Bill Text: MI HB4797 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Occupations; health care professions; waiver for professional license renewal for active military personnel; provide for. Amends sec. 16205 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16205).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-04-21 - Printed Bill Filed 04/03/2009 [HB4797 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2009-HB4797-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 4797
April 2, 2009, Introduced by Reps. Sheltrown, Polidori, Mayes, Espinoza, Spade, Lahti, Constan, Nerat, Neumann, Lemmons, Warren, Hammel, Donigan, Johnson, Scripps and Dean and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled
"Public health code,"
by amending section 16205 (MCL 333.16205), as amended by 1986 PA
290.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
16205. (1) A board which that
requires evidence of
attendance at educational programs as a condition to license
renewal may waive those requirements if, upon written application,
the board finds the failure of the licensee to attend was due to
the licensee's disability, military service, absence from the
continental United States, or a circumstance beyond the control of
the
licensee which that the board considers good and sufficient. A
board that requires evidence of attendance at educational programs
as a condition to license renewal shall waive those requirements
if, upon written application, the board finds the failure of the
licensee to attend was because the licensee was on active duty in
the armed forces of the United States or was on governor-ordered
military service as a member of the national guard.
(2) A board may promulgate rules to establish a system of
assessing the continued competence of licensees as a condition of
periodic license renewal.
(3) Notwithstanding any provision of this act to the contrary,
a board responsible for the issuance of a license or registration
required under this article for the practice of a health profession
shall renew the license or registration issued to an individual
that expires while the individual is on active duty in the armed
forces of the United States or is on governor-ordered military
service as a member of the national guard. A renewal under this
subsection is valid for a period of 1 year from the date the
individual is discharged from active duty or governor-ordered
military service, or until the date the individual successfully
renews the license or registration in the manner prescribed in this
article, whichever first occurs. An individual applying for renewal
of a license or registration that was last renewed under the
provisions of this subsection shall submit documentation of active
duty service or governor-ordered military service as required by
the board. This subsection does not apply to reservists or national
guard members on active duty for annual training that is a
regularly scheduled obligation for reservists or members of the
national guard for training and is not part of a mobilization.
