A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled “Public health code,” by amending sections 7303, 17201, 17210, 17211a, and 17212 (MCL 333.7303, 333.17201, 333.17210, 333.17211a, and 333.17212), section 7303 as amended by 2013 PA 268, sections 17201 and 17212 as amended and section 17211a as added by 2016 PA 499, and section 17210 as amended by 2021 PA 53, and by adding section 17210a.
The bill would amend the Public Health Code to do the following: -- Allow the Michigan Board of Pharmacy to issue a controlled substances license to a registered professional nurse who held a specialty certification as a nurse practitioner. -- Allow a registered professional nurse with a specialty certification as a nurse practitioner to prescribe Schedule 2 to 5 controlled substances without delegation from a physician. -- Prescribe requirements that a registered professional nurse would have to meet to be granted a specialty certification as a nurse practitioner. -- Specify that individuals with a specialty certification as a nurse practitioner could supervise registered professional nurses, licensed practical nurses, and other health professionals, as appropriate.
Co-sponsored by Sens.
Referred to the Committee on Health Policy
