September 5, 2018, Introduced by Senators WARREN, HOPGOOD and BIEDA and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled
"Public health code,"
(MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211) by adding section 5125a.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 5125a. A licensed health professional in charge of the
care of a newborn infant, or if none, the licensed health
professional in charge at the birth of an infant, shall administer
prophylactic vitamin K to the infant through an intramuscular
injection within 1 hour after the birth of the infant, or as soon
after the birth of the infant as the health professional is
present. If any vitamin K deficiency bleeding, or a hemorrhage of
unknown etiology that is not better explained by another medical
cause, occurs within 6 months after the date of birth of an infant
who did not receive an intramuscular injection of prophylactic
vitamin K, the licensed health professional having care of the
infant shall report the condition to the local health department.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.