and other agencies; to prescribe the powers andduties of governmental entities and officials; to regulate occupations, facilities, and agencies affecting thepublic HEALTH ; to regulate HEALTH maintenance organizations and certain third party administrators and insurers;to provide for the imposition of a regulatory fee; to provide for the levy of taxes against certain healthfacilities or agencies; to promote the efficient and economical delivery of HEALTH care services, to provide forthe appropriate utilization of HEALTH care facilities and services, and to provide for the closure of hospitals orconsolidation of hospitals or services; to provide for the collection and use of data and information; to providefor the transfer of property; to provide certain immunity from liability; to regulate and prohibit the sale andoffering for sale of drug paraphernalia under certain circumstances; to provide for the implementation offederal law; to provide for penalties and remedies; to provide for sanctions for violations of this act and localordinances.

2 To provide for an appropriation and supplements; to repeal certain acts and parts of acts; to repealcertain parts of this act; and to repeal certain parts of this act on specific : 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978; Am. 1985, Act 198, Eff. Mar. 31, 1986; Am. 1988, Act 60, Eff. Aug. 1, 1989; , Act 139, Imd. Eff. June 3, 1988; Am. 1993, Act 361, Eff. Sept. 1, 1994; Am. 1994, Act 170, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1994; , Act 332, Imd. Eff. Aug. 10, 1998; Am. 2002, Act 303, Imd. Eff. May 10, 2002; Am. 2003, Act 234, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 's note: For transfer of the Department of Insurance and Office of the Commissioner on Insurance from the Department ofLicensing and Regulation to the Department of Commerce, see No. 1991-9, compiled at MCL of the MichiganCompiled transfer of powers and duties of certain HEALTH -related functions, boards, and commissions from the Department of Licensing andRegulation to the Department of Commerce, see No.

3 1991-9, compiled at MCL of the Michigan Compiled transfer of powers and duties of licensing of substance abuse programs and certification of substance abuse workers in thedivision of program standards, evaluation, and data services of the center for substance abuse services, from the department of publichealth to the director of the department of commerce, see No. 1996-1, compiled at MCL of the Michigan name: Act 368 The People of the State of Michigan enact:ARTICLE 1 PRELIMINARY PROVISIONSPART 11 SHORT TITLE, GENERAL DEFINITIONS, AND Short 1101. This act shall be known and may be cited as the " PUBLIC HEALTH code ".History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 's note: For transfer of powers and duties of licensing of substance abuse programs and certification of substance abuseworkers in the division of program standards, evaluation, and data services of the center for substance abuse services, from thedepartment of PUBLIC HEALTH to the director of the department of commerce, see No.

4 1996-1, compiled at MCL of theMichigan Compiled name: Act Meanings of words and 1103. For purposes of this code , the words and phrases defined in sections 1104 to 1108 have themeanings ascribed to them in those sections. These definitions, unless the context requires otherwise, apply touse of the defined terms in this code . Other definitions applicable to specific articles, parts, or sections of thecode are found in those articles, parts, or : 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, name: Act Definitions; A to 1104. (1) "Acknowledgment of parentage" means an acknowledgment executed as provided in theRendered Tuesday, June 30, 2020 Page 1 Michigan Compiled Laws Complete Through PA 101 of 2020 Legislative Council, State of MichiganCourtesy of of parentage act, 1996 PA 305, MCL to (2) "Administrative procedures act of 1969" means the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA306, MCL to , or a successor act.

5 (3) "Adult" means an individual 18 years of age or older.(4) " code " means this act.(5) "Department", except as provided in articles 8, 15, and 17, means the department of HEALTH and humanservices.(6) "Director", except as provided in articles 8, 15, and 17, means the director of HEALTH and humanservices.(7) "Governmental entity" means a government, governmental subdivision or agency, or : 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978; Am. 1996, Act 307, Eff. June 1, 1997; Am. 2013, Act 268, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 2013; Am. 2015, Act 155, Eff. Jan. 18, name: Act Definitions; I to 1105. (1) "Individual" means a natural person.(2) "Local HEALTH department" means:(a) A county HEALTH department of a single county provided pursuant to section 2413 and its board ofhealth, if any.(b) A district HEALTH department created pursuant to section 2415 and its board of HEALTH .

