Sec. 21542.
(1) If a hospital has the infrastructure necessary to allow an aircraft transport vehicle or ambulance that is a rotary aircraft to land at the hospital, the hospital shall grant the right to land at the hospital to an aircraft transport vehicle or ambulance that is a rotary aircraft, that is a participating provider with a patient's health benefit plan. If a hospital denies an aircraft transport vehicle or ambulance that is a rotary aircraft the right to land at the hospital, the hospital shall, within 10 days after the denial, provide to the person designated in the patient's health benefit plan written documentation explaining the reason for the denial. A hospital shall not deny an aircraft transport vehicle or ambulance that is a rotary aircraft the right to land at the hospital for the purpose of allowing an aircraft transport vehicle that is a contracted provider with the hospital or ambulance that is a rotary aircraft that is a contracted provider with the hospital to remain on standby.
(2) In addition to the sanctions set forth in section 20165, a hospital that violates this section is liable to the aircraft transport operation or ambulance operation for the cost of transporting the patient by that operation's aircraft transport vehicle or ambulance that is a rotary aircraft to the extent that the cost exceeds the amount covered by the patient's health benefit plan.
History: Add. 2018, Act 385, Eff. Mar. 19, 2019 Popular Name: Act 368
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Act 368 of 1978 - Public Health Code (333.1101 - 333.25211)
Article 17 - Facilities and Agencies (333.20101...333.22260)
368-1978-17-215 - Part 215 Hospitals (333.21501...333.21571)
Section 333.21501 - Definitions and Principles of Construction.
Section 333.21511 - License Required; Use of Term “hospital.”
Section 333.21515 - Confidentiality of Records, Data, and Knowledge.
Section 333.21521 - Minimum Standards and Rules; Practices.
Section 333.21523 - Strictness of Rules and Standards.
Section 333.21529 - Repealed. 2010, Act 23, Eff. Apr. 1, 2012.
Section 333.21530 - Repealed. 2010, Act 21, Eff. Apr. 1, 2012.
Section 333.21531 - Repealed. 1988, Act 315, Eff. Mar. 30, 1989.
Section 333.21532 - Acknowledgment of Parentage.
Section 333.21533 - Acknowledgment of Paternity.
Section 333.21534 - Hospice Care Information Provided by Hospital.
Section 333.21535 - Nonopioid Directive Form.
Section 333.21542 - Granting Right to Land by Hospital; Violation; Liability.
Section 333.21565 - Mental Health Crisis Stabilization Program.
Section 333.21568 - Rural Health Networks.
Section 333.21571 - Rural Hospital; Eligibility Requirements; Definition.