2015 Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 408 - Labor
Act 72 of 1937 DIVISION ON DEAFNESS ACT (408.201 - 408.210)
Section 408.202 Definitions.

408.202 Definitions.

Sec. 2.

As used in this act:

(a) “Council” means the advisory council on deafness established in section 5.

(b) “Deaf person” means a person whose hearing is totally impaired or whose hearing, with or without amplification, is so seriously impaired that the primary means of receiving spoken language is through other sensory input, including, but not limited to, lipreading, sign language, finger spelling, and reading.

(c) “Department” means the department of labor.

(d) “Division” means the division on deafness established in section 3.

(e) “Hearing impaired person” means a person who has a degree of hearing loss that ranges from mild to profound. Hearing impaired person includes a deaf person.

History: 1937, Act 72, Eff. Oct. 29, 1937 ;-- CL 1948, 408.202 ;-- Am. 1988, Act 434, Eff. Mar. 30, 1989

Compiler's Notes: For transfer of the advisory council on deaf and hard of hearing from the family independence agency to the department of labor and economic growth by type II transfer, see E.R.O. No. 2003-1, compiled at MCL 445.2011.For transfer of powers and duties of division on deaf and hard of hearing and advisory council on deaf and hard of hearing from department of licensing and regulatory affairs to department of civil rights, see E.R.O. No. 2011-4, compiled at MCL 445.2030.For renaming of division on deaf and hard of hearing to division on deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing, and renaming of advisory council on deaf and hard of hearing to advisory council on deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing, see E.R.O. No. 2014-5, compiled at MCL 445.2035.