SB-1172, As Passed Senate, March 3, 2010
February 24, 2010, Introduced by Senators BASHAM, PATTERSON, ANDERSON, CHERRY, HUNTER, CLARK-COLEMAN, OLSHOVE, THOMAS, PRUSI, SWITALSKI, SANBORN, GILBERT, BROWN, JACOBS, BARCIA, GLEASON, CLARKE, ALLEN, GEORGE, NOFS, VAN WOERKOM, KAHN, PAPPAGEORGE, BIRKHOLZ, HARDIMAN, GARCIA, JANSEN, BRATER, KUIPERS, WHITMER, BISHOP, SCOTT, STAMAS and RICHARDVILLE and referred to the Committee on Committee of the Whole.
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled
"Public health code,"
(MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211) by adding section 17231.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 17231. (1) The department, in consultation with the
board, may issue an honorary license to an individual, living or
deceased, who has met all of the requirements of this part to be
eligible for a license except for passage of an examination and who
is unable to take the examination due to advanced illness. An
honorary license issued under this section does not confer any
right to engage in the practice of nursing.
(2) As used in this section, "advanced illness" means that
term as defined in section 5653.
(3) This section may be referred to as "Katie Viger's law".