Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 752. Crimes and Offenses § 752.1022

(a) “Commission” means the Michigan commission on death and dying created in section 3.  1

(b) “Legislative council” means the legislative council established under section 15 of article IV of the state constitution of 1963.

(c) “Licensed health care professional” means any of the following:

(d) “Patient” means a person who engages in an act of voluntary self-termination.

(e) “Public health code” means Act No. 368 of the Public Acts of 1978, being sections 333.1101 to 333.25211 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

(f) “The voluntary self-termination of life”, “voluntary self-termination”, and “self-termination” mean conduct by which a person expresses the specific intent to end, and attempts to cause the end of, his or her life, but do not include the administration of medication or medical treatment intended by a person to relieve his or her pain or discomfort, unless that administration is also independently and specifically intended by the person to cause the end of his or her life.