6 (c) A city HEALTH department created pursuant to section 2421 and its board of HEALTH , if any.(d) Any other local agency approved by the department under part 24.(3) "Local HEALTH officer" means the individual in charge of a local HEALTH department or his or herauthorized representative.(4) "Magistrate" means a judge authorized to issue warrants by the laws of this state.(5) "Minor" means an individual under 18 years of : 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, name: Act 1106. (1) "Opioid antagonist" means naloxone hydrochloride or any other similarly acting and equallysafe drug approved by the federal food and drug administration for the treatment of drug overdose.(2) "Opioid-related overdose" means a condition, including, but not limited to, extreme physical illness,decreased level of consciousness, respiratory depression, coma, or death, that results from the consumption oruse of an opioid or another substance with which an opioid was combined or that a layperson wouldreasonably believe to be an opioid-related overdose that requires medical assistance.

7 (3) "Parentage registry" means the department's compilation of data concerning children's parentage, whichdata the department receives from any source, including, but not limited to, a copy of an order of filiationfrom the circuit court or an acknowledgment of paternity or parentage under this act, under section 2114 ofthe estates and protected individuals code , 1998 PA 386, MCL , or under the acknowledgment ofparentage act, 1996 PA 305, MCL to (4) "Person" means an individual, partnership, cooperative, association, private corporation, personalrepresentative, receiver, trustee, assignee, or other legal entity. Person does not include a governmental entityunless specifically : 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978; Am. 1996, Act 307, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1996; Am. 2000, Act 58, Eff.

8 Apr. 1, 2000; Am. 2014, Act 311, Imd. Eff. Oct. 14, name: Act Definitions; R, 1108. (1) "Rule" means a rule promulgated pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969.(2) "State" means a state, district, territory, commonwealth, or insular possession of the United States orany area subject to the lawful authority of the United : 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, name: Act Intent and construction of 1111. (1) This code is intended to be consistent with applicable federal and state law and shall beRendered Tuesday, June 30, 2020 Page 2 Michigan Compiled Laws Complete Through PA 101 of 2020 Legislative Council, State of MichiganCourtesy of , when necessary, to achieve that consistency.(2) This code shall be liberally construed for the protection of the HEALTH , safety, and welfare of the peopleof this : 1978, Act 368, Eff.

9 Sept. 30, name: Act Headings or titles of 1113. A heading or title of an article or part of this code shall not be considered as a part of this codeor be used to construe the code more broadly or narrowly than the text of the code sections would indicate,but shall be considered as inserted for convenience to users of this : 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, name: Act Prohibited construction of 1114. (1) This code shall not be construed to vest authority in the department for programs oractivities otherwise delegated by state or federal law or rules to another department of state government.(2) This code shall not be construed to divest or reduce authority or responsibility for mental healthservices or responsibilities vested in state or local mental HEALTH agencies by Act No. 258 of the PUBLIC Acts of1974, as amended, being sections to of the Michigan Compiled Laws, or rulespromulgated pursuant to that : 1978, Act 368, Eff.

10 Sept. 30, name: Act Controlling 1115. A state statute, a rule of the department, or an applicable local HEALTH department regulationshall control over a less stringent or inconsistent provision enacted by a local governmental entity for theprotection of PUBLIC : 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, name: Act References to repealed or rescinded 1117. If a provision of a statute referred to in this code or in a rule authorized or recognized by thiscode is repealed, or if a provision of a rule authorized or recognized by this code is rescinded, and theprovision is substantially reenacted or repromulgated, a reference in this code or the rule to the repealed orrescinded provision is considered a reference to the reenacted or repromulgated : 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, name: Act 368 PART 12 GENERAL Delaying promulgation of new 1201.