HB-4999, As Passed Senate, February 24, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 4999

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

 

"Public health code,"

 

by amending sections 7405, 16192, 16201, 16349, 17708, 17751, and

 

17763 (MCL 333.7405, 333.16192, 333.16201, 333.16349, 333.17708,

 

333.17751, and 333.17763), sections 7405, 17708, and 17763 as

 

amended by 2012 PA 209, section 16192 as amended by 2013 PA 268,

 

section 16201 as amended by 1988 PA 462, section 16349 as added

 

by 1993 PA 79, and section 17751 as amended by 2014 PA 525.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

 1        Sec. 7405. (1) A person shall not do any of the following:

 

 2        (a) Who If the person is licensed by the administrator under

 

 3  this article, shall not distribute, prescribe, or dispense a

 

 4  controlled substance in violation of section 7333.

 

 5        (b) Who If the person is a licensee, shall not manufacture a

 


 1  controlled substance not authorized by his or her license or

 

 2  distribute, prescribe, or dispense a controlled substance not

 

 3  authorized by his or her license to another licensee or other

 

 4  authorized person, except as authorized by rules promulgated by

 

 5  the administrator.

 

 6        (c) Shall not refuse Refuse an entry into any premises for

 

 7  an inspection authorized by this article.

 

 8        (d) Shall not knowingly Knowingly keep or maintain a store,

 

 9  shop, warehouse, dwelling, building, vehicle, boat, aircraft, or

 

10  other structure or place , that is frequented by persons using

 

11  controlled substances in violation of this article for the

 

12  purpose of using controlled substances , or that is used for

 

13  keeping or selling controlled substances in violation of this

 

14  article.

 

15        (e) Who If the person is a practitioner, shall not dispense

 

16  a controlled substance under a prescription written and signed;

 

17  written or created in an electronic format, signed, and

 

18  transmitted by facsimile; or transmitted electronically or by

 

19  other means of communication by a physician prescriber, or

 

20  dentist prescriber, or veterinarian prescriber licensed to

 

21  practice in a another state, other than Michigan, unless the

 

22  prescription is issued by a physician prescriber, or dentist

 

23  prescriber, or veterinarian prescriber who is authorized under

 

24  the laws of that state to practice dentistry, medicine, or

 

25  osteopathic medicine and surgery, or veterinary medicine and to

 

26  prescribe controlled substances.

 

27        (2) A person who violates subsection (1) is subject to the

 


 1  penalties prescribed in section 7406.

 

 2        Sec. 16192. (1) A licensee or registrant shall report to the

 

 3  department a change in name, or mailing address, or electronic

 

 4  mail address if the licensee or registrant has provided an

 

 5  electronic mail address under subsection (4), not later than 30

 

 6  days after the change occurs.

 

 7        (2) The department may serve a notice of hearing or a

 

 8  complaint on an applicant, licensee, or registrant in an action

 

 9  or proceeding for a violation of this article, article 7, or

 

10  article 8 or a rule promulgated under this article, article 7, or

 

11  article 8 by regular mail and by certified mail, return receipt

 

12  requested, to the applicant's, licensee's, or registrant's last

 

13  known address, by serving the notice on the applicant, licensee,

 

14  or registrant, or by making a reasonable attempt to serve the

 

15  notice on the applicant, licensee, or registrant. For purposes of

 

16  this subsection, if service is by mail, service is effective 3

 

17  days after the date of mailing, and nondelivery does not affect

 

18  the validity of the service if the nondelivery was caused by the

 

19  refusal of the applicant, licensee, or registrant to accept

 

20  service.

 

21        (3) A license or registration is not transferable.

