Bill Text: MI SB0635 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced

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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

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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.