Section R. 330.6006 - ApplicabilityRule 6006.
( 1) These rules apply to persons designated developmentally and/or intellectually disabled as that term is defined in sections 100a and 100b of the mental health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL 330.1100a and MCL 330.1100b.( 2) A determination of need for guardianship proceedings may also be made under these rules for persons who are designated mentally ill. Upon a determination that a mentally ill recipient cannot give informed consent, a hospital or program director shall not cause a proceeding for guardianship to be commenced in the probate court but shall notify the persons indicated by these rules. When a person is not available to be notified or the notified persons refuse to take action and action is urgently needed, a hospital or program director may elect to commence appropriate probate court guardianship proceedings authorized by law if a suitable candidate to serve as guardian is available or the probate court has indicated a willingness to appoint a public guardian at county expense, request a probate court to consent to the performance of surgery or electroconvulsive therapy or other procedure intended to produce convulsion or coma in lieu of the person eligible to give consent, or resort to other emergency procedures listed in section 5312 of estates and protected individuals code, 1998 PA 386, MCL 700.5312.Mich. Admin. Code R. 330.6006
1979 AC; 2018 MR 16, Eff. 9/6/2018