{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-333.20198","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.20198","heading":"Health facility, agency inpatient facility, or residential facility; prohibited conduct; violation as misdemeanor; penalty; nonapplicability of subsections (1) and (2).","body":"Sec. 20198.\n\nSubject to subsection (3), an individual shall not enter upon the premises of a health facility or agency that is an inpatient facility, an outpatient facility, or a residential facility for the purpose of engaging in an activity that would cause a reasonable person to feel terrorized, frightened, intimidated, threatened, harassed, or molested and that actually causes a health facility or agency employee, patient, resident, or visitor to feel terrorized, frightened, intimidated, threatened, harassed, or molested. This subsection does not prohibit constitutionally protected activity or conduct that serves a legitimate purpose.\n\nAn individual who violates subsection (1) is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year or a fine of not less than $1,000.00 or more than $10,000.00, or both.\n\nSubsections (1) and (2) do not apply to a nursing home covered under sections 21763(5) and 21799c(1)(c).","path":["MI Code","Chapter 333","Act Act-368-of-1978"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-333-20198","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"153dd71efe07214df2669d293eeee6db7aaea76456054bf697addb2517b356ba","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-333.20197","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-333.20199"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}