 

22        (4) If the department is required or permitted under this

 

23  article to deliver or serve a notice or other communication to a

 

24  licensee or registrant by mail, the department may deliver or

 

25  serve the notice or communication by electronic mail rather than

 

26  by first-class mail if the licensee or registrant has provided an

 

27  electronic mail address to the department; authorized the

 


 1  department in writing to deliver or serve notices and

 

 2  communications to the licensee or registrant at the electronic

 

 3  mail address; and agreed in writing that the licensee or

 

 4  registrant consents to the service of any notice or communication

 

 5  sent to the electronic mail address that the department would

 

 6  otherwise serve by mail.

 

 7        Sec. 16201. (1) A licensee or registrant shall renew the

 

 8  license or registration shall be renewed by the licensee or

 

 9  registrant on or before the expiration date as prescribed by

 

10  rule. The department shall mail a notice to the licensee or

 

11  registrant at the last known address on file with a board, or may

 

12  send the notice by electronic mail to a licensee or registrant

 

13  described in section 16192(4), advising of the time, procedure,

 

14  and fee for renewal. Failure of the licensee or registrant to

 

15  receive notice under this subsection does not relieve the

 

16  licensee or registrant of the responsibility for renewing his or

 

17  her license or registration.

 

18        (2) A license or registration not renewed by the expiration

 

19  date may be renewed within 60 days of after the expiration date

 

20  upon on application, payment of renewal , and late renewal fees,

 

21  and fulfillment of any continued competency or continuing

 

22  education requirements set forth in this article or rules

 

23  promulgated under this article. The licensee or registrant may

 

24  continue to practice and use the title during the 60-day time

 

25  period.

 

26        (3) If a license or registration is not renewed within 60

 

27  days of after the expiration date pursuant to under subsection

 


 1  (2), the license or registration shall be is considered null and

 

 2  void. The licensee shall not practice or use the title and a

 

 3  registrant shall not use the title. Except as otherwise provided

 

 4  by rule, a person may be relicensed or reregistered within 3

 

 5  years of after the expiration date upon on application, payment

 

 6  of the application processing, renewal, and late renewal fees,

 

 7  and fulfillment of any continued competency or continuing

 

 8  education requirements in effect at the time of on the expiration

 

 9  date, or which that would have been required had the individual

 

10  renewed his or her license or registration pursuant to under

 

11  subsection (1). A temporary license or registration may be issued

 

12  under section 16181 pending the results of action taken under

 

13  this subsection.

 

14        (4) Except as otherwise provided in this article or by rule,

 

15  a person may be relicensed or reregistered more than 3 years

 

16  after the expiration date upon on application as a new applicant,

 

17  meeting all licensure or registration requirements in effect at

 

18  the time of application, taking or retaking and passing any

 

19  examinations required for initial licensure or registration, and

 

20  payment of fees required of new applicants.

 

21        (5) The expiration or surrender of a license or registration

 

22  does not terminate the board's authority to impose sanctions on

 

23  the licensee or registrant whose license or registration has

 

24  expired or been surrendered.

 

25        Sec. 16349. Fees for a person licensed or seeking licensure

 

26  to engage in the practice of veterinary medicine or licensed or

 

27  seeking licensure to practice as a veterinary technician under

 


 1  part 188 are as follows:

 

 

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(a)

Application processing fees:

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(i)

Veterinarian...........................$ 20.00$ 25.00

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(ii)

Veterinary technician......................10.0015.00

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(b)

Examination fees:

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(i)

Veterinary technician, complete..............  130.00

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(ii)

Veterinary technician, per part..............   65.00

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(c)

License fees, per year:

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(i)

Veterinarian...............................50.0070.00

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(ii)

Veterinary technician......................20.0040.00

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(d)

Temporary license fees:

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(i)

Veterinarian.................................   25.00

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(ii)

Veterinary technician........................   10.00

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(e)

Limited licenses, per year:

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(i)

Veterinarian.................................   25.00

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(ii)

Veterinary technician........................   10.00

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(f)

Examination review...........................   20.00

 

 

18        Sec. 17708. (1) "Preceptor" means a pharmacist approved by

 

19  the board to direct the training of an intern in an approved

 

20  pharmacy.

