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Mich. Admin. Code R 330.7001 to R 330.7260

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Part 7. Rights of Recipients

Jurisdiction: MI Agency: Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Behavioral and Physical Health and Aging Services Administration
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This Michigan regulation establishes the rights of recipients of mental health services provided by the state department, community mental health services programs, licensed hospitals, psychiatric units, and psychiatric partial hospitalization programs. It defines key terms related to abuse, neglect, restraint, consent, and other recipient protections, and requires providers to establish written policies ensuring informed consent, civil rights protections, and proper documentation. Facility operators must implement procedures to prevent and correct rights violations, obtain and re-obtain informed consent as circumstances change, and maintain clinical records of relevant decisions.

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MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH 
 
BUREAU OF MENTAL HEALTH & SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES 
 
RIGHTS OF RECIPIENTS 
 
(By authority conferred on the director of the department of community health by 
sections 1 to 4 of 1905 PA 80, section 33 of 1969 PA 306, and sections 114, 136, 157, 
206, 244, 498n, 842, and 1002a of 1974 PA 258, MCL 19.141 to MCL 19.144, MCL 
24.233, MCL 330.1114, MCL 330.1136, MCL 330.1206, MCL 330.1244, MCL 
330.1498n, MCL 330.1842, and MCL 330.2002a) 

PART 7. RIGHTS OF RECIPIENTS 
 
SUBPART 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS 
 
R 330.7001 Definitions. 
 Rule 7001. As used in this part: 
 (a) "Abuse class I" means a nonaccidental act or provocation of another to act by 
an employee, volunteer, or agent of a provider that caused or co ntributed to the 
death, or sexual abuse of, or serious physical harm to a recipient. 
 (b) "Abuse class II" means any of the following: 
 (i) A non accidental act or provocation of another to act by an employee, 
volunteer, or agent of a provid er that caused or contributed to nonserious physical 
harm to a recipient. 
 (ii) The use of unreasonable force on a recipient by an employee, volunteer, or 
agent of a provider with or without apparent harm. 
 (iii) Any action or provocation of another to act by an employee, volunteer, or 
agent of a provider that causes or contributes to emotional harm to a recipient. 
 (iv) An action taken on behalf of a recipient by a provider who assumes the 
recipient is incompetent, despite the fact that a guardian has not been appointed, that 
results in substantial economic, material, or emotional harm to the recipient. 
 (v) Exploitation of a recipient by an employee, volunteer, or agent of a provider. 
 (c) "Abuse class III" means the use of language or other means of 
communication by an employee, volunteer, or agent of a provider to degrade, 
threaten, or sexually harass a recipient. 
 (d) "Act" means mental health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL 330.1001 et seq. 
 (e) "Anatomical support" means body positioning or a physical support ordered 
by a physical or occupational therapist for the purpose of maintaining or 
improving a recipient's physical functioning. 
 (f) "Bodily function" means the usual action of any region or organ of the body. 
 (g) "Emotional harm" means impaired psychological functioning, growth, or 
development of a significant nature as evidenced by observable physical 
symptomatology or as determined by a mental health professional. 
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 (h) "Exploitation" means an action by an employee, volunteer, or agent of a 
provider that involves the mis appropriation or misuse of a recipient's property or 
funds for the benefit of an individual or individuals other than the recipient. 
(i) "Neglect class I" means either of the following: 
 (i) Acts of commission or omission by an employee, volunteer, or agent of a 
provider that result from noncompliance with a standard of care or treatment 
required by law and/or rules, policies, guidelines, written directives, procedures, or 
individual plan of service and causes or contributes to the death, or sexual abuse of, 
or serious physical harm to a recipient. 
 (ii) The failure to report apparent or suspected abuse Class I or neglect Class I 
of a recipient. 
 (j) "Neglect class II" means either of the following: 
 (i) Acts of commission or omission by an employee, volunteer, or agent of a 
provider that result from noncompliance with a standard of care or treatment 
required by law, rules, policies, guidelines, written directives, procedures, or individual 
plan of service and that cause or contribute to 
non serious physical harm or emotional harm to a recipient. 
 (ii) The failure to report apparent or suspected abuse Class II or neglect Class 
II of a recipient. 
 (k) "Neglect class III" means either of the following: 
 (i) Acts of commission or omission by an employee, volunteer, or agent of a 
provider that result from noncompliance with a standard of care or treatment 
required by law and/or rules, policies, guidelines, written directives, procedures, or 
