May 5, 2009, Introduced by Reps. Liss, Ball, Slavens, Lisa Brown, Johnson, Durhal, Bettie Scott, Young, Walsh, Denby, Donigan, Griffin, Roy Schmidt, Valentine and Womack and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled
"Public health code,"
by amending section 20507 (MCL 333.20507).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 20507. Sections 20501 to 20525 do not apply to any of the
following:
(a) A laboratory where examinations are always performed
personally by the individual desiring the information.
(b) A laboratory operated by an individual licensed to
practice medicine, osteopathic medicine and surgery, dentistry, or
podiatry who performs clinical laboratory tests or procedures
personally or through his or her employees only as an adjunct to
the treatment of the licensee's patients.
(c) A laboratory operated in the manner described in
subdivision (b) by a group of not more than 5 individuals licensed
to practice medicine, osteopathic medicine and surgery, dentistry,
or podiatry.
(d) A laboratory operated by a college, university, or school
approved by the department of education that is conducted for the
training of its students, if the result of an examination performed
in the clinical laboratory is not used in the diagnosis and
treatment of disease.
(e) A laboratory operated by the federal government.
(f) A laboratory that is operated by a home care agency or
hospice and that is in possession of a current and valid
certificate of waiver issued by the United States department of
health and human services under 42 CFR section 493.37.