HB-5877, As Passed House, December 15, 2016

HB-5877, As Passed Senate, December 14, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 5877

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

 

"Public health code,"

 

by amending sections 17702, 17703, and 17707 (MCL 333.17702,

 

333.17703, and 333.17707), section 17702 as amended by 2014 PA 280

 

and sections 17703 and 17707 as amended by 2014 PA 285, and by

 

adding section 17760.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 17702. (1) "Agent" means an individual designated by a

 

prescriber to act on behalf of or at the discretion of that

 

prescriber as provided in section 17744.

 

     (2) "Automated device" means a mechanical system that performs

 

an operation or activity, other than compounding or administration,

 

relating to the storage, packaging, dispensing, or delivery of a

 

drug and that collects, controls, and maintains transaction

 


information.

 

     (3) (2) "Brand name" means the registered trademark name given

 

to a drug product by its manufacturer.

 

     (4) (3) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4), (5),

 

"compounding" means the preparation, mixing, assembling, packaging,

 

and labeling of a drug or device by a pharmacist under the

 

following circumstances:

 

     (a) Upon the receipt of a prescription for a specific patient.

 

     (b) Upon the receipt of a medical or dental order from a

 

prescriber or agent for use in the treatment of patients within the

 

course of the prescriber's professional practice.

 

     (c) In anticipation of the receipt of a prescription or

 

medical or dental order based on routine, regularly observed

 

prescription or medical or dental order patterns.

 

     (d) For the purpose of or incidental to research, teaching, or

 

chemical analysis and not for the purpose of sale or dispensing.

 

     (5) (4) "Compounding" does not include any of the following:

 

     (a) Except as provided in section 17748c, the compounding of a

 

drug product that is essentially a copy of a commercially available

 

product.

 

     (b) The reconstitution, mixing, or other similar act that is

 

performed pursuant to the directions contained in approved labeling

 

provided by the manufacturer of a commercially available product.

 

     (c) The compounding of allergenic extracts or biologic

 

products.

 

     (6) (5) "Compounding pharmacy" means a pharmacy that is

 

licensed under this part and is authorized to offer compounding


services under sections 17748, 17748a, and 17748b.

 

     (7) (6) "Current selling price" means the retail price for a

 

prescription drug that is available for sale from a pharmacy.

 

     Sec. 17703. (1) "Deliver" or "delivery" means the actual,

 

constructive, or attempted transfer of a drug or device from 1

 

person to another.

 

     (2) (1) "Device" means an instrument, apparatus, or

 

contrivance, including its components, parts, and accessories,

 

intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or

 

prevention of disease in human beings or other animals, or to

 

affect the structure or function of the body of human beings or

 

other animals.

 

     (3) (2) "Dispense" means to issue 1 or more doses of a drug

 

for subsequent administration to, or use by, a patient.the

 

preparation, compounding, packaging, or labeling of a drug pursuant

 

to a prescription or other authorization issued by a prescriber.

 

     (4) (3) "Dispensing prescriber" means a prescriber, other than

 

a veterinarian, who dispenses prescription drugs.

 

     (5) Except as otherwise provided in section 17780,

 

"distribute" or "distribution" means to sell, offer for sale,

 

deliver, offer to deliver, broker, give away, or transfer a drug,

 

whether by passage of title or physical movement. The term does not

 

include any of the following:

 

     (a) Dispensing or administering a drug.

 

     (b) The delivery of a drug, or offering to deliver a drug, by

 

a common carrier in the usual course of business as a common

 

carrier.


     (c) The delivery of a drug via an automated device under

 

section 17760.

 

     (6) (4) "Drug" means any of the following:

 

     (a) A substance recognized or for which the standards or

 

specifications are prescribed in the official compendium.

 

     (b) A substance intended for use in the diagnosis, cure,

 

mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in human beings or

 

other animals.

 

     (c) A substance, other than food, intended to affect the

 

structure or a function of the body of human beings or other

 

animals.

 

     (d) A substance intended for use as a component of a substance

 

specified in subdivision (a), (b), or (c), but not including a

 

device or its components, parts, or accessories.

 

     (7) (5) "Electronic signature" means an electronic sound,

 

symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with a

 

record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign

 

the record.

 

     (8) (6) "Electronically transmitted prescription" means the

 

communication of an original prescription or refill authorization

 

by electronic means including computer to computer, computer to

 

facsimile machine, or electronic mail transmission that contains

 

the same information it contained when the prescriber or his or her

 

agent transmitted the prescription. Electronically transmitted

 

prescription does not include a prescription or refill

 

authorization transmitted by telephone or facsimile machine.

 

     Sec. 17707. (1) "Personal charge" means the immediate physical


presence of a pharmacist or dispensing prescriber.

 

     (2) "Pharmacist" means an individual licensed under this

 

article to engage in the practice of pharmacy.

 

     (3) "Pharmacist in charge" or "PIC" means the pharmacist who

 

is designated by a pharmacy, manufacturer, or wholesale distributor

 

as its pharmacist in charge under section 17748(2).

 

     (4) "Pharmacist intern" or "intern" means an individual who

 

satisfactorily completes the requirements set forth in rules

 

promulgated by the department in consultation with the board and is

 

licensed by the board for the purpose of obtaining instruction in

 

the practice of pharmacy from a preceptor approved by the board.

 

     (5) "Pharmacy" means a building facility or part of a building

 

in which the practice of pharmacy is conducted. facility that is

 

licensed under this part to dispense prescription drugs or prepare

 

prescription drugs for delivery or distribution. Pharmacy does not

 

include the office of a dispensing prescriber or an automated

 

device. For the purpose of a duty placed on a pharmacy under this

 

part, "pharmacy" means the person to which the pharmacy license is

 

issued, unless otherwise specifically provided.

 

     (6) "Pharmacy technician" means an individual who is required

 

to hold a health profession subfield license under this part to

 

serve as a pharmacy technician.

 

     (7) "Practice of pharmacy" means a health service, the

 

clinical application of which includes the encouragement of safety

 

and efficacy in the prescribing, dispensing, administering, and use

 

of drugs and related articles for the prevention of illness, and

 

the maintenance and management of health. Practice of pharmacy


includes the direct or indirect provision of professional functions

 

and services associated with the practice of pharmacy. Professional

 

functions associated with the practice of pharmacy include:

 

     (a) The interpretation and evaluation of the prescription.

 

     (b) Drug product selection.

 

     (c) The compounding, dispensing, safe storage, and

 

distribution of drugs and devices.

 

     (d) The maintenance of legally required records.

 

     (e) Advising the prescriber and the patient as required as to

 

contents, therapeutic action, utilization, and possible adverse

 

reactions or interactions of drugs.

 

     Sec. 17760. (1) A pharmacy that is owned and operated by a

 

hospital licensed under article 17 may operate an automated device

 

at a location that is affiliated with the hospital but that is not

 

located at the same physical address as the pharmacy. A pharmacy

 

that operates an automated device under this section shall notify

 

the department of the automated device's location.

 

     (2) An automated device that is operated under this section

 

must be under the control and supervision of the pharmacist in

 

charge for the pharmacy described in subsection (1). The pharmacist

 

in charge for the pharmacy described in subsection (1) may, in

 

accordance with the requirements for delegation and supervision in

 

this article, delegate the stocking of the automated device, the

 

removal of medication from the automated device, the maintenance of

 

the automated device, and other tasks related to the operation of

 

the automated device, but he or she is not required to be

 

immediately physically present to supervise a delegated task. The


operation of the automated device is limited to licensed health

 

professionals.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.