SB-0213, As Passed House, March 22, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

SENATE BILL NO. 213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

 

"Public health code,"

 

by amending sections 16285, 16287, 17210, and 17211 (MCL 333.16285,

 

333.16287, 333.17210, and 333.17211), sections 16285 and 16287 as

 

added by 2016 PA 359 and sections 17210 and 17211 as amended by

 

2016 PA 499.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 16285. (1) A health professional who is providing a

 

telehealth service to a patient may prescribe the patient a drug if

 

both of the following are met:

 

     (a) The health professional is a prescriber who is acting

 

within the scope of his or her practice in prescribing the drug.

 

     (b) The drug is not a controlled substance.If the health

 

professional is prescribing a drug that is a controlled substance,

 


the health professional meets the requirements of this act

 

applicable to that health professional for prescribing a controlled

 

substance.

 

     (2) A health professional who prescribes a drug under

 

subsection (1) shall comply with both of the following:

 

     (a) If the health professional considers it medically

 

necessary, he or she shall provide the patient with a referral for

 

other health care services that are geographically accessible to

 

the patient, including, but not limited to, emergency services.

 

     (b) After providing a telehealth service, the health

 

professional, or a health professional who is acting under the

 

delegation of the delegating health professional, shall make

 

himself or herself available to provide follow-up health care

 

services to the patient or refer the patient to another health

 

professional for follow-up health care services.

 

     Sec. 16287. The department, in consultation with a board, may

 

shall promulgate rules to implement sections 16284 and 16285.

 

     Sec. 17210. (1) The Michigan board of nursing may grant a

 

specialty certification to a registered professional nurse who has

 

advanced training beyond that required for initial licensure, who

 

has demonstrated competency through examination or other evaluative

 

processes, and who practices in 1 of the following health

 

profession specialty fields:

 

     (a) Nurse midwifery.

 

     (b) Nurse anesthetist.

 

     (c) Nurse practitioner.

 

     (d) Clinical Subject to subsection (2), clinical nurse


specialist.

 

     (2) The Michigan board of nursing shall promulgate rules

 

establishing the qualifications for the training and competency of

 

the health profession specialty field of clinical nurse specialist.

 

The Michigan board of nursing shall not grant a specialty

 

certification as a clinical nurse specialist under subsection (1)

 

until after the effective date of the rules promulgated under this

 

subsection.

 

     Sec. 17211. (1) An individual shall not engage in the practice

 

of nursing or the practice of nursing as a licensed practical nurse

 

unless he or she is licensed or is otherwise authorized by this

 

article.

 

     (2) The following words, titles, or letters or a combination

 

of the words, titles, or letters, with or without qualifying words

 

or phrases, are restricted in use only to those persons authorized

 

under this part to use the terms and in a way prescribed in this

 

part: "registered

 

     (a) "Registered professional nurse", "registered nurse",

 

"r.n.", "licensed practical nurse", "l.p.n.", "nurse midwife",

 

"certified nurse midwife", "c.n.m.", "advanced practice registered

 

nurse", "a.p.r.n.", "nurse anesthetist", "nurse practitioner",

 

"n.p.", "certified nurse practitioner", and "c.n.p.". , "clinical

 

nurse specialist", "c.n.s.", "clinical nurse specialist-certified",

 

and "c.n.s.-c.".

 

     (b) Beginning 12 months after the effective date of the rules

 

promulgated under section 17210(2), "clinical nurse specialist",

 

"c.n.s.", "clinical nurse specialist-certified", and "c.n.s.-c.".


     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect March 29,

 

2017.