SB-0213, As Passed Senate, March 9, 2017

SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 213

     A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

"Public health code,"

by amending sections 16285 and 16287 (MCL 333.16285 and 333.16287),

as added by 2016 PA 359.

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.

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect March 29,

2017.