 

21        (2) "Prescriber" means a licensed dentist, a licensed doctor

 

22  of medicine, a licensed doctor of osteopathic medicine and

 

23  surgery, a licensed doctor of podiatric medicine and surgery, a

 

24  licensed optometrist certified under part 174 to administer and

 

25  prescribe therapeutic pharmaceutical agents, a licensed

 

26  veterinarian, or another licensed health professional acting

 

27  under the delegation and using, recording, or otherwise

 

28  indicating the name of the delegating licensed doctor of medicine


 

 1  or licensed doctor of osteopathic medicine and surgery.

 

 2        (3) "Prescription" means an order by a prescriber to fill,

 

 3  compound, or dispense a drug or device written and signed;

 

 4  written or created in an electronic format, signed, and

 

 5  transmitted by facsimile; or transmitted electronically or by

 

 6  other means of communication. An order transmitted in other than

 

 7  written or hard-copy form shall must be electronically recorded,

 

 8  printed, or written and immediately dated by the pharmacist, and

 

 9  that record constitutes the original prescription. In a health

 

10  facility or agency licensed under article 17 or other medical

 

11  institution, an order for a drug or device in the patient's chart

 

12  constitutes for the purposes of this definition the original

 

13  prescription. Subject to section 17751(2) and (5), prescription

 

14  includes, but is not limited to, an order for a drug, not

 

15  including a controlled substance as defined in section 7104

 

16  except under circumstances described in section 17763(e), written

 

17  and signed; written or created in an electronic format, signed,

 

18  and transmitted by facsimile; or transmitted electronically or by

 

19  other means of communication by a physician prescriber, or

 

20  dentist prescriber, or veterinarian prescriber licensed to

 

21  practice dentistry, medicine, or osteopathic medicine and

 

22  surgery, or veterinary medicine in a another state. other than

 

23  Michigan.

 

24        (4) "Prescription drug" means a drug to which 1 or more of

 

25  the following apply:

 

26        (a) A The drug is dispensed pursuant to a prescription.

 

27        (b) A The drug bearing bears the federal legend "CAUTION:


 

 1  federal law prohibits dispensing without prescription" or "Rx

 

 2  only".

 

 3        (c) A The drug is designated by the board as a drug that may

 

 4  only be dispensed pursuant to a prescription.

 

 5        Sec. 17751. (1) A pharmacist shall not dispense a drug

 

 6  requiring a prescription under the federal act or a law of this

 

 7  state except under authority of an original prescription or an

 

 8  equivalent record of an original prescription approved by the

 

 9  board.

 

10        (2) Subject to subsection (5), a pharmacist may dispense a

 

11  prescription written and signed; written or created in an

 

12  electronic format, signed, and transmitted by facsimile; or

 

13  transmitted electronically or by other means of communication by

 

14  a physician prescriber, or dentist prescriber, or veterinarian

 

15  prescriber in a another state, other than Michigan, but not

 

16  including a prescription for a controlled substance as defined in

 

17  section 7104 except under circumstances described in section

 

18  17763(e), only if the pharmacist in the exercise of his or her

 

19  professional judgment determines all of the following:

 

20        (a) Except as otherwise authorized under section 5110,

 

21  17744a, or 17744b, if the prescriber is a physician or dentist,

 

22  that the prescription was issued pursuant to an existing

 

23  physician-patient or dentist-patient relationship.

 

24        (b) That the prescription is authentic.

 

25        (c) That the prescribed drug is appropriate and necessary

 

26  for the treatment of an acute, chronic, or recurrent condition.

 

27        (3) A pharmacist or a prescriber shall dispense a


 

 1  prescription only if the prescription falls within the scope of

 

 2  practice of the prescriber.

 

 3        (4) A pharmacist shall not knowingly dispense a prescription

 

 4  after the death of the prescriber or patient.

