HOUSE BILL NO. 5844

June 11, 2020, Introduced by Reps. Bellino, Yancey, Lasinski, Tyrone Carter, Hope, Whitsett, Hood, Sneller, Sabo, Warren, Sowerby, Cambensy, Clemente, Cherry, Manoogian, Kuppa, Hoadley, Gay-Dagnogo, Guerra, Brann and Kahle and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

"Public health code,"

by amending sections 16296 and 16299 (MCL 333.16296 and 333.16299), section 16299 as amended by 2012 PA 499.

the people of the state of michigan enact:

Sec. 16296. A person who uses a title regulated by this article without a registration or under a suspended, revoked, or fraudulently obtained registration, or who uses as his or her own the registration of another person is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable as follows:

(a) For the first offense, by imprisonment for not more than 90 days , or a fine of $100.00, or both.

(b) For the second or subsequent offense, by imprisonment for not less than 60 days nor more than 1 year , or a fine of not less than $300.00 nor more than $1,000.00, or both.

Sec. 16299. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), a person who violates or aids or abets another in a violation of this article, other than those matters described in sections 16294 and 16296, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable as follows:

(a) For the first offense, by imprisonment for not more than 90 days , or a fine of not more than $100.00, or both.

(b) For the second or subsequent offense, by imprisonment for not less than 90 days nor more than 6 months , or a fine of not less than $200.00 nor more than $500.00, or both.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a violation of section 17015, 17015a, 17017, 17515, or 17517 or to a violation of this article for which another criminal penalty is specifically prescribed.