A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled “Public health code,” by amending sections 16801 and 17601 (MCL 333.16801 and 333.17601), section 16801 as added by 2004 PA 97 and section 17601 as amended by 2016 PA 238, and by adding sections 16187, 16804, and 17603a.
House Bill 4509 would amend the Public Health Code to enter Michigan into the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Compact, which provides procedures to allow audiologists and speech-language pathologists to practice in states that have joined the compact without having to be licensed in each individual state. A compact is like a contract that states enter into by enacting it. This compact allows health professionals licensed in one state to practice in others under a “compact privilege” obtained through the compact. The compact, included in full in the bill, is briefly described below. The bill also would provide that a compact privilege is equivalent to licensure in Michigan as an audiologist or speech-language pathologist.
Co-sponsored by Reps.
Referred to the Committee on Health Policy
