HOUSE BILL No. 5176

 

December 4, 2013, Introduced by Rep. Cotter 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 16221a.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 16221a. (1) Notwithstanding section 16221 or 16231, the

 

department shall not investigate activities related to the practice

 

of a health profession by a licensee if the report under section

 

16222 or the allegation of a violation under section 16231 is based

 

upon information obtained from viewing the broadcast of a reality

 

program.

 

     (2) As used in this section, "reality program" means a genre

 

of program that principally presents actual events and generally

 

features ordinary people and not professional actors.