MCL 393.502 Definitions

• Library: Michigan Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through Public Act 228 of the 2023 Legislative Session

As used in this act:

(a) "Appointing authority" means a court or a department, board, commission, agency, or licensing authority of this state or a political subdivision of this state or an entity that is required to provide a qualified interpreter in circumstances described under section 3a.

(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, lip reading, sign language, finger spelling, or reading.

(c) "Deaf-blind person" means a person who has a combination of hearing loss and vision loss, such that the combination necessitates specialized interpretation of spoken and written information in a manner appropriate to that person's dual sensory loss.

(d) "Division" means the division on deaf and hard of hearing of the department of labor and economic growth.