HOUSE BILL No. 4524

 

April 28, 2015, Introduced by Reps. Brinks, Phelps, Chang, Sarah Roberts, Moss, Yanez, Driskell, Greig, Cochran, Kivela, Pagan, Geiss, Zemke, Townsend, Faris, Chirkun, Hovey-Wright, Lane and Irwin and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Trade.

 

     A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

 

"Public health code,"

 

(MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211) by adding part 140 to article 12.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

ARTICLE 12. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

 

PART 140. CONSUMER PRODUCTS

 

     Sec. 14003. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a person

 

shall not sell, offer for sale, possess for sale, give away, use,

 

or prescribe any product for the treatment of lice or scabies in

 

human beings that contains the pesticide chemical lindane.

 

     (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to either of the following:

 

     (a) The sale, offer for sale, possession for sale, or giving

 

away of a product described in subsection (1) to a physician.

 

     (b) The use of a product described in subsection (1) under the

 


supervision of a physician in his or her office if the physician

 

considers the use of that product necessary for the treatment of a

 

patient's lice or scabies.

 

     Sec. 14005. A person who violates section 14003 is guilty of a

 

misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000.00.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.