Section 333.21711 - License required; prohibited terms or abbreviations; license for formal or informal nursing care services; exception(1) A nursing home shall be licensed under this article.(2) "Nursing home", "nursing center", "convalescent center", "extended care facility", or a similar term or abbreviation shall not be used to describe or refer to a health facility or agency unless the health facility or agency is licensed as a nursing home by the department under this article.(3) A person shall not purport to provide formal or informal nursing care services of the kind normally provided in a nursing home without obtaining a license as provided in this article. This subsection does not apply to a hospital or a facility created by Act No. 152 of the Public Acts of 1885, as amended, being sections 36.1 to 36.12 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.1978, Act 368, Eff. 9/30/1978 ;--Am. 1978, Act 493, Eff. 3/30/1979.