Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.2804: Definitions; I to R.

Sec. 2804.

(1) "Institution" means a public or private establishment that provides inpatient medical, surgical, or diagnostic care or treatment or nursing, custodial, or domiciliary care to 2 or more unrelated individuals, including an establishment to which individuals are committed by law.

(2) "Law enforcement agency" means a police agency of a city, village, or township; a sheriff's department; the department of state police; and any other governmental law enforcement agency.

(3) "Live birth" means that term as defined in section 1 of the born alive infant protection act, 2002 PA 687, MCL 333.1071.

(4) "Local registrar" means the county clerk or the clerk's deputy, or in the case of a city having a population of 40,000 or more, the city clerk or city department designated by the governing body of the city; or a registrar appointed under section 2814. Population must be determined according to the latest federal decennial census.

(5) "Miscarriage" means the spontaneous expulsion of a nonviable fetus that has completed less than 20 weeks of gestation.

(6) "Physician" means a physician licensed under part 170 or part 175.

(7) "Registration" means the acceptance by the state registrar and the incorporation of certificates provided for in this part into the official vital records.