Michigan Laws 331.1302 – Bylaws
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Each corporation, and each subsidiary corporation with the approval of its parent corporation, may adopt and amend 1 or more sets of bylaws consistent with the applicable provisions of this act, the open meetings act, Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, being section 15.261 to 15.275 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, its articles of incorporation, and other applicable law providing for conduct of its affairs and operation of its activities and health care facilities, which may include, but shall not be limited to, provisions with respect to the following:
(a) The frequency, call, and conduct of meetings of the board of trustees or subsidiary board.
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 331.1302
- Board of trustees: means the board of trustees of a corporation created under or governed by this act. See Michigan Laws 331.1103
- 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.
- Corporation: means a municipal health facilities corporation incorporated under this act or created under 1913 PA 350, MCL 331. See Michigan Laws 331.1103
- Health care facilities: means buildings, structures, or equipment suitable and intended for, or incidental or ancillary to, use in providing health services, including, but not limited to, hospitals; hospital long-term care units; infirmaries; sanatoria; nursing homes; medical care facilities; outpatient clinics; ambulatory care facilities; surgical and diagnostic facilities; hospices; clinical laboratories; shared service facilities; laundries; meeting rooms; classrooms and other educational facilities; students', nurses', interns', or physicians' residences; administration buildings; facilities for use as or by health maintenance organizations; facilities for ambulance operations, advanced mobile emergency care services, and limited advanced mobile emergency care services; research facilities; facilities for the care of dependent children; maintenance, storage, and utility facilities; parking lots and structures; garages; office facilities not less than 80% of the net leasable space of which is intended for lease to or other use by direct providers of health care; facilities for the temporary lodging of outpatients or families of patients; residential facilities for use by the aged or disabled; and all necessary, useful, or related equipment, furnishings, and appurtenances and all lands necessary or convenient as sites for the health care facilities described in this subdivision. See Michigan Laws 331.1103
- Health services: means 1 or more of the following:
(i) Diagnosis and medical and surgical treatment by direct providers of health care of persons suffering from illness, injury, and disability, including persons suffering from tuberculosis and other contagious and infectious diseases, and persons requiring maternity care, rehabilitation, psychiatric care, or substance abuse services; dentistry and related services; podiatric medicine and surgery; optometric services; psychological services; skilled, basic, and visiting nursing services and home health services; ambulance operations; advanced mobile emergency care services and limited advanced emergency services; physical, respiratory, and occupational therapy; health maintenance services; services for the prevention of illness, injury, and disability and for the promotion, maintenance, and improvement of public health and welfare; food services and care for dependent children, the disabled, and the elderly; and social work and chaplaincy services provided in conjunction with other health services described in this subparagraph. See Michigan Laws 331.1103Subsidiary board: means the board of trustees of a subsidiary corporation. See Michigan Laws 331.1103 Subsidiary corporation: means a subsidiary municipal health facilities corporation incorporated under this act. See Michigan Laws 331.1103
(b) The powers and responsibilities of officers, including the chief executive officer.
(c) The size, manner of appointment, and term of committees, which, except as otherwise provided in the bylaws, may include persons who are not trustees, and the purposes and powers of such committees. Responsibility may be assigned to committees for monitoring implementation of policies adopted by the board of trustees or subsidiary board and for the formulation of budgets, plans, and policies and the development of other recommendations for adoption by the board of trustees or subsidiary board. Committees shall not be empowered to exercise governmental or proprietary authority or to perform a governmental or proprietary function.
(d) Procedures for appointment, removal, and discipline of medical staff or other direct providers of health care and for delineation of their clinical privileges, together with provisions for the organization of such staff for the purpose of reviewing and improving the health services provided, and for administrative and other purposes.
(e) The purposes, organization, and control of auxiliaries and other voluntary organizations supporting the work of the corporation or subsidiary corporation.