 

 5        (5) A pharmacist shall not dispense a drug or device under a

 

 6  prescription transmitted by facsimile or created in electronic

 

 7  format and printed out for use by the patient unless the document

 

 8  is manually signed by the prescriber. This subsection does not

 

 9  apply to a prescription that is transmitted by a computer to a

 

10  facsimile machine if that prescription complies with section

 

11  17754.

 

12        (6) After consultation with and agreement from the

 

13  prescriber, a pharmacist may add or change a patient's address,

 

14  dosage form, drug strength, drug quantity, directions for use, or

 

15  issue date with regard to a prescription. A pharmacist shall note

 

16  the details of the consultation and agreement required under this

 

17  subsection on the prescription and shall maintain that

 

18  documentation with the prescription as required in section 17752.

 

19  A pharmacist shall not change the patient's name, controlled

 

20  substance prescribed unless authorized to dispense a lower cost

 

21  generically equivalent drug product under section 17755, or the

 

22  prescriber's signature with regard to a prescription.

 

23        (7) A prescription that is contained within a patient's

 

24  chart in a health facility or agency licensed under article 17 or

 

25  other medical institution and that is transmitted to a pharmacy

 

26  under section 17744 is the original prescription. If all other

 

27  requirements of this part are met, a pharmacist shall dispense a


 

 1  drug or device under a prescription described in this subsection.

 

 2  A pharmacist may dispense a drug or device under a prescription

 

 3  described in this subsection even if the prescription does not

 

 4  contain the quantity ordered. If a prescription described in this

 

 5  subsection does not contain the quantity ordered, the pharmacist

 

 6  shall consult with the prescriber to determine an agreed-upon

 

 7  quantity. The pharmacist shall record the quantity dispensed on

 

 8  the prescription and shall maintain that documentation with the

 

 9  prescription as required in section 17752.

 

10        Sec. 17763. In addition to the grounds set forth in part

 

11  161, the disciplinary subcommittee may fine, reprimand, or place

 

12  a pharmacist licensee on probation, or deny, limit, suspend, or

 

13  revoke the license of a pharmacist or order restitution or

 

14  community service for a violation or abetting in a violation of

 

15  this part or rules promulgated under this part, or for 1 or more

 

16  of the following grounds:

 

17        (a) Permitting the dispensing of prescriptions by an

 

18  individual who is not a pharmacist, pharmacist intern, or

 

19  dispensing prescriber.

 

20        (b) Permitting the dispensing of prescriptions by a

 

21  pharmacist intern, except in the presence and under the personal

 

22  charge of a pharmacist.

 

23        (c) Selling at auction drugs in bulk or in open packages

 

24  unless the sale has been approved in accordance with rules of the

 

25  board.

 

26        (d) Promoting a prescription drug to the public in any

 

27  manner.


 

 1        (e) In addition to the prohibition contained in section

 

 2  7405(1)(e), dispensing a prescription for a controlled substance

 

 3  as defined in section 7104 that is written and signed; written or

 

 4  created in an electronic format, signed, and transmitted by

 

 5  facsimile; or transmitted electronically or by other means of

 

 6  communication by a physician prescriber, or dentist prescriber,

 

 7  or veterinarian prescriber in a another state, other than

 

 8  Michigan, unless the prescription is issued by a physician

 

 9  prescriber, or dentist prescriber, or veterinarian prescriber who

 

10  is authorized under the laws of that state to practice dentistry,

 

11  medicine, or osteopathic medicine and surgery, or veterinary

 

12  medicine and to prescribe controlled substances.

 

13        Enacting section 1. Section 16349 of the public health code,

 

14  1978 PA 368, MCL 333.16349, as amended by this amendatory act,

 

15  applies to licensing fees required to be paid after December 31,

 

16  2018.

 

17        Enacting section 2. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

18  after the date it is enacted into law.

 

19        Enacting section 3. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

20  unless House Bill No. 4408 of the 98th Legislature is enacted

 

21  into law.