Sec. 7.
Any person afflicted with a contagious or infectious disease, for whose treatment and care the county maintaining such hospital or institution is responsible, shall be admitted to such hospital or institution upon the certificate of the health officer of such county.
Any indigent person suffering from any physical ailment or impairment for whose treatment and care the county maintaining such hospital or institution, or any township or city therein, is responsible, shall be admitted to such hospital or institution upon the order of the social welfare board of said county.
If the facilities of the hospital or institution will permit, the board of trustees, in its discretion, may accept other persons afflicted with contagious or infectious diseases and other indigent persons suffering from any physical ailment or impairment, and for temporary detention of mentally ill patients, both non-indigent and indigent, and upon such terms and conditions as may be fixed by the board of supervisors of the county.
The board of trustees may make regulations governing the conduct of patients and may exclude any person or persons wilfully violating such regulations.
History: 1945, Act 109, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1945 ;-- CL 1948, 331.207 ;-- Am. 1956, Act 168, Imd. Eff. Apr. 16, 1956
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Act 109 of 1945 - Hospitals and Sanatoria (331.201 - 331.213)
Section 331.201 - Hospitals; Definition.
Section 331.203 - County Levy, Hospitals; Tax Limitation, Special Fund.
Section 331.205 - Board of Supervisors; Advertising for Bids and Letting of Contract.
Section 331.206 - Board of Trustees; Medical Staff, Employment, Rules, Qualification Standards.
Section 331.209 - Gifts, Devises, Bequests and Donations.
Section 331.211 - Construction of Act as to Tuberculosis Patient Care.
Section 331.212 - Transfer of Hospital Control to Board of Trustees.