2025 House Bill 4896

Health occupations: physicians; license to engage in the practice of medicine for international medical school graduates; provide for under certain circumstances.

A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled “Public health code,” by amending sections 17001 and 17011 (MCL 333.17001 and 333.17011), section 17001 as amended by 2018 PA 624 and section 17011 as amended by 2006 PA 398.

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House Bills No. 4896 and 4925 update Michigan’s Public Health Code by refining physician and physician assistant licensing standards and creating new temporary and limited licenses for international medical graduates to expand the state’s healthcare workforce in underserved areas.

Introduced in the House

Sept. 11, 2025

Introduced by Rep. Jason Woolford (R-50) and five co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Gregory Alexander (R-98), Ken Borton (R-105), Doug Wozniak (R-59), David Martin (R-68) and Bill Schuette (R-95)

Referred to the Committee on Health Policy