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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Sec. 55. (1) A person shall not, in connection with the offer or sale of a continuing care agreement, directly or indirectly do any of the following:
(a) Employ a device, scheme, or artifice to defraud.
(b) Engage in an act, practice, or course of business which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit.
(c) Make an untrue statement of a material fact or fail to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made not misleading, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, including an untrue statement of a material fact or failure to state a material fact in any application, notice, or report filed with the department under this act.
(d) Fail to notify the department of a reportable change as required by section 33. 1
(e) Publish any advertisement or marketing communication that contains false, fraudulent, misleading, or deceptive information. This subdivision does not apply to a person that publishes an advertisement or marketing communication on behalf of a continuing care community and is not affiliated with the continuing care community.
(2) Each of the following practices constitutes a false, fraudulent, misleading, or deceptive advertising or marketing communication for purposes of subsection (1)(e):
(a) A statement or inference that the purchase of a membership in a continuing care community is a safe investment.
(b) A statement or inference that a continuing care community is affiliated with a religious, nonprofit, or proprietary organization if it is not so affiliated.
(c) A material misrepresentation of services, care, or amenities, provided or to be provided by a continuing care community.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 554. Real and Personal Property § 554.955 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/mi/chapter-554-real-and-personal-property/mi-comp-laws-554-955/
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