individual plan of service that either placed or could have placed a recipient at risk of 
physical harm or sexual abuse. 
 (ii) The failure to report apparent or suspected abuse Class III or neglect Class 
III of a recipient. 
 (l) "Nonserious physical harm" means physical damage or what could 
reasonably be construed as pain suffer ed by a recipient that a physician or registered 
nurse determines could not have caused, or contributed to, the death of a recipient, the 
permanent disfigurement of a recipient, or an impairment of his or her bodily 
functions. 
 (m) "Physical management" means a technique used by staff as an 
emergency intervention to restrict the movement of a recipient by direct physical 
contact to prevent the recipient from harming himself, herself, or others. 
 (n) "Protective device" means a device or physical barrier to prevent the 
recipient from causing serious self -injury associated with documented and frequent 
incidents of the behavior. A protective device as defined in this subdivision and 
incorporated in the written indi vidual plan of service shall not be considered a restraint 
as defined in subdivision (q) of this subrule. 
 (o) "Provider" means the department, each community mental health services 
program, each licensed hospital, each psychiatric unit, and each psychiatric partial 
hospitalization program licensed under section 137 of the act, their employees, 
volunteers, and contractual agents. 
 (p) "Psychotropic drug" means any medication administered for the treatment 
or amelioration of disorders of thought, mood, or behavior. 
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 (q) "Restraint" means the use of a physical device to restrict an individual's 
movement. Restraint does not include the use of a device primarily intended to 
provide anatomical support. 
 (r) "Serious physical harm" means physical damage suffered by a recipient 
that a physician or registered nurse determines caused or could have caused the death 
of a recipient, caused the impairment of his or her bodily functions, o r caused the 
permanent disfigurement of a recipient. 
 (s)"Sexual abuse" means any of the following: 
 (i) Criminal sexual conduct as defined by section 520b to 520e of 1931 PA 318, 
MCL 750.520b to MCL 750.520e involving an employee, volunteer, or agent of a 
provider and a recipient. 
 (ii) Any sexual contact or sexual penetration involving an employee, 
volunteer, or agent of a department operated hospital or center, a facility licensed by the 
department under section 137 of the act or an adult foster care facility and a 
recipient. 
 (iii) Any sexual contact or sexual penetration involving an employee, 
volunteer, or agent of a provider and a recipient for whom the employee, volunteer, or 
agent provides direct services. 
 (t) "Sexual contact" means the intentional touching of the recipient's or 
employee's intimate parts or the touching of the clothing covering the immediate 
area of the recipient's or employee's intimate parts, if that i ntentional touching can 
reasonably be construed as being for the purpose of sexual arousal or gratification, 
done for a sexual purpose, or in a sexual manner for any of the following: 
 (i) Revenge. 
 (ii) To inflict humiliation. 
 (iii) Out of anger. 
 (u) "Sexual harassment" means sexual advances to a recipient, requests for sexual 
favors from a recipient, or other conduct or communication of a sexual nature toward a 
recipient. 
 (v) "Sexual penetration" means sexual intercou rse, cunnilingus, fellatio, anal 
intercourse, or any other intrusion, however slight, of any part of a person's body or of 
any object into the genital or anal openings of another person's body, but emission of 
semen is not required. 
 (w)"Therapeutic de -escalation" means an intervention, the implementation of 
which is incorporated in the individualized written plan of service, wherein the 
recipient is placed in an area or room, accompanied by staff who shall therapeutically 
engage t he recipient in behavioral de -escalation techniques and debriefing as to the 
cause and future prevention of the target behavior. 
 (x)"Time out" means a voluntary response to the therapeutic suggestion to a 
recipient to remove himself or herself from a stressful situation in order to prevent a 
potentially hazardous outcome. 
 (y)"Treatment by spiritual means" means a spiritual discipline or school of thought 
that a recipient wishes to rely on to aid physical or mental recovery. 
 (z)"Unreasonable force" means physical management or force that is applied by an 
employee, volunteer, or agent of a provider to a recipient in one or more of the 
following circumstances: 
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 (i) There is no imminent risk of serious or non -serious physical harm to the 
recipient, staff or others. 
 (ii) The physical management used is not in compliance with techniques 
approved by the provider and the responsible mental health agency. 
 (iii) The physical management used is not in compliance with the emergency 
interventions authorized in the recipient's individual plan of service. 
 (iv) The physical management or force is used when other less restrictive 
measures were possible but not attempted immediately before the use of physical 
management or force. 
 
