Michigan Laws 691.1475 – Health care provider or health care facility; immunity for health care services in response to COVID-19 pandemic
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 691.1475
- Gross negligence: means conduct so reckless as to demonstrate a substantial lack of concern for whether an injury results. See Michigan Laws 691.1473
- Health care facility: means an entity that is 1 or more of the following:
(i) A health facility or agency as defined in section 20106 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333. See Michigan Laws 691.1473Health care provider: means an individual that is 1 or more of the following:
(i) An individual licensed under article 15 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333. See Michigan Laws 691.1473Health care services: means services provided to an individual by a health care facility or health care provider regardless of the location where those services are provided, including the provision of health care services via telehealth or other remote method. See Michigan Laws 691.1473 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 Willful misconduct: means conduct or a failure to act that was intended to cause harm. See Michigan Laws 691.1473
A health care provider or health care facility that provides health care services in support of this state‘s response to the COVID-19 pandemic is not liable for an injury, including death, sustained by an individual by reason of those services, regardless of how, under what circumstances, or by what cause those injuries are sustained, unless it is established that the provision of the services constituted willful misconduct, gross negligence, intentional and willful criminal misconduct, or intentional infliction of harm by the health care provider or health care facility.