SB-0213, As Passed House, March 22, 2017

HOUSE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 213

A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

"Public health code,"

by amending sections 16285, 16287, 17210, and 17211 (MCL 333.16285,

333.16287, 333.17210, and 333.17211), sections 16285 and 16287 as

added by 2016 PA 359 and sections 17210 and 17211 as amended by

2016 PA 499.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

Sec. 16285. (1) A health professional who is providing a

telehealth service to a patient may prescribe the patient a drug if

both of the following are met:

(a) The health professional is a prescriber who is acting

within the scope of his or her practice in prescribing the drug.

(b) ~~The drug is not a controlled substance.~~If the health

professional is prescribing a drug that is a controlled substance,

the health professional meets the requirements of this act

applicable to that health professional for prescribing a controlled

substance.

(2) A health professional who prescribes a drug under

subsection (1) shall comply with both of the following:

(a) If the health professional considers it medically

necessary, he or she shall provide the patient with a referral for

other health care services that are geographically accessible to

the patient, including, but not limited to, emergency services.

(b) After providing a telehealth service, the health

professional, or a health professional who is acting under the

delegation of the delegating health professional, shall make

himself or herself available to provide follow-up health care

services to the patient or refer the patient to another health

professional for follow-up health care services.

Sec. 16287. The department, in consultation with a board, ~~may~~

shall promulgate rules to implement sections 16284 and 16285.

Sec. 17210. (1) The Michigan board of nursing may grant a

specialty certification to a registered professional nurse who has

advanced training beyond that required for initial licensure, who

has demonstrated competency through examination or other evaluative

processes, and who practices in 1 of the following health

profession specialty fields:

(a) Nurse midwifery.

(b) Nurse anesthetist.

(d) ~~Clinical~~ Subject to subsection (2), clinical nurse

specialist.

(2) The Michigan board of nursing shall promulgate rules

establishing the qualifications for the training and competency of

the health profession specialty field of clinical nurse specialist.

The Michigan board of nursing shall not grant a specialty

certification as a clinical nurse specialist under subsection (1)

until after the effective date of the rules promulgated under this

subsection.

Sec. 17211. (1) An individual shall not engage in the practice

of nursing or the practice of nursing as a licensed practical nurse

unless he or she is licensed or is otherwise authorized by this

article.

(2) The following words, titles, or letters or a combination

of the words, titles, or letters, with or without qualifying words

or phrases, are restricted in use only to those persons authorized

under this part to use the terms and in a way prescribed in this

part: ~~"registered~~

(a) "Registered professional nurse", "registered nurse",

"r.n.", "licensed practical nurse", "l.p.n.", "nurse midwife",

"certified nurse midwife", "c.n.m.", "advanced practice registered

nurse", "a.p.r.n.", "nurse anesthetist", "nurse practitioner",

"n.p.", "certified nurse practitioner", and "c.n.p.". ~~, "clinical~~

~~nurse specialist", "c.n.s.", "clinical nurse specialist-certified",~~

~~and "c.n.s.-c.".~~

(b) Beginning 12 months after the effective date of the rules

promulgated under section 17210(2), "clinical nurse specialist",

"c.n.s.", "clinical nurse specialist-certified", and "c.n.s.-c.".