 History: 1979 AC; 1983 AACS; 1998 AACS; 2007 AACS; 2009 AACS. 
 
Editor's Note: An obvious error in R 330.7001 was corrected at the request of the promulgating 
agency, pursuant to Section 56 of 1969 PA 306, as amended by 2000 PA 2 62, MCL 24.256. The rule 
containing the error was published in Michigan Register, 2007 MR 2 3. The memorandum requesting the 
correction was published in Michigan Register, 2007 MR 23. 

R 330.7002 Rescinded. 
 
 History: 1979 AC; 1998 AACS. 

R 330.7003 Informed consent. 
 Rule 7003. (1) All of the following are elements of informed consent: 
 (a) Legal competency. An individual shall be presumed to be legally 
competent. This presumption may be rebutted only by a court appointment of a guard ian 
or exercise by a court of guardianship powers and only to the extent of the scope and 
duration of the guardianship. An individual shall be presumed legally competent 
regarding matters that are not within the scope and authority of the guardianship. 
 (b) Knowledge. To consent, a recipient or legal representative must have basic 
information about the procedure, risks, other related consequences, and other relevant 
information. The standard governing required disclosure by a doctor is what a 
reasonable patient needs to know in order to make an informed decision. Other 
relevant information includes all of the following: 
 (i) The purpose of the procedures. 
 (ii) A description of the attendant discomforts, risks, and benefits tha t can 
reasonably be expected. 
 (iii) A disclosure of appropriate alternatives advantageous to the recipient. 
 (iv) An offer to answer further inquiries. 
 (c) Comprehension. An individual must be able to understand what the personal 
implications of providing consent will be based upon the information provided under 
subdivision (b) of this subrule. 
 (d) Voluntariness. There shall be free power of choice without the intervention 
of an element of force, fraud, deceit, duress, overreaching, or 
other ulterior form of constraint or coercion, including promises or assurances 
of privileges or freedom. There shall be an instruction that an individual is free to 
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withdraw consent and to discontinue participation or activity at any time without 
prejudice to the recipient. 
 (2) A provider shall establish written policies that include procedures for evaluating 
comprehension and for assuring disclosure of relevant information and measures to 
ensure voluntariness before obtaining consent. The policies and procedures shall specify 
for specific circumstances the types of information that shall be disclosed and steps that 
may be taken to protect voluntariness. The procedures shall include a mechanism 
for determining whether guardianship proceedings should be considered. 
 (3) Informed consent shall be reobtained if changes in circumstances 
substantially change the risks, other conseque nces, or benefits that were previously 
expected. 
 (4) A written agreem ent documenting an informed consent shall not include any 
exculpatory language through which the recipient, or a person consenting on the 
recipient's behalf, waives or appears to waive, a legal right, including a release of 
a provider or its agents from liability for 
negligence. The agreement shall embody the basic elements of informed consent 
in the particular context. The individual, guardian, or parent consenting shall be 
given adequate opportunity to read the document before signing it. The requirement of 
a written consent shall not eliminate, where essential to the individual’s understanding or 
otherwise deemed advisable, a reading of the document to the individual or an oral 
explanation in a language the individual understands. A note of the explanation and by 
whom made shall be placed in the record along with the written consent. 
 (5) A consent is executed when it is signed by the appropriate individual. 
 
 History: 1979 AC; 1998 AACS. 

R 330.7005 Applicant request for second opinion; response; documentation. 
 Rule 7005. A community mental health services program shall have written 
procedures to assure that an applicant's request for a second opinion regarding denial 
of services i s responded to in a timely manner and documented in the clinical 
record. 
 
 History: 1998 AACS. 

SUBPART 2. RIGHTS OF RECIPIENTS OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 

R 330.7009 Civil rights. 
 Rule 7009. (1) A provider shall establish measures to prevent and correct a possible 
violation of civil rights related to the service provision. A violation of civil rights 
shall be regarded as a violation of recipient rights and shall be subject to remedies 
established for recipient rights violations. 
 (2) A recipient shall be permitted, to the maximum extent feasible and in any legal 
manner, to conduct personal and business affairs and otherwise exercise all rights, 
benefits, and privileges not divested or limited. 
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 (3) An adult recipien t, and a minor when state law allows consent by a minor, 
shall be presumed legally competent. The presumption may be rebutted only by court 
appointment of a guardian or exercise by a court of guardianship powers and only 
to the extent of the scope and duration of that guardianship. A provider shall do all of 
the following: 
 (a) Presume the recipient is legally competent if he or she does not have a guardian. 
A provider shall also presume a recipient with a limited guardian is legally competent in 
all areas which are not specifically identified as being under the control or scope of the 
guardian. 
 (b) Not institute guardianship proceedings, unless there is sufficient reason to 
doubt the recipient's comprehension, as provided un der these rules and the policies and 
procedures of the provider. 
 (c) When a recipient's comprehension is in doubt, justification for petitioning 
the probate court for guardianship consideration shall be entered in the recipient's clinical 
record. 
 (d) Not petition for, or otherwise cause the filing of, a petition for guardianship of 
greater scope than is essential. 
 (e) Petition or cause a petition to be filed with the court to terminate a recipient's 
guardian or narrow the scope of the g uardian's powers when the recipient demonstrates 
he or she is capable of providing informed consent. 
 (4) A provider shall not interfere with the right of a recipient to enter into a 
marriage contract or obtain or oppose a divorce. 
 (5) The right of a recipient to participate in the electoral process, including 
primaries and special and recall elections shall not be abridged. An eligible recipient, 
including a recipient determined to be legally incompetent, shall have the right to 
exercise his or her franchise, except those the legislature may exclude from the 
electoral process by defining mental incompetence in any statute implementing article 
2, section 2 of the state constitution of 1963. Facilities shall have procedures which 
assure all the following: 
 (a) All recipients 18 years of age or over are canvassed to ascertain their interest in 
registering to vote, obtaining absentee ballots, and casting ballots. The canvass shall 
be conducted to allow sufficient time for voter registration and acquisition of absentee 
ballot, or provided recipients with an opportunity to leave the premises to exercise voting 
privileges, or to register to vote, or a facility director may require supervisory personnel 
to accompany recipients and may require recipients to bear reasonable 
transportation costs. 
 (b) Arrangements with state and local election officials are made to provide 
voter registration and casting of ballots for interested recipients at the fa cility or may 
elect to encourage the use of absentee ballots. 
 (c) Facilities shall assist election officials in determining a recipient's place of 
residence for voting purposes. 
 (d) Facilities shall not prohibit a recip ient from receiving campaig n literature, 
shall permit campaigning by candidates, and may reasonably regulate the time, 
duration, and location of these activities. A facility director shall permit a recipient to 
place political advertisements in his or her personal quarters. 
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 (6) A recipient shall be permitted access to religious services and worship on a 
nondiscriminatory basis. A recipient shall not be coerced into engaging in religious 
activity. 
 (7) A recipient's property or living area shall not be searched by a provider 
unless such a search is authorized in the recipient's plan of service or there is 
reasonable cause to believe that the recipient is in possession of contraband or 
property that is excluded from the recipient's possession by the written policies, 
procedures, or rules of the provider. The following conditions apply to all searches: 
 (a) A search of the recipient's living area or property shall occur in the presence of a 
witness. The recipient shall also be present unless he or she declines to be present. 
 (b) The circumstances surrounding the search shall be entered in the recipient's 
record, and shall include all the following: 
 (i) The reason for initiating the search. 
 (ii) The names of the individuals performing and witnessing the search. 
 (iii) The results of the search, including a description of the property seized. 
 
