Title 333, HEALTH

Sec. 13830. (1) The department shall promulgate rules to prescribe training standards for both medical and nonmedical personnel who handle medical waste in producing facilities. (2) Each producing facility shall train its personnel who handle medical waste pursuant to the rules p…

Sec. 13831. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a person who violates this part or a rule promulgated under this part is subject to an administrative fine of not more than $2,500.00 for each violation and an additional fine of not more than $1,000.00 for each day during whi…

Sec. 13832. This part is subject to part 14 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.1401 to 324.1429.

Sec. 16101. (1) For purposes of this article, the words and phrases defined in sections 16103 to 16109a have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections unless the context requires a different meaning. (2) In addition, article 1 contains general definitions and principles of …

Sec. 16103. (1) "Armed forces" means the United States Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, Space Force, or Coast Guard or other military force designated by Congress as part of the Armed Forces of the United States, including the reserve components. (2) "Board" as used in this p…

Sec. 16103a. "Committee" means the health professional recovery committee created in section 16165.

Sec. 16104. (1) "DEA registration number" means the number associated with a certificate of registration issued to a practitioner to prescribe, dispense, or administer controlled substances by the United States Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration. (2) "Delegatio…

Sec. 16105. (1) "Health occupation" means a health related vocation, calling, occupation, or employment performed by an individual whether or not the individual is licensed or registered under this article. (2) "Health profession" means a vocation, calling, occupation, or employm…

Sec. 16105a. "Health professional recovery program" or "program" means a nondisciplinary, treatment-oriented program for impaired health professionals established under section 16167.

Sec. 16106. (1) "Incompetence" means a departure from, or failure to conform to, minimal standards of acceptable and prevailing practice for a health profession, whether or not actual injury to an individual occurs. (2) "License", except as otherwise provided in this subsection a…

Sec. 16106a. "Impaired" or "impairment" means the inability or immediately impending inability of a health professional to practice his or her health profession in a manner that conforms to the minimum standards of acceptable and prevailing practice for that health profession due…

Sec. 16107. (1) "Permanent revocation" means the permanent cancellation or withdrawal of a license, registration, or authorization to engage in the practice of a health profession under this article that is issued by the department, board, or task force. (2) "Probation" means a s…

Sec. 16108. (1) "Reclassification" means an action by a disciplinary subcommittee by which restrictions or conditions, or both, applicable to a license are added or removed. (2) "Registration" means an authorization only for the use of a designated title which use would otherwise…

Sec. 16109. (1) "Specialty certification" means an authorization to use a title by a licensee who has met qualifications established by a board for registration in a health profession specialty field. (2) "Supervision", except as otherwise provided in this article, means the over…

Sec. 16109a. "Treatment" or "treatment plan" means a plan of care and rehabilitation services provided to impaired licensees, registrants, and applicants.

Sec. 16111. (1) This part applies to health professions, but, except for sections 16201, 16261, 16299, 16301, 16303, 16305, and 16307, does not apply to any of the following regulated under part 177: (a) A pharmacy. (b) A dispensing prescriber. (c) A drug manufacturer. (d) A whol…

Sec. 16115. A board created by this article is the successor to the board with the same or similar name created or continued by a statute repealed by this code.

Sec. 16121. (1) The governor shall appoint by and with the advice and consent of the senate the members of the boards and task forces except ex officio members. (2) A vacancy on a board or task force shall be filled for the balance of the unexpired term in the same manner as the …

Sec. 16122. Except as otherwise provided in this article, the term of office of members of a board or task force is 4 years, commencing on the day after the date prescribed in each respective part and terminating on the prescribed date. A member shall not serve more than 2 terms …

Sec. 16125. A licensing board shall be composed of a majority of members licensed in the health profession which that board licenses. The board shall include at least 1 public member. The director shall be an ex officio member without vote, but is not a member for the purposes of…

Sec. 16126. A registration board shall be composed of a majority of members registered in the profession which that board registers. The board shall include at least 1 public member. The director shall be an ex officio member without vote, but is not a member for the purposes of …

Sec. 16128. (1) A health profession subfield task force shall be composed of a majority of members licensed in the subfields of the health profession that are created by this article and shall include at least 1 licensed member from each of the subfields of the health profession …

Sec. 16135. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), a member of a board, the committee, or a task force created by this article must meet all of the following requirements: (a) Be 18 or more years of age. (b) Be of good moral character. (c) Be a resident of this state…

Sec. 16137. The legislature annually shall fix the per diem compensation of the members of the council, the committee, the boards, and the task forces. Expenses of members incurred in the performance of official duties shall be reimbursed as provided in section 1216.

