2006 Michigan Compiled Laws - Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.2701 Definitions.

Sec. 2701.

As used in this article:

(a) "Apprentice" means an individual who is registered as an apprentice.

(b) "Ocular prosthetic appliances" means 1 or more of the following:

(i) Stock and custom prosthetic eyes.

(ii) Stock and custom therapeutic scleral shells.

(iii) Stock and custom therapeutic painted iris shells.

(iv) External orbital and facial prosthetics.

(v) Ocular conformers.

(c) "Ocularist" means an individual registered as an ocularist.

(d) "Practice of ocularism" means 1 or more of the following:

(i) The design and fabrication of ocular prosthetic appliances.

(ii) The fitting of ocular prosthetic appliances.

(iii) The performance of necessary procedures to provide an ocular prosthetic service for the patient in the ocularist's office or laboratory.

History: Add. 1982, Act 209, Imd. Eff. July 2, 1982 ;-- Am. 1988, Act 463, Eff. Sept. 1, 1989
Compiler's Notes: For transfer of powers and duties of certain occupational functions, boards, and commissions from the Department of Licensing and Regulation to the Department of Commerce, see E.R.O. No. 1991-9, compiled at § 338.3501 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
Popular Name: Act 299