{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-333.1066","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.1066","heading":"Legal rights not impaired or superseded; presumptions.","body":"Sec. 16.\n\nThe provisions of this act are cumulative and do not impair or supersede a legal right that an individual may have to consent to or refuse medical treatment for himself or herself or that a parent, guardian, or other individual may have to consent to or refuse medical treatment on behalf of another.\n\nThis act does not create a presumption concerning the intent of a person executing an order to consent to or refuse medical treatment in circumstances other than the cessation of both spontaneous circulation and respiration.\n\nThis act does not create a presumption concerning the intent of an individual who has not executed an order to consent to or refuse any type of medical treatment.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 333","Act Act-193-of-1996"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-333-1066","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"2443ca9785da09f04684ac82486c4ffd5420ca0e2138defc4bc294ed6c7e6a0f","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-333.1065","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-333.1067"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}