Title 333, HEALTH

Sec. 17221. (1) The Michigan board of nursing is created in the department. (2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), the Michigan board of nursing shall consist of the following 24 voting members who shall meet the requirements of part 161: 9 registered professional nu…

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 exa…

Sec. 17241. (1) An institution seeking to conduct a nursing education program to prepare individuals for licensing shall apply to the board and submit evidence that it is prepared: (a) To carry out the minimum curriculum prescribed by the board in rules for the preparation of ind…

Sec. 17242. (1) The board may inspect an approved nursing education program in this state and prepare a written report of its findings. If the board determines that the standards required by this part and the board are not being met, written notice specifying the areas in which t…

Sec. 17301. (1) As used in this part: (a) "Nursing home" means that term as defined in section 20109. (b) "Nursing home administrator" means the individual licensed under this article to engage in the practice of nursing home administration. (c) "Practice of nursing home administ…

Sec. 17303. A person shall not represent that he or she is a nursing home administrator or use a title including "nursing home administrator" or an abbreviation of that term or similar words that would indicate that he or she is licensed under this article unless the person is li…

Sec. 17305. (1) Subject to section 17319(2), the Michigan board of nursing home administrators is created in the department and consists of the following 9 voting members who meet the requirements of part 161: (a) Six nursing home administrators. (b) Three public members. (2) The…

Sec. 17307. (1) In addition to the requirements of section 21720, a nursing home shall not operate except under the direction of a nursing home administrator. (2) A person shall not engage in the practice of nursing home administration unless the person is the holder of a valid n…

Sec. 17309. (1) The department shall issue a license as a nursing home administrator to a person who fulfills the requirements of this section or section 17315. (2) An applicant for licensure as a nursing home administrator shall have satisfactorily completed a course of instruct…

Sec. 17311. (1) If the department and board find that there are not a sufficient number of courses of instruction and training sufficient to meet the requirements of this part conducted within this state, the department may conduct 1 or more of those courses or training sessions,…

Sec. 17313. (1) Subject to sections 16201 and 16204, the department shall not issue a renewal license unless the licensee presents satisfactory evidence to the department that the licensee has participated in continuing education courses of not less than 18 clock hours' duration …

Sec. 17315. (1) Subject to section 16182, this part or a rule promulgated under this part shall not require an applicant for a limited license as a nursing home administrator of a Christian Science nursing home to meet a medical educational qualification or to pass an examination…

Sec. 17317. Subject to section 16186, the department may issue a nursing home administrator's license, without examination, to an individual who holds a current license as a nursing home administrator from another state if the applicant passes an examination approved by the depar…

Sec. 17319. (1) An individual who holds a license issued under former article 19 of the occupational code, 1980 PA 299, on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this part is licensed under this part until that license expires and may renew his or her license pursuan…

Sec. 17401. (1) As used in this part: (a) "Optometrist" means an individual licensed under this article to engage in the practice of optometry. (b) "Practice of optometry" means 1 or more of the following, but does not include the performance of invasive procedures: (i) The exami…

Sec. 17411. (1) A person shall not engage in the practice of optometry except as authorized by this article. (2) The following words, titles, or letters or a combination thereof, with or without qualifying words or phrases, are restricted in use only to those persons authorized u…

Sec. 17412. (1) Subject to subsection (2), a licensee may administer a diagnostic pharmaceutical agent in the course of his or her practice solely for the purposes of determining the refractive, muscular, or functional origin of sources of visual discomfort or difficulty and dete…

Sec. 17414. (1) This part does not prohibit: (a) An optician from the adjusting, replacing, repairing, or reproducing of previously prepared eyeglasses or any part thereof. (b) An unlicensed person from selling eyeglasses on prescription from an optometrist or physician. (c) A pe…

Sec. 17421. (1) The Michigan board of optometry is created in the department and shall consist of the following 9 voting members who shall meet the requirements of part 161: 5 optometrists and 4 public members. (2) The terms of office of individual members of the board created un…

Sec. 17431. (1) Notwithstanding the requirements of part 161, the board may require a licensee seeking renewal of a license to furnish the board with satisfactory evidence that during the 2 years immediately preceding the application for renewal the licensee has attended an educa…

Sec. 17432. (1) Whether or not diagnostic pharmaceutical agents or therapeutic pharmaceutical agents have been used, if an optometrist determines from interviewing or examining a patient, using judgment and that degree of skill, care, knowledge, and attention ordinarily possessed…

Sec. 17435. (1) A licensee may administer and prescribe therapeutic pharmaceutical agents in the course of his or her practice if the licensee is certified by the board as being qualified to administer and prescribe therapeutic pharmaceutical agents pursuant to this section. (2) …

Sec. 17437. Except for a licensee from another state who is seeking licensure in this state, an optometrist licensed after the effective date of this section who intends to obtain certification to administer diagnostic pharmaceutical agents and to administer and prescribe therape…

Sec. 17501. (1) As used in this part: (a) "Electrodiagnostic studies" means the testing of neuromuscular functions utilizing nerve conduction tests and needle electromyography. It does not include the use of surface electromyography. (b) "Medical care services" means those servic…

Sec. 17508. Practice as a physician's assistant is a health profession subfield of the practice of osteopathic medicine and surgery, the practice of medicine, and the practice of podiatric medicine and surgery.

