A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled “Public health code,” by amending sections 5111, 17703, 17707, 17708, 17724a, 17744, 17744a, 17751, 17757, and 17763 (MCL 333.5111, 333.17703, 333.17707, 333.17708, 333.17724a, 333.17744, 333.17744a, 333.17751, 333.17757, and 333.17763), section 5111 as amended by 2016 PA 64, sections 17703, 17707, 17708, 17744, 17751, and 17757 as amended by 2024 PA 242, section 17724a as added by 2023 PA 97, section 17744a as amended by 2020 PA 311, and section 17763 as amended by 2016 PA 49, and by adding section 17744h.
House Bill No. 5108 expands Michigan pharmacists’ authority to order, interpret, and act on certain laboratory tests and to prescribe and dispense specific drugs and devices without a physician’s prescription, thereby increasing healthcare access and modernizing the Public Health Code.
Introduced
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Referred to the Committee on Health Policy
