Bill Text: MI HB4067 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Health occupations; physicians; licensing process; modify to incorporate interstate medical licensure compact. Amends secs. 17001 & 17501 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.17001 & 333.17501) & adds secs. 17011a & 17511a.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-12-31 - Assigned Pa 524'18 With Immediate Effect [HB4067 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-HB4067-Engrossed.html
HB-4067, As Passed House, October 10, 2017
SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 4067
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled
"Public health code,"
by amending sections 17001 and 17501 (MCL 333.17001 and 333.17501),
as amended by 2016 PA 379, and by adding sections 17011a and
17511a.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 17001. (1) As used in this part:
(a) "Academic institution" means either of the following:
(i) A medical school approved by the board.
(ii) A hospital licensed under article 17 that meets all of
the following requirements:
(A) Was the sole sponsor or a co-sponsor, if each other co-
sponsor is either a medical school approved by the board or a
hospital owned by the federal government and directly operated by
the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, of not less than
4 postgraduate education residency programs approved by the board
under section 17031(1) for not less than the 3 years immediately
preceding the date of an application for a limited license under
section 16182(2)(c) or an application for a full license under
section 17031(2), if at least 1 of the residency programs is in the
specialty area of medical practice, or in a specialty area that
includes the subspecialty of medical practice, in which the
applicant for a limited license proposes to practice or in which
the applicant for a full license has practiced for the hospital.
(B) Has spent not less than $2,000,000.00 for medical
education during each of the 3 years immediately preceding the date
of an application for a limited license under section 16182(2)(c)
or an application for a full license under section 17031(2). As
used in this sub-subparagraph, "medical education" means the
education of physicians and candidates for degrees or licenses to
become physicians, including, but not limited to, physician staff,
residents, interns, and medical students.
(b) "Electrodiagnostic studies" means the testing of
neuromuscular functions utilizing nerve conduction tests and needle
electromyography. It does not include the use of surface
electromyography.
(c) "Medical care services" means those services within the
scope of practice of physicians who are licensed or authorized 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 physician without endangering the health and
safety of patients as provided for in section 17048(1).
(d) "Participating physician" means a physician, a physician
designated by a group of physicians under section 17049 to
represent that group, or a physician designated by a health
facility or agency under section 20174 to represent that health
facility or agency.
(e) "Physician" means an individual who is licensed or
authorized under this article to engage in the practice of
medicine.
(f) "Podiatrist" means an individual who is licensed under
this article to engage in the practice of podiatric medicine and
surgery.
(g) "Practice agreement" means an agreement described in
section 17047.
(h) "Practice of medicine" means the diagnosis, treatment,
prevention, cure, or relieving of a human disease, ailment, defect,
complaint, or other physical or mental condition, by attendance,
advice, device, diagnostic test, or other means, or offering,
undertaking, attempting to do, or holding oneself out as able to
do, any of these acts.
(i) "Practice as a physician's assistant" means the practice
of medicine with a participating physician under a practice
agreement.
(j) "Task force" means the joint task force created in section
17025.
(2) In addition to the definitions in this part, article 1
contains definitions and principles of construction applicable to
all articles in this code and part 161 contains definitions
applicable to this part.
Sec. 17011a. (1) An allopathic physician who holds an
expedited license under the interstate medical licensure compact is
authorized to engage in the practice of medicine under this
article.
(2) For purposes of this article, including the obligations of
an individual who is licensed as a physician under this part, an
allopathic physician who holds an expedited license under the
interstate medical licensure compact is considered a physician who
is licensed under this part.
(3) As used in this section, "interstate medical licensure
compact" means the interstate medical licensure compact as enacted
in section 16189.
Sec. 17501. (1) As used in this part:
(a) "Electrodiagnostic studies" means the testing of
neuromuscular functions utilizing nerve conduction tests and needle
electromyography. It does not include the use of surface
electromyography.
(b) "Medical care services" means those services within the
scope
of practice of physicians who are
licensed and approved or
authorized 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 physician without
endangering the health and safety of patients as provided for in
section 17548(1).
(c) "Participating physician" means a physician, a physician
designated by a group of physicians under section 17549 to
represent that group, or a physician designated by a health
facility or agency under section 20174 to represent that health
facility or agency.
(d) "Physician" means an individual who is licensed or
authorized under this article to engage in the practice of
osteopathic medicine and surgery.
(e) "Practice agreement" means an agreement described in
section 17547.
(f) "Practice of osteopathic medicine and surgery" means a
separate, complete, and independent school of medicine and surgery
utilizing full methods of diagnosis and treatment in physical and
mental health and disease, including the prescription and
administration of drugs and biologicals, operative surgery,
obstetrics, radiological and other electromagnetic emissions, and
placing special emphasis on the interrelationship of the
musculoskeletal system to other body systems.
(g) "Practice as a physician's assistant" means the practice
of osteopathic medicine and surgery with a participating physician
under a practice agreement.
(h) "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 the code and part 161 contains
definitions applicable to this part.
Sec. 17511a. (1) An osteopathic physician who holds an
expedited license under the interstate medical licensure compact is
authorized to engage in the practice of osteopathic medicine and
surgery under this article.
(2) For purposes of this article, including the obligations of
an individual who is licensed as a physician under this part, an
osteopathic physician who holds an expedited license under the
interstate medical licensure compact is considered a physician who
is licensed under this part.
(3) As used in this section, "interstate medical licensure
compact" means the interstate medical licensure compact as enacted
in section 16189.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless House Bill No. 4066 of the 99th Legislature is enacted into
law.
