MCL - Section 333.7333b

PUBLIC HEALTH CODE (EXCERPT)
Act 368 of 1978


333.7333b Treatment of patient for acute pain; prescription for opioid; limitation; "acute pain" defined.

Sec. 7333b.

    (1) Beginning July 1, 2018, if a prescriber is treating a patient for acute pain, the prescriber shall not prescribe the patient more than a 7-day supply of an opioid within a 7-day period.
    (2) As used in this section, "acute pain" means pain that is the normal, predicted physiological response to a noxious chemical or a thermal or mechanical stimulus and is typically associated with invasive procedures, trauma, and disease and usually lasts for a limited amount of time.


History: Add. 2017, Act 251, Eff. Mar. 27, 2018
Popular Name: Act 368