Michigan Laws > Chapter 333 > Act 368 of 1978 > Article 5 – Prevention and Control of Diseases and Disabilities


Part 51	General Provisions
Part 52	Hazardous Communicable Diseases
Part 53	Expense of Care
Part 54	Chronic Diseases
Part 54A	Lead Abatement
Part 54B	Lead-Bearing Substances
Part 54C	Toxic Substances in Children’s Products
Part 55
Part 55A	Eye Care Consumer Protection
Part 56	Occupational Diseases
Part 56A	Terminal Illness
Part 56B	Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment
Part 57	Exposure to Chemical Herbicides
Part 58	Children and Youth With Special Health Care Needs
Part 58A	Infant Death Due to Unsafe Sleep Education and Prevention
Part 59	Michigan Health Initiative Program
Part 59A	Healthy Michigan Fund

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Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 333 > Act 368 of 1978 > Article 5 - Prevention and Control of Diseases and Disabilities

Access information: means user name, password, login information, or other security information that protects access to a personal internet account. See Michigan Laws 37.272
Acquire: means acquisition by purchase, construction, or any other method. See Michigan Laws 123.731
Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
Adjutant general: means the adjutant general of this state. See Michigan Laws 35.922
Adjutant general: means the adjutant general of this state. See Michigan Laws 35.972
Adjutant general: means the adjutant general of this state. See Michigan Laws 35.1022
Advanced illness: except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, means a medical or surgical condition with significant functional impairment that is not reversible by curative therapies and that is anticipated to progress toward death despite attempts at curative therapies or modulation, the time course of which may or may not be determinable through reasonable medical prognostication. See Michigan Laws 333.5653
Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
Advisory task force: means the task force created in section 5906. See Michigan Laws 333.5901
Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
Agent orange: means the chemical herbicide made from chemicals known as 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and its esters, or 2,4-D, and Trichlorophenoxyacetic acid and its esters, or 2,4,5-T. See Michigan Laws 333.5701
AIDS: means acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. See Michigan Laws 333.5901
Aircraft: means that term as defined in section 2 of the aeronautics code of the state of Michigan, 1945 PA 327, MCL 259. See Michigan Laws 777.1
Allegation: something that someone says happened.
Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
annual meeting: when applied to townships, mean the annual meeting required by law to be held on the Saturday immediately preceding the first Monday in April. See Michigan Laws 8.3d
Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
Asian Pacific American: means a person who has origins in any of the original peoples of the far east, southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, or the Pacific islands; is identified by an employer in an EEO-1 report as Asian or Pacific islander; or is regarded in the community as having origins in any of the original peoples of the far east, southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, or the Pacific islands. See Michigan Laws 37.123
Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
Authority: means the Michigan veterans' facility authority created under section 3. See Michigan Laws 36.102
Authority: means a land bank fast track authority created under section 15, section 23(4), or section 23(5). See Michigan Laws 124.753
Authority board: means the board of directors of the state authority appointed under section 16. See Michigan Laws 124.753
Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
Beneficiary: 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}
Beneficiary: means , in relation to a deceased veteran, the surviving husband or wife, the child or children, or the surviving dependent mother, dependent father, dependent person standing in loco parentis, or dependent brothers and sisters, in the order named, which determination may be made by the probate court of the county of residence of the veteran at the time of death on petition of the adjutant general. See Michigan Laws 35.922
Beneficiary: means , in relation to a deceased veteran, the surviving husband or wife, child or children, or the surviving mother, father, person standing in loco parentis, brothers and sisters, in the order named, which determination may be made by the probate court of the county of residence of the veteran at the time of death on petition of the adjutant general. See Michigan Laws 35.972
Beneficiary: means in relation to a deceased veteran the surviving husband or wife, child or children, or the dependent surviving mother or father, in the order named which determination may be made by the probate court of the county of residence of the veteran at the time of death. See Michigan Laws 35.1001
Bequest: Property gifted by will.
Board: means the state administrative board. See Michigan Laws 35.922
Board: means the state administrative board. See Michigan Laws 35.972
board: means the board of directors of the authority. See Michigan Laws 36.102
Bond: means a bond, note, or other obligation issued by the authority under this act. See Michigan Laws 36.102
Care: includes treatment, control, transportation, confinement, and isolation in a facility or other location. See Michigan Laws 333.5101
Carrier: means an individual who serves as a potential source of infection and who harbors or who the department reasonably believes to harbor a specific infectious agent or a serious communicable disease or infection, whether or not there is present discernible disease. See Michigan Laws 333.5201
Casino: means a casino regulated by this state under the Michigan Gaming Control and Revenue Act, 1996 IL 1, MCL 432. See Michigan Laws 124.753
Caucus: From the Algonquian Indian language, a caucus meant "to meet together." An informal organization of members of the legislature that exists to discuss issues of mutual concern and possibly to perform legislative research and policy planning for its members. There are regional, political or ideological, ethnic, and economic-based caucuses.
Chemical agent: means a chemical herbicide or defoliant other than agent orange, or a chemical weapon, which chemical herbicide, defoliant, or weapon is of the type used by the armed forces of the United States. See Michigan Laws 333.5701
child: means a single or married individual under 26 years of age whose activity is or may become so restricted by disease or specified medical condition as to reduce the individual's normal capacity for education and self-support. See Michigan Laws 333.5801
Child care article: means a product designed or intended by the manufacturer to facilitate the sleep, relaxation, or feeding of children or to help children with sucking or teething. See Michigan Laws 333.5491
Children: means individuals who are 7 years old or younger. See Michigan Laws 333.5481
Children: means individuals who are 7 years old or younger. See Michigan Laws 333.5491
chronic disease: includes an impairment or deviation from normal having 1 or more of the following characteristics:

