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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 800.284

  • Alcoholic liquor: means any spirituous, vinous, malt, or fermented liquor, liquid, or compound whether or not medicated, containing 1/2 of 1% or more of alcohol by volume and which is or readily can be made suitable for beverage purposes. See Michigan Laws 800.281a
  • Chief administrator: means the warden, superintendent, or other employee approved or designated by the department of corrections as the chief administrative officer of a correctional facility. See Michigan Laws 800.281a
  • Controlled substance: means a drug, substance, or immediate precursor in schedules 1 to 5 of part 72 of 1978 PA 368, MCL 333. See Michigan Laws 800.281a
  • Correctional facility: means any of the following:
    (i) A state prison, reformatory, work camp, or community corrections center. See Michigan Laws 800.281a
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
  • Prescription drug: means prescription drug as defined in section 17708 of 1978 PA 368, MCL 333. See Michigan Laws 800.281a
  • Prisoner: means a person committed to the jurisdiction of the department who has not been released on parole or discharged. See Michigan Laws 800.281a
  •      The chief administrator of a correctional facility may search, or have searched, any person coming to the correctional facility as a visitor, or in any other capacity, who is suspected of having any weapon or other implement which may be used to injure a prisoner or other person or in assisting a prisoner to escape from imprisonment, or any alcoholic liquor, prescription drug, poison, or controlled substance upon his or her person.