MCL - Section 339.1851.added
Act 299 of 1980
***** 339.1851 THIS ADDED SECTION IS EFFECTIVE 91 DAYS AFTER ADJOURNMENT OF THE 2024 REGULAR SESSION SINE DIE *****
339.1851.added Definitions.
Sec. 1851.
As used in this article:
(a) "Applicant" means a person that submits an application for license or certificate of registration under this article. Applicant includes each individual identified in the application as an owner, operator, officer, director, partner, member, or manager of the applicant.
(b) "Authorized person" means an entity listed in section 1857.
(c) "Authorized vehicle" means a vehicle, used by a removal service to transport a dead human body, that has passed an inspection by the department under section 1855.
(d) "County medical examiner" means an individual appointed to that position under 1953 PA 181, MCL 52.201 to 52.216.
(e) "Crematory owner" means a person that owns a crematory and holds a valid permit issued under section 14 of the cemetery regulation act, 1968 PA 251, MCL 456.534.
(f) "Funeral establishment" means that term as defined in section 1801.
(g) "Health facility" means a health facility or agency licensed under article 17 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.20101 to 333.22260.
(h) "Holder of a license for the practice of mortuary science" means that term as defined in section 1801.
(i) "Holding room" means a room equipped with a refrigeration unit within a refrigeration facility wherein a dead human body is stored.
(j) "Institution of higher education" means a college, university, community college, or junior college described in section 4, 5, or 6 of article 8 of the state constitution of 1963 or established under section 7 of article 8 of the state constitution of 1963.
(k) "Licensee" means a person that holds a refrigeration facility license issued under section 1853.
(l) "Medical school" means that term as defined in section 2701 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.2701.
(m) "Organ procurement organization" means that term as defined in section 10102 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.10102.
(n) "Practice of mortuary science" means that term as defined in section 1801.
(o) "Refrigeration facility" means a place of business that operates independently of a funeral establishment or crematory owner that maintains a holding room.
(p) "Registrant" means a person that holds a removal service certificate of registration issued under section 1855.
(q) "Removal service" means a person that operates independently of a funeral establishment that handles the initial removal of a dead human body and transports the dead human body in an authorized vehicle to and from an authorized person.
History: Add. 2024, Act 107, Eff. (sine die)
Popular Name: Act 299