(a) It is permanent. See Michigan Laws 333.5401

city: whenever used in this act , shall be construed to mean a city incorporated under this act, or made subject to its provisions. See Michigan Laws 113.10

Combat veteran: means a veteran eligible to wear the Vietnam Service Medal or Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal. See Michigan Laws 35.1001

Combat veteran: means a veteran listed as missing in action, or a veteran eligible to wear the Vietnam Service Medal or the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal if eligibility for the award occurred during the period of service. See Michigan Laws 35.1022

Commission: means the Michigan Vietnam veterans memorial monument fund commission established in section 4. See Michigan Laws 35.1052

Commission: means the Asian Pacific American affairs commission created in section 5. See Michigan Laws 37.123

Commission: means the agent orange commission created in section 5731. See Michigan Laws 333.5701

Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.

Communicable disease: means an illness due to a specific infectious agent or its toxic products that results from transmission of that infectious agent or its products from a reservoir to a susceptible host, directly as from an infected individual or animal, or indirectly through the agency of an intermediate plant or animal host, vector, or the inanimate environment. See Michigan Laws 333.5101

Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.

Concurrent resolution: A legislative measure, designated "S. Con. Res." and numbered consecutively upon introduction, generally employed to address the sentiments of both chambers, to deal with issues or matters affecting both houses, such as a concurrent budget resolution, or to create a temporary joint committee. Concurrent resolutions are not submitted to the President/Governor and thus do not have the force of law.

Consumer: means that term as used in the consumer product safety act, 15 USC 2051 to 2085. See Michigan Laws 333.5481

Consumer: means that term as used in the consumer product safety act, 15 USC 2051 to 2085. See Michigan Laws 333.5491

Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.

Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.

Conviction: includes any of the following:

(i) Assignment to youthful trainee status under section 11 to 15 of chapter II. See Michigan Laws 777.50

corner lot: is a lot of which at least 2 adjacent sides abut for their full length upon a street. See Michigan Laws 125.402

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.

County authority: means a county land bank fast track authority created by a county foreclosing governmental unit under section 23(4). See Michigan Laws 124.753

court: is a n open unoccupied space on the same lot with a dwelling and bounded on 2 or more sides with the walls of the dwelling. See Michigan Laws 125.402

Covered entity: means a state department, agency, or entity. See Michigan Laws 37.21

Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.

Decedent: A deceased person.

Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.

Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.

Department: means the department of military and veterans affairs. See Michigan Laws 35.1212

Department: means the department of military and veterans affairs. See Michigan Laws 35.1252

Department: means the department of military and veterans affairs. See Michigan Laws 36.102

Department: means the department of energy, labor, and economic growth. See Michigan Laws 37.123

Department: means the department of civil rights. See Michigan Laws 37.301

Department: means the department of labor and economic opportunity. See Michigan Laws 124.753

Department: means the department of health and human services in cooperation with the veterans' service offices. See Michigan Laws 333.5701

Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.

Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.

Develop: means to plan, acquire, construct, improve, enlarge, maintain, renew, renovate, repair, replace, lease, equip, furnish, market, promote, manage, or operate. See Michigan Laws 36.102

Devise: To gift property by will.

Dioxin: means the chemicals known as 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin, or 2,3,7,8-TCDD. See Michigan Laws 333.5701

Director: means the director of the department. See Michigan Laws 35.1252

Director: means the director of the office of Asian Pacific American affairs. See Michigan Laws 37.123

Discharge date: means the date an individual is discharged from the jurisdiction of the court or the department of corrections after being convicted of or adjudicated responsible for a crime or an act that would be a crime if committed by an adult. See Michigan Laws 777.50

Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.

Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:

Domestic service: means military service by a veteran during the period of service in 1 or more states of the United States or in the District of Columbia. See Michigan Laws 35.922

Domestic service: means military service by a veteran during the period of service in any state of the United States and the District of Columbia. See Michigan Laws 35.972

Donor: The person who makes a gift.

dwelling: is a ny house, building, structure, tent, shelter, trailer or vehicle, or portion thereof, (except railroad cars, on tracks or rights-of-way) which is occupied in whole or in part as the home, residence, living or sleeping place of 1 or more human beings, either permanently or transiently. See Michigan Laws 125.402

Educational institution: means a public or private educational institution or a separate school or department of a public or private educational institution, and includes an academy; elementary or secondary school; extension course; kindergarten; nursery school; school system; school district; intermediate school district; business, nursing, professional, secretarial, technical, or vocational school; public or private educational testing service or administrator; and an agent of an educational institution. See Michigan Laws 37.272

Electronic data: means information related to an electronic communication or the use of an electronic communication service, including, but not limited to, the contents, sender, recipients, or format of an electronic communication; the precise or approximate location of the sender or recipients of an electronic communication at any time during the communication; the time or date the communication was created, sent, or received; and the identity of an individual or device involved in the communication, including, but not limited to, an internet protocol address. See Michigan Laws 37.262

Employee: means an individual who works for another person for compensation. See Michigan Laws 37.202

Employer: means a person who employs 1 or more persons or who accepts applications for employment, including an agent of an employer. See Michigan Laws 37.202

Employer: means a person, including a unit of state or local government, engaged in a business, industry, profession, trade, or other enterprise in this state and includes an agent, representative, or designee of the employer. See Michigan Laws 37.272

Employment agency: means a person regularly undertaking with or without compensation to procure, refer, recruit, or place for an employer or person the opportunity to work for an employer, and includes an agent of that person. See Michigan Laws 37.202

Employment services: means referrals to employers, supportive services, or assistance in finding employment training. See Michigan Laws 35.1092

Enforcing agency: means the designated officer or agency charged with responsibility for administration and enforcement of this act. See Michigan Laws 125.402a

Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}

Erosion control: means installation of structures designed to control erosion or protect property adjacent to the great lakes or property affected by levels of the great lakes from erosion. See Michigan Laws 123.731

Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.

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.

Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.

Examiner: means any person who does any of the following:

(i) Purports to detect deception, verify truthfulness, or provide a diagnostic opinion of either of these through instrumentation or the use of a mechanical device. See Michigan Laws 37.202

Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.

families: means the military dependents as determined by the qualified individual's branch of service. See Michigan Laws 35.1212

Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.

Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.

Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.

Foreclosing governmental unit: means that term as defined in section 78 of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211. See Michigan Laws 124.753

Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. ^{Source: OCC}

Foreign service: means military service by a veteran during the period of service anywhere outside of any state of the United States and the District of Columbia. See Michigan Laws 35.922

Foreign service: means military service by a veteran during the period of service anywhere outside of any state of the United States and the District of Columbia. See Michigan Laws 35.972

Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.

Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. ^{Source: OCC}

Fund: means the military family relief fund created in section 3. See Michigan Laws 35.1212

Fund: means the veterans cemetery fund created in section 5. See Michigan Laws 35.1252

Fund: means the land bank fast track fund created in section 18. See Michigan Laws 124.753

Fund: means the Michigan health initiative fund created in section 5911. See Michigan Laws 333.5901

fund: means the healthy Michigan fund created in section 5953. See Michigan Laws 333.5951

Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor

Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.

