SENATE BILL No. 1168

March 15, 2000, Introduced by Senator EMERSON and referred to the Committee on Health

Policy.

A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

"Public health code,"

(MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211) by adding section 21729.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1 SEC. 21729. IF A PATIENT IN A NURSING HOME HAS HIS OR HER

2 MEDICATIONS ADMINISTERED OR DISPENSED BY AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS NOT

3 A REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSE OR A LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE

4 LICENSED UNDER ARTICLE 15, THE NURSING HOME SHALL ASSURE THAT THE

5 PATIENT'S MEDICATIONS ARE REVIEWED, BEFORE BEING ADMINISTERED OR

6 DISPENSED TO THE PATIENT, BY A REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSE OR A

7 LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE LICENSED UNDER ARTICLE 15.

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