Sec. 17511. (1) A person shall not engage in the practice of osteopathic medicine and surgery or practice as a physician's assistant unless licensed or otherwise authorized by this article. (2) Notwithstanding section 16145 or rules promulgated under that section, the board may g…

Sec. 17511a. (1) An osteopathic physician who holds an expedited license under the interstate medical licensure compact is authorized to engage in the practice of osteopathic medicine and surgery under this article. (2) For purposes of this article, including the obligations of a…

Sec. 17511b. (1) An individual who holds a compact privilege under the PA licensure compact is authorized to engage in the practice as a physician's assistant under this article. (2) For purposes of this article, including the obligations of an individual who is licensed to engag…

Sec. 17512. (1) An individual shall not engage in postgraduate study before obtaining a full or limited license to practice under this part. (2) A limited license for a postgraduate shall require that the individual confine his or her practice and training to a hospital or instit…

Sec. 17513. (1) Beginning November 6, 1986, a physician who is administering the primary treatment for breast cancer to a patient who has been diagnosed as having breast cancer shall inform the patient, orally and in writing, about alternative methods of treatment of the cancer, …

Sec. 17515. A physician, before performing an abortion on a patient, shall comply with sections 17015 and 17015a.

Sec. 17518. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, only an individual who is licensed as a physician shall perform needle electromyography or interpret nerve conduction tests. A physician shall not delegate the interpretation of nerve conduction studies to another indi…

Sec. 17520. (1) Except as otherwise provided for a test performed under section 5431 and except as otherwise provided by law, beginning upon the expiration of 6 months after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, a physician or an individual to whom the…

Sec. 17521. (1) The Michigan board of osteopathic medicine and surgery is created in the department and consists of the following 11 voting members who shall meet the requirements of part 161: 7 physicians, 1 physician's assistant, and 3 public members. (2) The requirement of sec…

Sec. 17526. The terms of office of individual members of the board and task force created under this part, except those appointed to fill vacancies, expire 4 years after appointment on December 31 of the year in which the term expires.

Sec. 17529. The department may promulgate rules that provide guidance to licensees on generally accepted standards of medical practice for medical services involving vaginal or anal penetration, including internal pelvic floor treatments but excluding medical services that primar…

Sec. 17531. An applicant, in addition to completing the requirements for the degree in osteopathic medicine and surgery, shall complete a period of postgraduate education to attain proficiency in the practice of the profession as prescribed by the board in rules as a condition fo…

Sec. 17533. (1) Notwithstanding the requirements of part 161, the board may require a licensee seeking renewal of a license to furnish the board with satisfactory evidence that during the 3 years immediately preceding an application for renewal the licensee has attended continuin…

Sec. 17547. (1) A physician's assistant shall not engage in the practice as a physician's assistant except under the terms of a practice agreement that meets the requirements of this section. (2) A practice agreement must include all of the following: (a) A process between the ph…

Sec. 17548. (1) Except for a medical care service within a practice agreement, to the extent that a particular selected medical care service requires extensive medical training, education, or ability or pose serious risks to the health and safety of patients, the board may prohib…

Sec. 17549. (1) A group of physicians practicing other than as sole practitioners may designate 1 or more physicians in the group to enter into a practice agreement under section 17547. (2) Notwithstanding any law or rule to the contrary, a physician is not required to countersig…

Sec. 17550. In addition to its other powers and duties under this article, the board may prohibit a physician or a physician's assistant from entering into a practice agreement for any of the grounds set forth in section 16221.

Sec. 17554. The board shall make written recommendations on criteria for the approval of physician's assistants and on criteria for the evaluation of physician's assistants' training programs to the task force on physician's assistants.

Sec. 17556. This part does not apply to a student in training to become a physician's assistant while performing duties assigned as part of the training.

Sec. 17601. (1) As used in this part: (a) "Practice of speech-language pathology", subject to subsection (2), means the application of principles, methods, and procedures related to the development of disorders of human communication including the following: (i) Identifying by hi…

Sec. 17603. Beginning the effective date of this part, an individual shall not use the titles "speech-language pathologist", "speech pathologist", "speech therapist", "speech correctionist", "speech clinician", "language therapist", "language pathologist", "logopedist", "communic…