Governing body: means , in the case of a county, the county board of commissioners; in the case of a city, the council, common council, commission, or other body having legislative powers; in the case of a village, the council, common council, commission, board of trustees, or other body having legislative powers; in the case of a township, the township board; in the case of a charter township, the township board; in the case of a drainage district, the drain commissioner or the drainage board; and in the case of another district or of an authority, the body in which is lodged general governing powers. See Michigan Laws 123.731

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.

HCV: means hepatitis C virus. See Michigan Laws 333.5901

Health facility: means a health facility or agency licensed under article 17. See Michigan Laws 333.5653

Health threat to others: means that an individual who is a carrier has demonstrated an inability or unwillingness to conduct himself or herself in such a manner as to not place others at risk of exposure to a serious communicable disease or infection. See Michigan Laws 333.5201

HIV: means human immunodeficiency virus. See Michigan Laws 333.5901

HIV: means human immunodeficiency virus. See Michigan Laws 333.5101

HIV infected: means the status of an individual who is infected with HIV, as evidenced by any of the following:

(i) An HIV test, or a combination of tests, that is considered a confirmatory diagnostic test according to prevailing medical technology and algorithms or guidance from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. See Michigan Laws 333.5101

Homicide: means any crime in which the death of a human being is an element of that crime. See Michigan Laws 777.1

Honorable service: means that service as evidenced by:

(i) Honorable or general discharge, or separation under honorable conditions. See Michigan Laws 35.1001

Honorable service: means that service as evidenced by:

(i) Honorable or general discharge, or separation under honorable conditions. See Michigan Laws 35.1022

Hospice: means that term as defined in section 20106. See Michigan Laws 333.5653

Hospital: means a hospital licensed pursuant to article 17. See Michigan Laws 333.5701

hotel: is a multiple-dwelling of class b in which persons are lodged for hire and in which there are more than 50 sleeping rooms, a public dining room for the accommodation of at least 50 guests, and a general kitchen. See Michigan Laws 125.402

Immunization: means the process of increasing an individual's immunity to a disease by use of a vaccine, antibody preparation, or other substance. See Michigan Laws 333.5101

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

Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.

Infection: means the invasion of the body with microorganisms or parasites, whether or not the invasion results in detectable pathologic effects. See Michigan Laws 333.5101

Information resource center: means the agent orange information resource center created in section 5745. See Michigan Laws 333.5701

Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.

Institute of higher education: means a public or private college or university. See Michigan Laws 333.5901

Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. ^{Source: OCC}

Intergovernmental agreement: means a contractual agreement between 1 or more governmental agencies, including, but not limited to, an interlocal agreement to jointly exercise any power, privilege, or authority that the agencies share in common and that each might exercise separately under the urban cooperation act of 1967, 1967 (Ex Sess) PA 7, MCL 124. See Michigan Laws 124.753

Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.

Job training services: means any program that provides training or training services to eligible applicants. See Michigan Laws 35.1092

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.

Jurisprudence: The study of law and the structure of the legal system.

Juvenile: means a person within the jurisdiction of the circuit court under section 606 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600. See Michigan Laws 761.1

Juvenile adjudication: includes an adjudication set aside under section 18e of chapter XIIA of 1939 PA 288, MCL 712A. See Michigan Laws 777.50

Lake improvements: means any improvements now or hereafter authorized by law to be made to any waters of the state by a municipality or any board or body which may be established by a municipality for that purpose, or any portion or any combination thereof. See Michigan Laws 123.731

Lead-bearing substance: means an item or substance that contains lead, or a coating on an item that contains lead, so that the lead content is more than 0. See Michigan Laws 333.5481

Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}

lease: means a written or unwritten agreement or contract that sets forth the terms and conditions, rights and obligations of each party with respect to a residential dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming unit, building, premises, or structure that is not occupied by the owner of record. See Michigan Laws 125.526

Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).

Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.

Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.

Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.

