Bill Text: MI HB4405 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Health occupations; pharmacists; pharmacist refusing to dispense a prescription; exempt from civil liability under certain circumstances. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding sec. 17751a.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-06-14 - Referred To Committee On Health Policy [HB4405 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-HB4405-Engrossed.html

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HB-4405, As Passed House, June 13, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 4405

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

 

"Public health code,"

 

(MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211) by adding section 17751a.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 17751a. (1) A pharmacist may refuse to dispense a

 

prescription for a controlled substance listed in schedules 2 to 5

 

of part 72 if the pharmacist has a reasonable and good-faith belief

 

that the prescription was not written by a prescriber in good faith

 

or has a reasonable and good-faith belief that the prescription is

 

being filled for a purpose that is not a medical purpose.

 

     (2) A pharmacist who refuses to dispense a prescription as

 

provided under subsection (1) is not liable for damages in a civil

 

action for injury, death, or loss to person or property arising

 

from the pharmacist's refusal to dispense the prescription.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.