{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-333.21711","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.21711","heading":"License required; prohibited terms or abbreviations; license for formal or informal nursing care services; exception.","body":"Sec. 21711.\n\nA nursing home shall be licensed under this article.\n\n\"Nursing home\", \"nursing center\", \"convalescent center\", \"extended care facility\", or a similar term or abbreviation shall not be used to describe or refer to a health facility or agency unless the health facility or agency is licensed as a nursing home by the department under this article.\n\nA person shall not purport to provide formal or informal nursing care services of the kind normally provided in a nursing home without obtaining a license as provided in this article. This subsection does not apply to a hospital or a facility created by Act No. 152 of the Public Acts of 1885, as amended, being sections 36.1 to 36.12 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 333","Act Act-368-of-1978"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-333-21711","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"fdf2634c57476b789c41dd2f4fe1acc6506eb4cc3be6a5ed26ba3506b34783d3","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-333.21707","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-333.21712"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}