 History: 1979 AC; 1983 AACS; 1984 AACS; 1998 AACS; 2007 AACS. 

R 330.7011 Notification of rights. 
 Rule 7011. At the time services are first requested, a provider shall inform a 
recipient, his or her guardian, or other legal representative or the parent with legal 
custody of a minor recipient of the recipient's lawful rights in an understandable 
manner. If a recipient is unabl e to read or understand the materials provided, a 
provider shall make a reasonable attempt to assist the recipient in understanding the 
materials. A note describing the explanation of the materials and who provided the 
explanation shall be entered in the recipient's record. 
 
 History: 1979 AC; 1998 AACS; 2007 AACS. 

R 330.7012 Provider confidentiality obligations. 
 Rule 7012. Observing the rights of family members specified in section 711 of the 
act does not relieve the provider of observ ing the confidentiality obligations specified 
in sections 748 and 750 of the act. 
 
 History: 1998 AACS. 

R 330.7014 Rescinded. 
 
 History: 1979 AC; 1998 AACS. 

R 330.7017 Electroconvulsive therapy. 
 Rule 7017. (1) A provider shall comply with both of the following provisions 
when administering electroconvulsive therapy: 
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 (a) A provider shall enter written documentation and signed consent in the clinical 
record. 
 (b) A provider shall obtain consent for a stated number of 
electroconvulsive treatments within a series during a stated time period. A provider shall 
inform a recipient or other legally empowered representative that he or she may withdraw 
his or her consent at any time during the stated time period. 
 (2) The responsible mental health agency shall notify a minor or an advocate 
designated by the minor of the right to object to a procedure as specified in section 
717(5) of the act. A provider shall place documentation of the notification, includin g the 
date and time notified in the clinical record. 
 (3) The responsible mental health agency shall assist a minor or an advocate 
designated by the minor who objects to an electroconvulsive procedure in properly 
submitting the objection to a court of competent jurisdiction. 
 
 History: 1998 AACS. 

R 330.7029 Family planning and health information. 
 Rule 7029. The individual in charge of the recipient’s written plan of service 
shall provide recipients, their guardians , and parents of minor recipients with notice 
of the availability of family planning, and health information services and, upon 
request, provide referral assistance to providers of such services. The notice shall 
include a statement that receiving mental health services does not depend in any way on 
requesting or not requesting family planning or health information services. 
 
 History: 1979 AC; 1986 AACS; 1998 AACS. 

R 330.7032 Rescinded. 
 
 History: 1979 AC; 1998 AACS. 

R 330.7035 Abuse or neglect of recipients. 
 Rule 7035. (1) Abuse or neglect of a recipient by an employee, volunteer, or agent 
of a provider shall subject the employee, volunteer, or agent of a provider, upon 
substantiated reports, to an appropriate p enalty, including official reprimand, demotion, 
suspension, reassignment, or dismissal. 
 (2) A provider shall do both of the following: 
 (a) Establish written policies and procedures, which adopt and incorporate the 
definitions of abuse class I, abuse class II, or abuse class III and neglect as neglect 
class I, neglect class II, or neglect class III as described in rule 7001. 
 (b) Provide for a prompt and thorough review of charges of abuse that is fair to 
both the recipient alleged to have been abused and the charged employee, volunteer, 
or agent of a provider. 
 
 History: 1979 AC; 1998 AACS. 
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R 330.7037 Rescinded. 
 
 History: 1979 AC; 1998 AACS. 

R 330.7045 Rescinded. 
 
 History: 1979 AC; 1998 AACS. 

R 330.7046 Summary reports of extraordinary incidents. 
 Rule 7046. In addition to other information required to be contained in the clinical 
record of the recipient by statute and rule, the record shall contain a summary of any 
extraordinary incidents involving the recipient. The report is to be entered into the 
record by a staff member who has personal knowledge of the extraordinary incident. 
An incident or peer review report generated pursuant to MCL 330.1143a does not 
constitute a summary repor t as intended by this section and shall not be maintained 
in the clinical record of a recipient. 
 
 History: 1998 AACS; 2007 AACS. 

