Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 400. Social Services § 400.712

Sec. 12. (1) The department may prescribe appropriate records to be kept and maintained regarding each adult received by a licensee and may require reports, upon forms furnished or approved by the department, setting forth facts or circumstances related to the care of adults received by the licensee.

(2) The department may examine the books, records, and reports of a facility. Members of the department shall be provided reasonable facilities for the thorough examination and copying of the books, records, and reports of the facility.

(3) The records of the residents of a facility which are required to be kept by the facility under this act or rules promulgated under this act shall be confidential and properly safeguarded. These materials shall be open only to the inspection of the director, an agent of the director, another executive department of the state pursuant to a contract between that department and the facility, a party to a contested case involving the facility, or on the order of a court or tribunal of competent jurisdiction. The records of a resident of a facility which are required to be kept by the facility under this act or rules promulgated under this act shall be open to inspection by the resident, unless medically contraindicated, or the guardian of a resident.