Bill Text: MI SB0691 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Chaptered
Bill Title: Health occupations; speech-language pathologists; reference to "hearing impaired"; revise to "hard of hearing". Amends sec. 17601 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.17601).
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2016-09-06 - Presented To Governor 6/14/2016 @ 12:06 Pm [SB0691 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2015-SB0691-Chaptered.html
Act No. 238
Public Acts of 2016
Approved by the Governor
June 23, 2016
Filed with the Secretary of State
June 24, 2016
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 22, 2016
STATE OF MICHIGAN
98TH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2016
Introduced by Senators Knollenberg, O’Brien, Warren, Zorn, Gregory, Johnson, Hertel, Bieda, Hood, Knezek, Hune, Smith, Schuitmaker, Pavlov, Booher and Emmons
ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 691
AN ACT to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled “An act to protect and promote the public health; to codify, revise, consolidate, classify, and add to the laws relating to public health; to provide for the prevention and control of diseases and disabilities; to provide for the classification, administration, regulation, financing, and maintenance of personal, environmental, and other health services and activities; to create or continue, and prescribe the powers and duties of, departments, boards, commissions, councils, committees, task forces, and other agencies; to prescribe the powers and duties of governmental entities and officials; to regulate occupations, facilities, and agencies affecting the public health; to regulate health maintenance organizations and certain third party administrators and insurers; to provide for the imposition of a regulatory fee; to provide for the levy of taxes against certain health facilities or agencies; to promote the efficient and economical delivery of health care services, to provide for the appropriate utilization of health care facilities and services, and to provide for the closure of hospitals or consolidation of hospitals or services; to provide for the collection and use of data and information; to provide for the transfer of property; to provide certain immunity from liability; to regulate and prohibit the sale and offering for sale of drug paraphernalia under certain circumstances; to provide for the implementation of federal law; to provide for penalties and remedies; to provide for sanctions for violations of this act and local ordinances; to provide for an appropriation and supplements; to repeal certain acts and parts of acts; to repeal certain parts of this act; and to repeal certain parts of this act on specific dates,” by amending section 17601 (MCL 333.17601), as added by 2008 PA 524.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 17601. (1) As used in this part:
(a) “Practice of speech-language pathology”, subject to subsection (2), means the application of principles, methods, and procedures related to the development of disorders of human communication including the following:
(i) Identifying by history or nonmedical physical examination, assessing, treating with therapy, rehabilitating, and preventing disorders of speech, voice, and language.
(ii) Identifying by history or nonmedical physical examination, assessing, treating with therapy, rehabilitating, and preventing disorders of oral-pharyngeal function and disorders related to swallowing dysfunction.
(iii) Identifying by history or nonmedical physical examination, assessing, treating with therapy, rehabilitating, and preventing cognitive-communicative disorders.
(iv) Assessing, selecting, and developing augmentative and alternative communication systems and providing training in their use.
(v) Providing speech-language treatment or therapy and related counseling services to deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing persons and their families.
(vi) Enhancing speech-language proficiency and communication effectiveness.
(vii) Screening of hearing for the purpose of speech-language assessment provided that judgments and descriptive statements about results of that screening are limited to pass-fail determinations.
(b) “Speech-language pathologist” means an individual who is engaged in the practice of speech-language pathology.
(2) Practice of speech-language pathology does not include either of the following:
(a) The practice of medicine or osteopathic medicine and surgery or medical diagnosis, medical management with medication, surgical interventions, ordering medical testing, or medical treatment.
(b) The fitting and dispensing of hearing aids under article 13 of the occupational code, 1980 PA 299, MCL 339.1301 to 339.1309.
(3) In addition to the definitions in this part, article 1 contains general definitions and principles of construction applicable to all articles in this act 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.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Approved
Governor