R 330.7051 Confidentiality and disclosure. 
 Rule 7051. (1) A summary of section 748 of the act shall be made a p art of each 
recipient file. 
 (2) A record shall be kept of disclosures and shall include all of the following 
information: 
 (a) The information released. 
 (b) To whom the information is released. 
 (c) The purpose claimed by the person for request ing the inf ormation and a 
statement disclosing how the disclosed information is germane to the purpose. 
 (d) The subsection of section 748 of the act, or other state law, under which a 
disclosure was made. 
 (e) A statement that the receiver of disc losed information was informed that 
further disclosure shall be consistent with the authorized purpose for which the 
information was released. 
 (3) Unless section 748(4) of the act applies to the request for information, the 
director of the provider may make a determination that disclosure of information may 
be detrimental to the recipient or others. If the director of the provider declines to 
disclose information because of possible detriment to the recipient or others, the n the 
director of the provider shall determine whether part of the information may be 
released without detriment. A determination of detriment shall not be made if the 
benefit to the recipient from the disclosure outweighs the detriment. If the record of the 
recipient is located at the resident’s facility, then the director of the provider shall 
make a determination of detriment within 3 business days from the date of the request. 
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If the record of the recipient is located at anot her location, then the director of the 
provider shall make a determination of detriment within 10 business days from the date 
of the request. The director of the provider shall provide written notification of the 
determination of detriment and justi fication for the determination to the person who 
requested the information. If a determination of detriment has been made and the 
person seeking the disclosure disagrees with that decision, he or she may file a recipient 
rights complaint with the offic e of recipient rights of the department, the community 
mental health services program, or licensed hospital, whichever was responsible for 
making the original determination. 
 (4) Information shall be provided to attorneys, other than pro secuting attorneys, 
as follows: 
 (a) An attorney who is retained or appointed by a court to represent a recipient 
and who presents identification and a consent or release executed by the recipient, by a 
legally empowered guardian, or by the paren ts of a minor shall be permitted to review, 
on the provider's premises, a record containing information concerning the recipient. 
An attorney who has been retained or appointed to represent a minor pursuant to an 
objection to hospitalization of a minor shall be allowed to review the records. 
 (b) Absent a valid consent or release, an attorney who does not represent a recipient 
shall not be allowed to review records, unless the attorney presents a certified copy 
of an order from a court directing disclosure of information concerning the recipient to 
the attorney. 
 (c) An attorney shall be refused written or telephoned requests for information, 
unless the request is accompanied or preceded by a certified copy of an or der from a 
court ordering disclosure of information to that attorney or unless a consent or release 
has been appropriately executed. The attorney shall be advised of the procedures for 
reviewing and obtaining copies of recipient records. 
 (5) Information shall be provided to private physicians or psychologists appointe d 
or retained to testify in civil, criminal, or administrative proceedings as follows: 
 (a) A physician or psychologist who presents identification and a certified true copy 
of a court order appointing the physician or psychologist to examine a recipient for 
the purpose of diagnosing the recipient's present condition shall be permitted to review, 
on the provider's premises, a record containing information concerning the recipient. 
Physicians or psychologists shall be notified before the review of records when the 
records contain privileged communication that cannot be disclosed in court under 
section 750(1) of the act. 
 (b) The court or other entity that issues a subpoena or order and the attorney 
general's office, when involved, shall be informed if subpoenaed or ordered information 
is privileged under a provision of law. Privileged information shall not be disclosed 
unless disclosure is pe rmitted because of an express waiver of privilege or because of 
other conditions that, by law, permit or require disclosure. 
 (6) A prosecutor may be given nonprivileged information or privileged 
information that may be disclosed pursuant to sect ion 750(2) of the act if it contains 
information relating to participation in proceedings under the act, including all of the 
following information: 
 (a) Names of witnesses to acts that support the criteria for involuntary admission 
 (b) Information relevant to alternatives to admission to a hospital or facility. 
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 (c) Other information designated in the policies of the provider. 
 (7) The holder of a record may disclose information that enables a recipient to 
apply for or receive ben efits without the consent of the recipient or legally 
authorized representative only if the benefits shall accrue to the provider or shall be 
subject to collection for liability for mental health service. 
 
 History: 1979 AC; 1981 AACS; 1986 AACS; 1990 AACS; 1998 AACS. 

SUBPART 3. ADDITIONAL RIGHTS OF RESIDENTS OF FACILITIES 

R 330.7125 Rescinded. 
 
 History: 1979 AC; 1998 AACS. 

R 330.7135 Treatment by spiritual means. 
 Rule 7135. (1) A provider shall permit a recipient to have access to treatment by 
spiritual means upon the request of the recipient, a guardian, if any, or a parent of a 
minor recipient. 
 (2) A provider shall assure that the opportunity for contact with agencies providing 
treatment by spiritual means is prov ided in the same manner as recipients are 
permitted to see private mental health professionals. 
 (3) Requests for printed, recorded, or visual material essential or related to treatment 
by spiritual means, and to a symbolic object of similar significance shall be honored 
and made available at the recipient’s expense. 
 (4) Treatment by spiritual means includes the right of recipients, guardians, or 
parents of a minor to refuse medication or other treatment on spiritual grounds that 
predate the current allegations of mental illness or disability, but does not extend to 
circumstances where either of the following provisions applies: 
 (a) A guardian or the provider has been empowered by a court to consent to or 
provide treatment and has done so. 
 (b) A recipient poses harm to himself or herself or others and treatment is essential 
to prevent physical injury. 
 (5) The right to treatment by spiritual means does not include the right to any of the 
following: 
 (a) To use mec hanical devices or chemical or organic compounds that are 
physically harmful. 
 (b) To engage in activity prohibited by law. 
 (c) To engage in activity that physically harms the recipient or others. 
 (d) To engage in activity that is inconsistent with court-ordered custody or voluntary 
placement by a person other than the recipient. 
 (6) A provider shall develop written policies and procedures concerning treatment 
by spiritual means that include both of the following: 
 (a) Recourse to court proc eedings if medication or other treatment for a minor is 
refused. 
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 (b) Notice to a pe rson who requests treatment by spiritual means of a denial of 
the request and the reasons for denial. 
 (7) A provider shall provide for the administrative review or ap peal of a denial of 
treatment by spiritual means at the option of a person requesting such treatment. 
 
