HOUSE BILL NO. 5616
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled
"Public health code,"
(MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211) by adding sections 17773, 20817, and 21537.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 17773. (1) Any unused portion of a facility-provided drug that is dispensed for an ophthalmic surgical procedure performed on or for ophthalmic medical care provided to a patient in a hospital or freestanding surgical outpatient facility licensed under article 17 must be offered to the patient on the patient's discharge from the hospital or freestanding surgical outpatient facility if all of the following apply:
(a) The hospital or freestanding surgical outpatient facility orders the facility-provided drug for an ophthalmic surgical procedure for the patient that is performed on an in-patient basis or for ophthalmic medical care that the patient receives from the hospital or freestanding surgical outpatient facility on an in-patient basis.
(b) The facility-provided drug is administered to the patient at the hospital or freestanding surgical outpatient facility.
(c) The unused portion of the facility-provided drug is required for the patient's continued treatment.
(2) A pharmacist who dispenses a facility-provided drug that is offered to a patient under subsection (1) shall ensure that the drug is provided to the patient in a container that is labeled in the same manner as required in section 17745(7) for a drug dispensed by a dispensing prescriber.
(3) If the facility-provided drug is used in an operating room or emergency department of a hospital or freestanding surgical outpatient facility, the prescriber of the facility-provided drug shall counsel the patient on the directions for the patient's use of the facility-provided drug. Any counseling requirement on the pharmacist who dispensed the facility-provided drug is waived.
(4) As used in this section, "facility-provided drug" means a drug that is an eye drop or eye ointment.
Sec. 20817. A freestanding surgical outpatient facility shall comply with section 17773.