July 15, 2015, Introduced by Rep. Wittenberg and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled
"Public health code,"
by amending section 16171 (MCL 333.16171), as amended by 1985 PA
82.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
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 program,
which
that has been approved by the appropriate board, while
performing the duties assigned in the course of training.
(b) An individual who is practicing a health profession in the
discharge of official duties while in the military service of the
United
States, the United States public health service, Public
Health
Service, the United States department
of agriculture,
Department
of Agriculture, or the United States veterans
administration.
Department of Veterans
Affairs. The institution in
which the individual practices shall report the name and address of
the individual to the appropriate board within 30 days after the
date of employment.
(c) An individual who by education, training, or experience
substantially meets the requirements of this article for licensure
while rendering medical care in a time of disaster or to an ill or
injured individual at the scene of an emergency.
(d) An individual who provides nonmedical nursing or similar
services in the care of the ill or suffering or an individual who
in good faith ministers to the ill or suffering by spiritual means
alone, through prayer, in the exercise of a religious freedom, and
who does not hold himself or herself out to be a health
professional.
(e)
An individual residing who
resides in another state or
country and is authorized to practice a health profession in that
state or country who, in an exceptional circumstance, is called in
for consultation or treatment by a health professional in this
state.
(f)
An individual residing who
resides in another state or
country and is authorized to practice a health profession in that
state or country, when attending meetings or conducting lectures,
seminars, or demonstrations under the auspices of professional
associations or training institutions in this state, if the
individual does not maintain an office or designate a place to meet
patients or receive calls in this state.
(g) An individual who is authorized in another country to
practice a health profession and who is employed by the United
States
public health service Public
Health Service or the
government of another country for the exclusive use of members of
its merchant marine and members of its consular and diplomatic
corps, while caring for those members in the performance of his or
her official duties.
(h)
An individual residing who
resides adjacent to the land
border
between this state and an adjoining state who and is
authorized under the laws of that state to practice a health
profession and whose practice may extend into this state, but who
does not maintain an office or designate a place to meet patients
or receive calls in this state.
(i) An individual who is authorized to practice a health
profession
in another state or territory of the United States who
has
been and who is appointed by the United States olympic
committee
Olympic Committee to provide health services exclusively
to team personnel and athletes registered to train and compete at a
training
site in this state approved by the United States olympic
committee
Olympic Committee or at an event conducted under the
sanction
of the United States olympic committee. The Olympic
Committee.
An exemption granted by under this
subdivision shall
apply
applies to the individual while he or she is performing the
duties assigned in the course of the sanctioned training program or
event and for the time period specified by the United States
olympic
committee.Olympic Committee.
(j) An individual who is licensed as a physician in another
state and provides medical services for an athletic team, if all of
the following are met:
(i) The individual holds a current, unrestricted license to
practice medicine or osteopathic medicine and surgery in that other
state.
(ii) The athletic team is located in the same state in which
the individual is licensed.
(iii) The individual provides the medical services under the
terms of a written agreement with the athletic team.
(iv) The individual only provides the medical services while
the athletic team is traveling to or from or participating in a
sporting event in this state and only to any of the following:
(A) A member of the athletic team.
(B) A member of the athletic team's coaching, communications,
equipment, or sports medicine staff.
(C) A member of a band or cheerleading squad that is
accompanying the athletic team.
(D) The athletic team's mascot.
(v) The individual does not provide medical services at a
health care facility or agency, as defined in section 20106,
located in this state.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.