 History: 1979 AC; 1998 AACS. 

R 330.7139 Resident's right to entertainment materials, information, and 
news. 
 Rule 7139. (1) A provider sh all not prevent a resident from acquiring 
entertainment materials, information and news at his or her expense, or from reading 
written or printed material, or from viewing or listening to television, radio, 
recordings, or movies made availab le at a facility for reasons of, or similar to, 
censorship. 
 (2) A provider may limit access to entertainment materials, information, or news 
only if such a limitation is specifically approved in the resident’s individualized plan of 
service. 
 (3) A provider shall document each instance when a limitation is imposed in the 
resident’s record. 
 (4) A provider shall not limit access to entertainment materials, information or 
news when such limitations can no longer be clinically justified. 
 (5) Material not prohibited by law m ay be read or viewed by a minor unless there is 
an objection by the minor’s parent or guardian who has legal custody of the minor. 
 (6) A provider shall establish written policies and procedures that pr ovide for all of 
the following: 
 (a) Any general program restrictions on access to material for reading, listening, 
or viewing. 
 (b) Determining a resident’s interest in, and provide for, a daily newspaper. 
 (c) Permit attempts by the staff person in charge of the plan of service to persuade a 
parent or guardian of a minor to withdraw objections to material desired by the minor. 
 (d) A mechanism for residents to appeal denial of their right to entertainment 
materials, information and news, and to remedy a wrongful denial. 
 (e) Any specific restrictions on a living unit or for the therapeutic benefit of the 
residents as a group. 
 
 History: 1979 AC; 1998 AACS. 

R 330.7142 Rescinded. 
 
 History: 1979 AC; 1998 AACS. 

R 330.7145 Rescinded. 
 
 History: 1979 AC; 1998 AACS. 
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R 330.7151 Rescinded. 
 
 History: 1979 AC; 1990 AACS; 1998 AACS. 

R 330.7158 Medication. 
 Rule 7158. (1) A provider shall only administer medication at the order of a 
physician and in compliance with the provisions of section 719 of the act, if applicable. 
 (2) A provider shall assure that medication use conforms to federal standards 
and the standards of the medical community. 
 (3) A provider shall not use medication as pun ishment, for the convenience of the 
staff, or as a substitute for other appropriate treatment. 
 (4) A provider shall review the administration of a psychotropic medication 
periodically as set forth in the recipient's individual plan of service and base d upon the 
recipient's clinical status. 
 (5) If an individual cannot administer his or her own medication, a provider 
shall ensure that medication is administered by or under the supervision of personnel 
who are qualified and trained. 
 (6) A provider shall record the administration of all medication in the recipient's 
clinical record. 
 (7) A provider shall ensure that medication errors and adverse drug reactions 
are immediately and properly reported to a physician and record ed in the recipient's 
clinical record. 
 (8) A provider shall ensure that the use of psychotropic medications is subject to 
the following restrictions: 
 (a) Unless the individual consents or unless administration of chemotherapy is 
necessary to preven t physical injury to the individual or to others psychotropic 
medications shall not be administered to: 
 (i) A recipient who has been admitted by medical certification or by petition 
until after a final adjudication as required under section 468(2) of the act. 
 (ii) A defendant undergoing examination at the center for forensic psychiatry 
or other certified facility to determine competency to stand trial. 
 (iii) A person acquitted of a criminal charge by reason of insanity while undergoing 
examination and evaluation at the center for forensic psychiatry. 
 (b) A provider may administer chemotherapy to prevent physical harm or injury 
after signed documentation of the physician is placed in the resident's clinical 
record and when the actions of a recipient or other objective criteria clearly 
demonstrate to a physician that the recipient poses a risk of harm to himself, herself, 
or others. 
 (c) Initial administration of psychotropic chemotherapy may not be extended beyond 
48 hours unless there is consent. The duration of psychotropic chemotherapy shall 
be as short as possible and at the lowest possible dosage that is therapeutically effective. 
The chemotherapy shall be terminated as soon as there i s little likelihood that the 
recipient will pose a risk of harm to himself, herself, or others. 
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 (d)Additional courses of chemotherapy may be prescribed and administered if a 
recipient decompensates and again poses a risk to himself, herself, or others. 
 (9) A provider shall ensure that only medication that is authorized in writing by a 
physician is given to recipients upon his or her leave or discharge from the providers 
program and that enough medication is made available to e nsure the recipient has an 
adequate supply until he or she can become established with another provider. 
 
 History: 1979 AC; 1981 AACS; 1986 AACS; 1998 AACS; 2007 AACS. 

R 330.7161 Rescinded. 
 
 History: 1979 AC; 1998 AACS. 

R 330.7165 Rescinded. 
 
 History: 1979 AC; 1998 AACS. 

