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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