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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 37.301

  • Department: means the department of civil rights. See Michigan Laws 37.301
  • 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
  • Veteran: means any of the following:
  •     (i) A person who performed military service in the armed forces for a period of more than 90 days and separated from the armed forces in a manner other than a dishonorable discharge. See Michigan Laws 37.301
        As used in this act:
        (a) “Department” means the department of civil rights.
        (b) “Person with a disability” means a person who has a disability as defined in section 12102 of the Americans with disabilities act of 1990, 42 USC 12102, and 28 C.F.R. § 36.104.
        (c) As used in subdivision (b), “person with a disability” includes a veteran who has been diagnosed with 1 or more of the following:
        (i) Post-traumatic stress disorder.
        (ii) Traumatic brain injury.
        (iii) Other service-related disabilities.
        (d) “Service animal” means all of the following:
        (i) That term as defined in 28 C.F.R. § 36.104.
        (ii) A miniature horse that has been individually trained to do work or perform tasks as described in 28 C.F.R. § 36.104 for the benefit of a person with a disability.
        (e) “Veteran” means any of the following:
        (i) A person who performed military service in the armed forces for a period of more than 90 days and separated from the armed forces in a manner other than a dishonorable discharge.
        (ii) A person discharged or released from military service because of a service-related disability.
        (iii) A member of a reserve branch of the armed forces at the time he or she was ordered to military service during a period of war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge is authorized, and was released from military service in a manner other than a dishonorable discharge.