R 330.7171 Resident health, hygiene, and personal grooming. 
 Rule 7171. Provisions for resident health, hygiene, and personal grooming 
shall include assisting and training residents to exercise maximum capability in 
personal grooming practices, including bathing, tooth brushing, shampooing, hair 
grooming, shaving, and care of nails. In addition, a resident shall be provided with all of 
the following: 
 (a) Toilet articles. 
 (b) A toothbrush and dentifrice. 
 (c) An opportunity for shower or tub bath at least once every 2 days, unless 
medically contraindicated. 
 (d) The services of a barber or a beautician on a regular basis. 
 (e) If a male, the opportunity to shave daily. 
 
 History: 1979 AC; 1981 AACS. 

R 330.7175 Rescinded. 
 
 History: 1979 AC; 1998 AACS. 

R 330.7181 Rescinded. 
 
 History: 1979 AC; 1990 AACS; 1998 AACS. 

R 330.7185 Rescinded. 
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 History: 1979 AC; 1998 AACS. 

R 330.7188 Rescinded. 
 
 History: 1979 AC; 1983 AACS; 1998 AACS. 

R 330.7189 Rescinded. 
 
 History: 1979 AC; 1998 AACS. 

R 330.7191 Rescinded. 
 
 History: 1979 AC; 1998 AACS. 

R 330.7195 Rescinded. 
 
 History: 1979 AC; 1990 AACS; 1998 AACS. 
 
SUBPART 3. ADDITIONAL RIGHTS OF RESIDENTS OF FACILITIES 
 
R 330.7199 Written plan of services. 
 Rule 7199. (1)The individualized written plan of services is the fundamental document 
in the recipient's record. A provider shall retain all periodic reviews, modifications, and 
revisions of the plan in the recipient's record. 
 (2) The plan shall identify, at a minimum, all of the following: 
 (a) All individuals, including family members, friends, and professionals that the 
individual desires or requires to be part of the planning process. 
 (b) The services, supports, and treatments that the recipient requested of the provider. 
 (c) The services, supports, and treatments committed by the responsible mental 
health agency to honor the recipient's request specified in subdivision (b) of this subrule. 
 (d) The person or persons who will assume responsibility for assuring that the 
committed services and supports are delivered. 
 (e) When the recipient can reasonably expect each of the committed services and 
supports to commence, and, in the case of recurring services or supports, how frequently, 
for what duration, and over what period of time. 
 (f) How the committed mental health services and supports will be coordinated with 
the recipient's natural support systems and the services and supports provided by other 
public and private organizations. 
 (g) Limitations of the recipient's rights. Limitations of the recipient’s rights, any 
intrusive behavior treatment techniques, or any use of psycho-active drugs for behavior 
control purposes shall be reviewed and approved by a specially constituted body 
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comprised of at least 3 individuals, 1 of whom shall be a fully- or limited- licensed 
psychologist with the formal training or experience in applied behavior analysis, and 1 of 
whom shall be a licensed physician/psychiatrist. Both of the following apply: 
 (i) Limitations of the recipient’s rights, any intrusive treatment techniques or any use 
of psychoactive drugs where the target behavior is due to an active substantiated Axis 1 
psychiatric diagnosis listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 
need not be reviewed and approved by a specially constituted body described in this 
subdivision. DSM-IV-TR (Text Revision), 2000, published by the American Psychiatric 
Association, is adopted by reference and can be obtained from American Psychiatric 
Publishing Inc., 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1825, Arlington, VA 22209 at a cost of 
$60.00. This manual is also available from the Michigan Department of Community 
Health, Office of Psychiatric and Medical Services, 320 South Walnut, Lansing, MI 
48913 for the cost noted above plus $20.00 shipping and handling. 
 (ii) Any limitation shall be justified, time-limited, and clearly documented in the 
plan of service. Documentation shall be included that describes attempts that have been 
made to avoid limitations, as well as what actions will be taken as part of the plan to 
ameliorate or eliminate the need for the limitations in the future. 
 (h) Strategies for assuring that a recipient has access to needed and available 
supports identified through a review of his or her needs. Areas of possible need may 
include any of the following: 
 (i) Food. 
 (ii) Shelter. 
 (iii) Clothing. 
 (iv) Physical health care. 
 (v) Employment. 
 (vi) Education. 
 (vii) Legal services. 
 (viii) Transportation. 
 (ix) Recreation. 
 (i) A description of any involuntary procedures and the legal basis for performing 
them. 
 (j) A specific date or dates when the overall plan, and any of its subcomponents will 
be formally reviewed for possible modification or revision. 
 (3) The plan shall not contain privileged information or communications. 
 (4) Except as otherwise noted in subrule (5) of this rule, the individual plan of 
service shall be formally agreed to in whole or in part by the responsible mental health 
agency and the recipient, his or her guardian, if any, or the parent who has legal custody 
of a minor recipient. If the appropriate signatures are unobtainable, then the responsible 
mental health agency shall document witnessing verbal agreement to the plan. Copies of 
the plan shall be provided to the recipient, his or her guardian, if any, or the parent who 
has legal custody of a minor recipient. 
 (5) Implementation of a plan without agreement of the recipient, his or her guardian, 
if any, or parent who has legal custody of a minor recipient may only occur when a 
recipient has been adjudicated under section 469a, 472a, 473, 515, 518, or 519 of the act. 
However, if the proposed plan in whole or in part is implemented without the 
concurrence of the adjudicated recipient or his or her guardian, if any, or the parent who 
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has legal custody of a minor recipient, then the stated objections of the recipient or his or 
her guardian or the parent who has legal custody of a minor recipient shall be included in 
the plan. 
 