Local authority: means a local land bank fast track authority created by a qualified city under section 23(5), with the local land bank fast track authority having control over properties within its geographical boundaries, unless that local land bank fast track authority approves an intergovernmental agreement as allowed under this act. See Michigan Laws 124.753

Local governmental unit: means a school district, intermediate school district, city, village, township, county, authority, or other political subdivision of this state. See Michigan Laws 37.251

Local unit of government: means a city, village, township, county, or any intergovernmental, metropolitan, or local department, agency, or authority, or other local political subdivision. See Michigan Laws 124.753

Majority leader: see Floor Leaders

Manufacturer: means a person that prepares, produces, derives, propagates, compounds, processes, packages, or repackages a drug or device salable on prescription only, or otherwise changes the container or the labeling of a drug or device salable on prescription only, and that supplies, distributes, sells, offers for sale, barters, or otherwise disposes of that drug or device and any other drug or device salable on prescription only, to another person for resale, compounding, or dispensing. See Michigan Laws 333.17706

Meaningful language access: means the ability to receive information and to participate in and benefit from public services offered by a covered entity. See Michigan Laws 37.21

Medical treatment: means a treatment including, but not limited to, palliative care treatment, or a procedure, medication, surgery, a diagnostic test, or a hospice plan of care that may be ordered, provided, or withheld or withdrawn by a health professional or a health facility under generally accepted standards of medical practice and that is not prohibited by law. See Michigan Laws 333.5653

Members elect: means when applied to the county board of commissioners, both members elected and appointed. See Michigan Laws 123.731

Metadata: means information generally not visible when an electronic document is printed describing the history, tracking, or management of the electronic document, including information about data in the electronic document that describes how, when, and by whom the data were collected, created, accessed, or modified and how the data are formatted. See Michigan Laws 37.262

Michigan economic development corporation: means the public body corporate created under section 28 of article VII of the state constitution of 1963 and the urban cooperation act of 1967, 1967 (Ex Sess) PA 7, MCL 124. See Michigan Laws 124.753

Michigan state housing development authority: means the Michigan state housing development authority created under the state housing development authority act of 1966, 1966 PA 346, MCL 125. See Michigan Laws 124.753

Michigan strategic fund: means the Michigan strategic fund as described in the Michigan strategic fund act, 1984 PA 270, MCL 125. See Michigan Laws 124.753

Michigan veteran homes: means the administrative entity that centrally manages and operates veterans' facilities in this state. See Michigan Laws 36.102

month: means a calendar month; the word "year" a calendar year; and the word "year" alone shall be equivalent to the words "year of our Lord". See Michigan Laws 8.3j

Monument fund: means the Vietnam veterans memorial monument fund created in section 3. See Michigan Laws 35.1052

Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.

multiple dwelling: is a dwelling occupied otherwise than as a private dwelling or 2 family dwelling. See Michigan Laws 125.402

Municipality: means a county, city, village, township, charter township, district, or authority existing under the laws of this state. See Michigan Laws 123.731

Need: means an unforeseen situation that causes a temporary or short-term financial emergency or hardship that a grant under this act will resolve and for which an applicant can demonstrate the ability to meet expenses in the future. See Michigan Laws 35.1212

Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.

occupational disease: means an illness of the human body arising out of and in the course of an individual's employment and having 1 or more of the following characteristics:

(a) It is caused by a frequently repeated or continuous exposure to a hazardous substance or agent or to a specific industrial practice which is hazardous and which has continued over an extended period of time. See Michigan Laws 333.5601

Office: means the office of Asian Pacific American affairs created in section 13. See Michigan Laws 37.123

Oral language services: includes various methods to provide verbal information and interpretation, such as staff interpreters, bilingual staff, telephone interpreter programs, televideo interpretation services, and private interpreter programs. See Michigan Laws 37.21

ORV: means that term as defined in section 81101 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324. See Michigan Laws 777.1

Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.

