Section 333.6502 - Examination and testing of individual in protective custody; informing individual of right to test; treatment; transportation.
PUBLIC HEALTH CODE (EXCERPT)
Act 368 of 1978
333.6502 Examination and testing of individual in protective custody; informing individual of right to test; treatment; transportation.
Sec. 6502.
(1) An individual who is taken to an approved service program or emergency medical service pursuant to section 6501(1) shall continue to be in protective custody and shall be examined by a licensed physician or his or her designated representative as soon as possible, but not longer than 8 hours. The licensed physician or designated representative may conduct a chemical test to determine the amount of alcohol in the bloodstream of the individual. The physician or designated representative shall inform the individual of his or her right to such a test and shall conduct a test at the request of the individual.
(2) An individual who, by medical examination, is found to be incapacitated shall then receive treatment from an approved service program or emergency medical service. An individual shall not be denied treatment solely because the individual has withdrawn from treatment against medical advice on a prior occasion or because the individual has relapsed after earlier treatment. An approved service program or the emergency medical service may arrange for necessary transportation.
(3) Approved service programs shall not be expected to provide treatment other than that for which they are licensed, nor shall an emergency medical service be required to provide treatment other than that routinely provided for other patients treated.
History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Popular Name: Act 368