 History: 1979 AC; 1984 AACS; 1986 AACS; 1990 AACS; 19 98 AACS; 2007 AACS; 2009 
AACS; 2012 AACS. 

R 330.7205 Rescinded. 
 
 History: 1979 AC; 1998 AACS. 

R 330.7227 Rescinded. 
 
 History: 1979 AC; 1981 AACS; 1983 AACS; 1998 AACS. 

R 330.7229 Rescinded. 
 
 History: 1979 AC; 1998 AACS. 

R 330.7231 Rescinded. 
 
 History: 1979 AC; 1998 AACS. 

R 330.7235 Rescinded. 
 
 History: 1979 AC; 1983 AACS; 1998 AACS. 

R 330.7239 Rescinded. 
 
 History: 1979 AC; 1998 AACS. 

R 330.7243 Restraint seclusion, and physical management. 
 Rule 7243. (1) A provider sha ll keep a separate, permanent chronological 
record specifically identifying all instances when restraint or seclusion has been used. 
The record shall include all of the following information: 
 (a) The name of the recipient. 
 (b) The type of restraint or conditions of seclusion. 
 (c) The name of the authorizing and ordering physician. 
 (d) The date and time placed in temporary, authorized, and ordered restraint or 
seclusion. 
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 (e) The date and time the recipient was removed from temporary, authorized, 
and ordered restraint or seclusion. 
 (2) A recipient who is in restraint or seclusion sha ll be inspected at least once 
every 15 minutes by designated personnel. 
 (3) A provider shall ensure that documentation of staff monitoring and 
observation is entered into the medical record of the recipient. 
 (4) A recipient in restraint or seclusion shall be provided hourly access to a toilet. 
 (5) A recipient in restraint or seclusion shall have an opportunity to bathe, or 
shall be bathed as often as needed, but at least once every 24 hours. 
 (6) If an order for restraint or seclusion is to expire and the continued use of 
restraint or seclusion is clinically indicated and must be extended, then a physician's 
reauthorization or reordering of restraint or seclusion shall comply with both of the 
following provisions: 
 (a) If the restraint device is a cloth vest and is used to limit the resident's 
movement at night to prevent the recipient from injuring himself or herself in bed, the 
physician may reauthorize or reorder the continued use of the cloth vest device 
pursuant to section 740(4) and(5) of the act. 
 (b) Except as specified in subdivision (a) of this subrule, a physician who orders 
or reorders restraint or seclusion shall do so in accordance with sections 740(5) and 
742(5) of the act. The required examination by a physician shall be conducted not 
more than 30 minutes before the expiration of the expiring order for restraint or 
seclusion. 
 (7) If a recipient is removed from restraint or seclusion for more th an 30 minutes, 
then the order or authorization shall terminate. 
 (8) A provider shall ensure that a secluded or restrained recipient is given an 
explanation of why he or she is being secluded or restrained and what he or she needs 
to do to have the restraint or seclusion order removed. The explanation shall be 
provided in clear behavioral terms and documented in the record. 
 (9) For restrained recipients, a provider shall ensure that an assessment of the 
circulation status of res trained limbs is conducted and documented at 15 -minute 
intervals or more often if medically indicated. 
 (10) For purposes of this rule, a time out or therapeutic de -escalation 
program, as defined in R 330.7001, is not a form of seclusion. 
 (11) Physical management as defined in R 330.7001 (m) may only be used in 
situations when a recipient is presenting an imminent risk of serious or non -serious 
physical harm to himself, herself or others and lesser restricti ve interventions 
have been unsuccessful in reducing or eliminating the imminent risk of serious or 
non-serious physical harm. Both of the following shall apply: 
 (i) Physical management shall not be included as a component in a beh avior 
treatment plan. 
 (ii) Prone immobilization of a recipient for the purpose of behavior control is 
prohibited unless implementation of physical management techniques other than prone 
immobilization is medically contraindicated and documented in the recipient's record. 
 
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R 330.7251 Rescinded. 
 
 History: 1979 AC; 1998 AACS. 

R 330.7253 Rescinded. 
 
 History: 1979 AC; 1986 AACS; 1990 AACS; 1998 AACS. 

R 330.7254 Rescinded. 
 
 History: 1979 AC; 1998 AACS. 

R 330.7260 Declaratory rulings. 
 Rule 7260. (1) A person who requests a decision concerning the 
applicability of a statute, rule, guideline, or order administered or issued by the 
department to an actual state of facts shall do so by means of a request for a declaratory 
ruling. 
 (2) The request for a declaratory ruling shall be made on the department's 
form 2447 which may be obtained from Office S ervices, Sixth Floor, Lewis Cass 
Building, Lansing, Michigan 48926. 
 (3) The completed request for a declaratory ruling shall be made to the director, 
Department of Mental Health, Lewis Cass Building, Lansing, Michigan 48926. 
 (4) The dire ctor may refer a request to the administrative tribunal of the 
department. An opinion on the request shall be rendered within 60 days of the receipt of 
that request. 
 
 History: 1981 AACS.