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 is under the care of a physician. See Michigan Laws 333.5653

Patient advocate: means that term as described and used in sections 5506 to 5515 of the estates and protected individuals code, 1998 PA 386, MCL 700. See Michigan Laws 333.5653

Patient surrogate: means the parent or legal guardian of a patient who is a minor or a member of the immediate family, the next of kin, or the legal guardian of a patient who has a condition other than minority that prevents the patient from giving consent to medical treatment. See Michigan Laws 333.5653

Period of service: means the period of time between September 16, 1940 and June 30, 1946 and, for purposes of former section 25 of article X of the state constitution of 1908, also means the period of time between June 27, 1950 and the termination of the state of national emergency, which state of national emergency was proclaimed on December 16, 1950. See Michigan Laws 35.922

Period of service: means the period of time between June 27, 1950 and December 31, 1953. See Michigan Laws 35.972

Period of service: means that period of time between 12:01 a. See Michigan Laws 35.1001

Period of service: means that period of time between 12:01 a. See Michigan Laws 35.1022

Person: means an individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, or other legal entity, this state or an agency of this state, or the federal government or an agency of the federal government. See Michigan Laws 37.202

person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Michigan Laws 125.402

Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 333.5481

Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 333.5491

person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l

person with a disability: includes a veteran who has been diagnosed with 1 or more of the following:

(i) Post-traumatic stress disorder. See Michigan Laws 37.301

Personal information: means 1 or more of the following:

(i) Social security number. See Michigan Laws 37.251

Personal internet account: means an account created via a bounded system established by an internet-based service that requires a user to input or store access information via an electronic device to view, create, utilize, or edit the user's account information, profile, display, communications, or stored data. See Michigan Laws 37.272

Personal property: All property that is not real property.

Physician: means that term as defined in section 17001 or 17501. See Michigan Laws 333.5653

Physician: means a physician licensed pursuant to article 15. See Michigan Laws 333.5701

Place of public accommodation: means a business, an educational institution, or a refreshment, entertainment, recreation, health, or transportation facility of any kind, whether licensed or not, whose goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations are extended, offered, sold, or otherwise made available to the public. See Michigan Laws 37.231

Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.

Plea agreement: An arrangement between the prosecutor, the defense attorney, and the defendant in which the defendant agrees to plead guilty in exchange for special considerations. ^Source:

Polygraph examination: means a psychological stress evaluator examination or any other procedure which involves the use of instrumentation or a mechanical device to enable or assist the detection of deception, the verification of truthfulness, or the rendering of a diagnostic opinion regarding either of these; including a lie detector test, psychological stress evaluator examination, or similar test. See Michigan Laws 37.202

private dwelling: is a dwelling occupied by but 1 family, and so designed and arranged as to provide cooking and kitchen accommodations for 1 family only. See Michigan Laws 125.402

Private employer: means a sole proprietor, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other private entity with 1 or more employees. See Michigan Laws 35.1201

Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.

Probate: Proving a will

Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.

Property: includes any matter or thing upon or in respect to which an offense may be committed. See Michigan Laws 761.1

Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.

Psychological stress evaluator: means any mechanical device or instrument which purports to determine the truth or falsity of statements made by an employee or applicant for employment on the basis of vocal fluctuations or vocal stress. See Michigan Laws 37.202

Psychological stress evaluator examination: means any of the following:

(i) The questioning or interviewing of an employee or applicant for employment for the purpose of subjecting the statements of the employee or applicant for employment to analysis by a psychological stress evaluator. See Michigan Laws 37.202

public hall: is a hall, corridor or passageway not within the exclusive control of 1 family. See Michigan Laws 125.402

Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.

Public service: means a public facility, department, agency, board, or commission owned, operated, or managed by or on behalf of this state or a subdivision of this state, by a county, city, village, township, or independent or regional district in this state, or by a tax-exempt private agency established to provide service to the public, except that public service does not include a state or county correctional facility with respect to actions or decisions regarding an individual serving a sentence of imprisonment. See Michigan Laws 37.231

Qualified city: means 1 of the following:

(i) A city that contains a first class school district. See Michigan Laws 124.753

Qualified individual: means an individual who meets all of the following criteria:

(i) The individual is or was a member of a reserve component of the United States armed forces or the United State coast guard based in this state or is a resident of this state serving in a reserve component of the United States armed forces or the United States coast guard based in another state and is called to active duty by the president of the United States or the United States secretary of defense as a result of national response to September 11, 2001 or as a response to a national emergency declared by the president of the United States and for which funds are being spent by the federal government. See Michigan Laws 35.1212

Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.

Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.

rear yard: is a n unoccupied space on the same lot with a dwelling, between the extreme rear line of the dwelling and the rear lot line and extending from 1 side lot line to the other side lot line. See Michigan Laws 125.402

Refuse: means putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes, except body wastes, and includes garbage, rubbish, ashes, incinerator ash, incinerator residue, street cleanings, and industrial wastes. See Michigan Laws 123.731

Refuse system: means disposal, including all equipment and facilities for storing, handling, processing, and disposing of refuse, including plants, works, instrumentalities, and properties, used or useful in connection with the salvage or disposal of refuse and used or useful in the creation, sale, or disposal of by-products, including rock, sand, clay, gravel, or timber, or any portion or any combination thereof. See Michigan Laws 123.731

Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.

Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).

Resident: means a person who meets 1 or more of the following:

(i) Was born in and lived in this state until entrance into the armed forces of the United States. See Michigan Laws 35.922

Resident: means a person who meets 1 or more of the following:

(i) Was born in and lived in this state until entrance into the armed forces of the United States. See Michigan Laws 35.972

Resident: means a person who has acquired a status as follows:

(i) Was born in and lived in this state until entrance into the armed forces of the United States. See Michigan Laws 35.1022

Resolution: means a resolution or an ordinance, if the governing body of a municipality chooses to act by ordinance rather than by resolution. See Michigan Laws 123.731

Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.

Risk reduction: means the process of identifying and reducing or eliminating behaviors or conditions, or both, that are harmful to physical or mental health, or both. See Michigan Laws 333.5901

seal: shall be construed to include any of the following:

(a) The impression of the seal on the paper alone. See Michigan Laws 8.3n

Serious communicable disease or infection: means a communicable disease or infection that is designated as serious by the department under this part. See Michigan Laws 333.5101

Service animal: means all of the following:

(i) That term as defined in 28 C. See Michigan Laws 37.301

Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.

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.

Sewage disposal system: means all sanitary sewers, storm sewers, combined sanitary and storm sewers, plants, works, instrumentalities, and properties, used or useful in connection with the collection, treatment, or disposal of sewage including storm water, sanitary sewage, or industrial wastes, or any portion or any combination thereof. See Michigan Laws 123.731

Sexually transmitted infection: means syphilis, gonorrhea, chancroid, lymphogranuloma venereum, granuloma inguinale, and other sexually transmitted infections that the department may designate and require to be reported under section 5111. See Michigan Laws 333.5101

shall: is a lways mandatory and not directory, and denotes that the dwelling shall be maintained in all respects according to the mandate as long as it continues to be a dwelling. See Michigan Laws 125.402

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

side yard: is a n unoccupied space on the same lot with a dwelling between the side lot line and the nearest side line of the dwelling and extending from the extreme rear line of the dwelling to the front lot line. See Michigan Laws 125.402

Snowmobile: means that term as defined in section 82101 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324. See Michigan Laws 777.1

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

State administrative board: means the board created under 1921 PA 2, MCL 17. See Michigan Laws 124.753

State agency: means a department, board, commission, office, agency, authority, or other unit of state government in the executive, legislative, or judicial branch. See Michigan Laws 37.251

State authority: means the land bank fast track authority created under section 15. See Michigan Laws 124.753

Statute: A law passed by a legislature.

Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.

Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.

Tax reverted property: means property that meets 1 or more of the following criteria:

(i) The property was conveyed to this state under former section 67a of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, and subsequently was not sold at a public auction under former section 131 of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, except property described in former section 131 of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, that is withheld from sale by the director of the department of natural resources as authorized in that section. See Michigan Laws 124.753

Testate: To die leaving a will.

Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.

Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.

Toxic substance: means a substance that contains lead, or a coating on an item that contains lead, so that the lead content is more than 0. See Michigan Laws 333.5491

Toy: means an article designed and made for the amusement of a minor or for the minor's use in play. See Michigan Laws 333.5491

Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.

Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.

Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.

Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. ^{Source: OCC}

Unit: means a mobilized unit in which the qualified individual is in active federal service. See Michigan Laws 35.1212

United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o

Vehicle: means that term as defined in section 79 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257. See Michigan Laws 777.1

Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.

Vessel: means that term as defined in section 80104 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324. See Michigan Laws 777.1

Veteran: means an individual who meets all of the following:

(i) Is a veteran as defined in section 1 of 1965 PA 190, MCL 35. See Michigan Laws 35.922