March 8, 2018, Introduced by Senators STAMAS, SHIRKEY, HUNE, MARLEAU, KNEZEK, HERTEL and ROBERTSON and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled
"Public health code,"
by amending section 18001 (MCL 333.18001), as amended by 2016 PA
379.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 18001. (1) As used in this part:
(a) "Medical care services" means those services within the
scope of practice of podiatrists licensed by the board, except
those services that the board prohibits or otherwise restricts
within a practice agreement or determines shall not be delegated by
a podiatrist without endangering the health and safety of patients
as provided for in section 18048.
(b) "Participating podiatrist" means a podiatrist or a
podiatrist designated by a group of podiatrists under section 18049
to represent that group.
(c) "Podiatrist" means a physician and surgeon licensed under
this article to engage in the practice of podiatric medicine and
surgery.
(d) "Practice agreement" means an agreement described in
section 18047.
(e) "Practice as a physician's assistant" means the practice
of podiatric medicine and surgery with a participating podiatrist
under a practice agreement.
(f)
"Practice Except as
otherwise provided in subdivision (g),
"practice
of podiatric medicine and surgery"
means the examination,
any of the following:
(i) The evaluation, diagnosis, management,
and treatment
prevention
of abnormal nails, superficial
excrescenses occurring on
the
human hands and feet, including corns, warts, callosities, and
bunions,
and arch troubles or the treatment medically, surgically,
mechanically,
or by physiotherapy of ailments of human feet or
ankles
as they affect the condition of the feet. It does not
include
amputation of human feet, or the use or administration of
anesthetics
other than local.conditions of
the lower extremities,
including local manifestations of systemic conditions, affecting
the governing and related structure of the human foot and ankle
distal to the tibial tubercle, by attending to and advising
patients and through the use of devices, diagnostic tests, drugs
and biologicals, surgical procedures, or other means.
(ii) The treatment of ulcerations below the knee and of nail
diseases and superficial excrescences occurring on the human hands.
(g) "Practice of podiatric medicine and surgery" does not
include amputations at or above the tibiotalar joint or the
administration of deep sedation or general anesthesia.
(h) (g)
"Task force" means the
joint task force created in
section 17025.
(2) In addition to the definitions in this part, article 1
contains general definitions and principles of construction
applicable to all articles in this code and part 161 contains
definitions applicable to this part.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.