Bill Text: MI SB0635 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Health facilities; other; private examination rooms for on-site medical or dental treatment; require nursing homes and homes for the aged to provide. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding secs. 21334 & 21736.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-10-22 - Referred To Committee On Health Policy [SB0635 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2013-SB0635-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL No. 635
October 22, 2013, Introduced by Senator PROOS and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled
"Public health code,"
(MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211) by adding sections 21334 and 21736.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 21334. (1) If medical or dental care is provided to a
home for the aged resident on the premises of the home for the
aged, the home for the aged shall have a private examination room
for the purpose of medical or dental examination and treatment.
(2) The home for the aged shall use an examination room
required under subsection (1) exclusively for the medical and
dental examination and treatment of residents and shall keep the
room separate from common areas, dining facilities, patient rooms,
and restrooms. The examination room must have a door or other means
of preventing the entry of unauthorized individuals.
(3) The department may promulgate rules or adopt guidelines
for examination rooms required under this section.
Sec. 21736. (1) If medical or dental care is provided to a
nursing home patient on the premises of the nursing home, the
nursing home shall have a private examination room for the purpose
of medical or dental examination and treatment.
(2) The nursing home shall use an examination room required
under subsection (1) exclusively for the medical and dental
examination and treatment of residents and shall keep the room
separate from common areas, dining facilities, patient rooms, and
restrooms. The examination room must have a door or other means of
preventing the entry of unauthorized individuals.
(3) The department may promulgate rules or adopt guidelines
for examination rooms required under this section.
