Introduced
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To establish that "complementary or alternative health care service" providers may practice in Michigan if they make certain disclosures to consumers and do no do things that require regular health care licensure. "Complementary or alternative health care services" are defined as "methods, modalities, treatments, procedures, or protocols that have not been generally adopted by a licensed health care profession and that do not pose a greater risk of direct physical or emotional harm to a client than conventional treatments." Practitioners would be prohibited from performing surgery or any other procedure that harmfully punctures the skin; prescribing or administering ionizing radiation; prescribing, dispensing, administering, or recommending the discontinuance of a prescription drug or device; performing a chiropractic adjustment; willfully providing a diagnosis or treatment of a physical or mental health condition that directly poses a significant risk of harm or death; or holding him or herself out to be a licensed health care professional. The person would have to disclose the nature of his or her "theory" and training, and receive acknowledgement of disclosing that he or she is not licensed or registered, and that there are no state educational and training standards for such alternative health care services.
Referred to the Committee on Health Policy