Sec. 16138. (1) A board, the committee, or a task force shall hold regular meetings at places and on separate dates fixed by it. The committee shall meet not less than quarterly. Special meetings may be called by the chairperson, by a majority of the members of the committee, a b…

Sec. 16139. A board or a task force shall elect annually a chairperson and vice-chairperson at the first meeting held after the date set forth in each respective part. The committee shall elect annually a chairperson and vice-chairperson at the first meeting of each calendar year…

Sec. 16141. (1) The department shall furnish office services to the committee, the boards, and the task forces; have charge of their offices, records, and money collected; and perform managerial and administrative functions for them. (2) The department shall appoint administrativ…

Sec. 16143. (1) The committee, a board, or a task force may adopt bylaws for the regulation of its internal affairs. (2) The committee, a disciplinary subcommittee, a board, or a task force shall report its activities annually to the department. The report shall include statistic…

Sec. 16145. (1) A board may adopt and have an official seal. (2) A board or task force may promulgate rules necessary or appropriate to fulfill its functions under this article. (3) Except as provided in a specific part of this article, only a board or task force shall promulgate…

Sec. 16146. (1) A board shall grant a license or registration to an applicant meeting the requirements for the license or registration as prescribed in this article and the rules promulgated under this article. (2) A board which grants licenses may: (a) Certify licensees in those…

Sec. 16147. Notwithstanding any provision of this act to the contrary, the department or the board of medicine or board of osteopathic medicine and surgery shall not by order, rule, or other method require a physician applicant or licensee under its jurisdiction to maintain a nat…

Sec. 16148. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section or section 17060, the department, in consultation with a board, may promulgate rules to establish standards for the education and training of individuals to be licensed or registered, or whose licenses or registrations …

Sec. 16161. (1) If a health profession subfield task force is created for a health profession, that task force shall serve as the task force for all health profession subfields within the scope of practice of the health profession and shall function as set forth in this part. (2)…

Sec. 16163. A task force shall recommend to the board as to: (a) Determination of standards of education, training, and experience required for practice in a health profession subfield or for registration in a health profession specialty field, and where appropriate, guidelines f…

Sec. 16165. (1) The health professional recovery committee is created in the department and shall consist of the following voting members, appointed as follows: (a) Subject to subsection (4), each board created under this article and the physician's assistants task force, in cons…

Sec. 16166. The term of office of an appointed member of the committee is 2 years, commencing on January 1 and terminating on December 31. An appointed member shall not serve more than 2 terms and 1 partial term, consecutive or otherwise. A board or the physician's assistants tas…

Sec. 16167. The committee shall do all of the following: (a) Establish the general components of the health professional recovery program and a mechanism for monitoring health professionals who may be impaired. (b) Subject to sections 16169 and 16170 and in conjunction with the h…

Sec. 16168. (1) The department shall enter into a contract with a private entity to act as a consultant to assist the committee with the administration of the health professional recovery program including, but not limited to, the duties described in section 16167(b) and (c). The…

Sec. 16169. (1) If an individual employed by or under contract to the department has reasonable cause to believe that a health professional may be impaired, the individual shall transmit the information to the committee either orally or in writing. Upon receipt of the information…

Sec. 16170. (1) If the program consultant described in section 16168 determines under section 16169(1) that a health professional may be impaired, the committee may accept the health professional into the health professional recovery program if both of the following requirements …

Sec. 16170a. (1) The identity of an individual submitting information to the committee or the department regarding the suspected impairment of a health professional is confidential. (2) The identity of a health professional who participates in the health professional recovery pro…

Sec. 16171. Under the circumstances and subject to the limitations stated in each case, the following individuals are not required to have a license issued under this article for practice of a health profession in this state: (a) A student who is in a health profession training p…

Sec. 16174. (1) An individual who is licensed or registered under this article shall meet all of the following requirements: (a) Be 18 or more years of age. (b) Be of good moral character. (c) Have a specific education or experience in the health profession or in a health profess…

Sec. 16174a. (1) The department shall establish a procedure that allows an individual to obtain a preliminary determination from the department concerning whether any court judgments against him or her would likely result in a denial of a license or registration for failing to me…

Sec. 16175. In developing minimum standards of educational prerequisites for licensure or registration, a board and its task forces shall consider equivalency and proficiency testing and other mechanisms, and where appropriate grant credit for past training, education, or experie…

Sec. 16177. (1) An individual applying for licensure or registration under this article shall do so on a form provided by the department. The department shall require each applicant to include on the application form his or her social security number. The department shall not dis…