Michigan Compiled Laws
Mich. Comp. Laws § 331.163 (2026)
County hospitals; physician's right to treat patients, right to employ physicians or nurse.
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PUBLIC HOSPITALS
Act 350 of 1913
331.163 County hospitals; physician's right to treat patients, right to employ physicians or nurse.
Sec. 13.
All physicians and surgeons licensed under the laws of Michigan shall have the privilege of treating patients in the hospital, subject always to such rules and regulations as shall be established by the board of trustees under the provisions of this act. The patient shall have the right to employ at his own expense his own physician or nurse, and when acting for any patient in such hospital the physician employed by the patient shall have charge of the care and treatment of such patient.
History: 1913, Act 350, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913 ;-- CL 1915, 10869 ;-- CL 1929, 7074 ;-- CL 1948, 331.163 ;-- Am. 1958, Act 105, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1954–1977 · leading case: Touchton v. River Dist. Cmty. Hosp., 256 N.W.2d 455 (Mich. Ct. App. 1977).
Touchton v. River Dist. Cmty. Hosp., 256 N.W.2d 455 (Mich. Ct. App. 1977). “The single reviewable argument made by plaintiff concerns whether the defendant hospital has a right to set standards of eligibility to be met by licensed podiatrists seeking staff privileges.”
Albert v. Gogebic Cnty. Pub. Hosp. Bd. of Trs., 67 N.W.2d 244 (Mich. 1954). “” Also, in section 13 of the act (CL 1948, § 331.163 [Stat Ann § 14.1142]) is the following: “The patient shall have absolute right to employ at his or her own expense his or her own physician or nurse, and when acting for any patient in such hospital the physician employed by…”
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