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ADULT FOSTER CARE FACILITY LICENSING ACT

MCL ch. 400, subtit. Act 218 of 1979
in effect

MCL 400.701 Short title.

MCL 400.702 Meanings of words and phrases.

MCL 400.703 Definitions; A.

MCL 400.704 Definitions; C to F.

MCL 400.705 Definitions; G to N.

MCL 400.706 Definitions; P to Q.

MCL 400.707 Definitions; R to T.

MCL 400.708 Adult foster care licensing advisory council; creation; appointment, qualifications, and terms of members; vacancy; compensation; schedule for reimbursement; content and enforcement of rules; conducting business at public meeting; availability of writings to public.

MCL 400.709 Administration of act; reports, procedures, inspections, and investigations; advice and technical assistance; consultations; cooperation with other agencies; education of public.

MCL 400.710 Rules; variance, modification, or change; purposes; restriction; review; rules subject to MCL 554.917.

MCL 400.711 Inspections; visitations; administration and enforcement of rules; reports; final determination as to license; public inspection of reports; biannual inspection report for certain entities.

MCL 400.712 Keeping and maintaining records and reports; examination and copying of books, records, and reports; confidentiality; inspection of records by resident.

MCL 400.713 License required; application; forms; investigation; on-site evaluation; issuance or renewal of license; disclosures; maximum number of persons; stating type of specialized program; issuance of license to specific person at specific location; transferability of license; sale of facility; notice; items of noncompliance; refusal by department to issue or renew license; conditions; unlicensed facility; violation as misdemeanor; penalty; receipt of completed application; issuance of license within certain time period; inspections; report; criminal history and records check; storage of fingerprints in automated fingerprint identification system database; convictions; "completed application" defined.

MCL 400.713a Fees.

MCL 400.714 Temporary license; issuance of regular license or provisional license; refusal to issue license; temporary license nonrenewable; plan of correction.

MCL 400.715 Temporary license; adult foster care congregate facility.

MCL 400.716 Temporary license; prohibitions.

MCL 400.717 Provisional license.

MCL 400.718 Special license; rules.

MCL 400.719 Regular license; issuance; validity; application for temporary license; subsection (4) applicable to previously licensed facilities.

MCL 400.720 Certificate of approval from bureau of fire services and department; compliance; denial or certification with limitations; hearing.

MCL 400.721 Facility licensed on March 27, 1980; compliance with fire safety standards; section inapplicable to installation of smoke and heat detection equipment.

MCL 400.722 Denying, suspending, revoking, refusing to renew, or modifying license; grounds; written notice; hearing; decision; protest; receiving or maintaining adults requiring foster care as felony; penalty; relocation services.

MCL 400.722a Denying, suspending, revoking, modifying, or refusing to renew license; grounds; without written notice; 30-day appeal.

MCL 400.722b Emergency closure of adult foster care facility; notification.

MCL 400.722c Summary suspension order for closure; departmental duties; temporary advisor.

MCL 400.723 Repealed. 2018, Act 558, Eff. Mar. 28, 2019.

MCL 400.724 Request for investigation; providing substance of complaint; disclosures; determining violation; initiation of investigation; findings; written determination or status report; final report; additional copies of documents; reimbursement; informing licensee of findings; public inspection of written determination; administrative review; sharing of information or records.

MCL 400.725 Contested case hearing; judicial review.

MCL 400.726 Name or designation of facility.

MCL 400.726a Resident enrolled in licensed hospice program or co-occurring enhanced crisis residential program; exception to continuous nursing care requirement for purposes of MCL 400.703(4); do-not-resuscitate order or POST form included in assessment plan; protection to resident.

MCL 400.726b Adult foster care; description of services to patients or residents with alzheimer's disease; contents; “represents to the public” defined.

MCL 400.726c Medical orders provided on POST form; compliance required; failure to comply because of policy, religious belief, or moral conviction; referral or transfer to another foster care facility.

MCL 400.727 Posting license, inspection report, and other documents; retention of materials for public inspection.

MCL 400.728 Repealed. 1984, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 26, 1984.

MCL 400.729 Providing foster care to person related to licensee or licensee's spouse.

MCL 400.730 Injunction.

MCL 400.731 Violation as misdemeanor; prohibited conduct.

MCL 400.731a Person sentenced to perform community service.

MCL 400.732 Notices required.

MCL 400.733 Local ordinances, regulations, or construction codes.

MCL 400.734 Repealed. 1984, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 26, 1984.

MCL 400.734b Employing or contracting with certain individuals providing direct services to residents; prohibitions; criminal history check; exemptions; written consent and identification; conditional employment; use of criminal history record information; disclosure; determination of existence of national criminal history; failure to conduct criminal history check; automated fingerprint identification system database; electronic web-based system; costs; definitions.

MCL 400.734c Disqualification from or denial of employment based on criminal history check; administrative review; decision; "business day" defined.

MCL 400.735 Repeal of MCL 331.681 to 331.694.

MCL 400.736 Concurrent license as foster family home or foster family group home; receiving additional minor children; definitions.

MCL 400.737 Concurrently licensing adult foster care small group home as child caring institution; receiving additional children under 18 years of age; limitation on combined licensed capacity; definition.

Source: Michigan Legislature (legislature.mi.gov)URL: https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/mcl/Chapter%20400.xmlFetched: 10/20/2026