Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.20141 (2026)

Health facility or agency; license required; eligibility to participate in federal or state health program; personnel; services; and equipment; evidence of compliance; providing data and statistics.

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PUBLIC HEALTH CODE

Act 368 of 1978

333.20141 Health facility or agency; license required; eligibility to participate in federal or state health program; personnel; services; and equipment; evidence of compliance; providing data and statistics.

Sec. 20141.

(1) A person shall not establish or maintain and operate a health facility or agency without holding a license from the department.

(2) A health facility or agency is not eligible to participate in a federal or state health program requiring certification without current certification from the department.

(3) A health facility or agency shall have the physician, professional nursing, health professional, technical and supportive personnel, and the technical, diagnostic, and treatment services and equipment necessary to assure the safe performance of the health care undertaken by or in the facility or agency.

(4) Licensure and certification of a health facility or agency shall be evidence of the fact that the facility or agency complies with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements and standards at the time of issuance.

(5) A health facility or agency shall provide the department with the data and statistics required to enable the department to carry out functions required by federal and state law, including rules and regulations.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978

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Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2005–2025 · leading case: Gaines v. Cnty. of Wayne (E.D. Mich. 2021).

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Gaines v. Cnty. of Wayne (E.D. Mich. 2021). · cites it 10× “Count IV The Wellpath Defendants argue Count IV should be dismissed because the two statutes cited by Plaintiff in this count, MCL § 333.20141 and MCL § 333.21513, “do not in fact create a cause of action against non-hospital defendants like Wellpath.”

Fisher v. Wa Foote Mem'l Hosp., 703 N.W.2d 434 (Mich. 2005). “§ 333.20141. Most provisions of the code are directed at protecting the public as a whole by requiring that medical facilities and agencies maintain safe policies, practices, and premises.”

Calkin v. Wexford, Cnty. of (W.D. Mich. 2025). · cites it 2× “Common-Law Claims Against ACH (Count IV) Defendants’ second objection to the R&R is that it does not recommend the dismissal of the common-law negligence and medical malpractice claims raised against ACH in addition to the magistrate’s recommendation that claims premised on two…”

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