Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 446 > Act 469 of 2008 - Restroom Access for Persons With Medical Conditions

• Adoptee: means the individual who is to be adopted, regardless of whether the individual is a child or an adult. See Michigan Laws 710.22
• Adoption attorney: means an attorney acting as counsel in an adoption proceeding or case. See Michigan Laws 710.22
• Agency placement: means a placement in which a child placing agency, the department, or a court selects the adoptive parent for the child and transfers physical custody of the child to the prospective adoptive parent. See Michigan Laws 710.22
• 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.
• Attending practitioner: means a licensed physician or a registered professional nurse certified as a nurse midwife by the Michigan board of nursing. See Michigan Laws 710.22
• Born out of wedlock: means a child conceived and born to a woman who was not married from the conception to the date of birth of the child, or a child whom the court has determined to be a child born during a marriage but not the issue of that marriage. See Michigan Laws 710.22
• Child: means an individual less than 18 years of age. See Michigan Laws 710.22
• Child placing agency: means a private organization licensed under 1973 PA 116, MCL 722. See Michigan Laws 710.22
• Consent: means a document in which all parental rights over a specific child are voluntarily relinquished to the court for placement with a specific adoptive parent. See Michigan Laws 710.22
• Court: means the family division of circuit court of this state, or if the context requires, the court having jurisdiction over adoption in another state or country. See Michigan Laws 710.22
• Customer: means an individual who is lawfully on the premises of a retail establishment. See Michigan Laws 446.71
• Department: means the department of health and human services. See Michigan Laws 710.22
• Direct placement: means a placement in which a parent or guardian selects an adoptive parent for a child, other than a stepparent or an individual related to the child within the fifth degree by marriage, blood, or adoption, and transfers physical custody of the child to the prospective adoptive parent. See Michigan Laws 710.22
• Doctor: means a licensed doctor of medicine or a licensed doctor of osteopathic medicine and surgery. See Michigan Laws 446.71
• Eligible medical condition: means Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, any other inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, pregnancy, or any other medical condition that requires immediate access to a toilet facility. See Michigan Laws 446.71
• Formal placement: means a placement that is approved by the court under section 51 of this chapter. See Michigan Laws 710.22
• 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.
• 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.
• Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 710.22
• person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
• Preliminary hearing: A hearing where the judge decides whether there is enough evidence to make the defendant have a trial.
• Relative: means that term as defined in section 13a of chapter XIIA. See Michigan Laws 710.22
• Release: means a document in which all parental rights over a specific child are voluntarily relinquished to the department or to a child placing agency. See Michigan Laws 710.22
• Retail establishment: means a place of business open to the general public for the sale of goods or services. See Michigan Laws 446.71
• 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
• Suitable to be a parent of an adoptee: means a conclusion that there is no specific concern with respect to an individual that would suggest that placement of any child, or a particular child, in the home of the individual would pose a risk of harm to the physical or psychological well-being of the child. See Michigan Laws 710.22
• Temporary placement: means a placement that occurs before court approval under section 51 of this chapter and that meets the requirements of section 23d of this chapter. See Michigan Laws 710.22