{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-331.207","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 331.207","heading":"Contagious or infectious disease patients; admission upon certificate of county health officer; admission of indigents or others; regulations.","body":"Sec. 7.\n\nAny 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.\n\nAny 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.\n\nIf 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.\n\nThe board of trustees may make regulations governing the conduct of patients and may exclude any person or persons wilfully violating such regulations.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 331","Act Act-109-of-1945"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-331-207","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"1cea4677ac822795f5ee606f0cad65968369bc1b3d7475111becd3e74b9c3d93","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-331.206","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-331.208"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}