SB-0908, As Passed House, December 9, 2004

HOUSE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 908

                                                                             A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled                                             

"Public health code,"                                                       

by amending sections 7405 and 17763 (MCL 333.7405 and 333.17763),           

section 7405 as amended by 1997 PA 153 and section 17763 as                 

amended by 2004 PA 214.                                                     

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1       Sec. 7405.  (1) A person:                                                   

2       (a) Who is licensed by the administrator under this article                 

3   shall not distribute, prescribe, or dispense a controlled                   

4   substance in violation of section 7333.                                     

5       (b) Who is a licensee shall not manufacture a controlled                    

6   substance not authorized by his or her license or distribute,               

7   prescribe, or dispense a controlled substance not authorized by             

8   his or her license to another licensee or other authorized                  

9   person, except as authorized by rules promulgated by the                    

1   administrator.                                                              

2       (c) Shall not refuse an entry into any premises for an                      

3   inspection authorized by this article.                                      

4       (d) Shall not knowingly keep or maintain a store, shop,                     

5   warehouse, dwelling, building, vehicle, boat, aircraft, or other            

6   structure or place, that is frequented by persons using                     

7   controlled substances in violation of this article for the                  

8   purpose of using controlled substances, or that is used for                 

9   keeping or selling controlled substances in violation of this               

10  article.                                                                    

11      (e) Who is a practitioner shall not dispense a prescription                 

12  for a controlled substance written and signed or transmitted by a           

13  physician prescriber licensed to practice in a state other than             

14  Michigan, unless the prescription is issued by a physician                  

15  prescriber  residing who resides adjacent to the land border               

16  between this state and an adjoining state or resides in Illinois            

17  or Minnesota and who is authorized under the laws of that state             

18  to practice medicine or osteopathic medicine and surgery and to             

19  prescribe controlled substances and whose practice may extend               

20  into this state, but who does not maintain an office or designate           

21  a place to meet patients or receive calls in this state.                    

22      (2) A person who violates subsection (1) is subject to the                  

23  penalties prescribed in section 7406.                                       

24      Sec. 17763.  In addition to the grounds set forth in part                   

25  161, the disciplinary subcommittee may fine, reprimand, or place            

26  a pharmacist licensee on probation, or deny, limit, suspend, or             

27  revoke the license of a pharmacist or order restitution or                  

1   community service for a violation or abetting in a violation of             

2   this part or rules promulgated under this part, or for 1 or more            

3   of the following grounds:                                                   

4       (a) Employing the mail to sell, distribute, or deliver a drug               

5   that requires a prescription when the prescription for the drug             

6   is received by mail.                                                        

7       (b) Permitting the dispensing of prescriptions by an                        

8   individual who is not a pharmacist, pharmacist intern, or                   

9   dispensing prescriber.                                                      

10      (c) Permitting the dispensing of prescriptions by a                         

11  pharmacist intern, except in the presence and under the personal            

12  charge of a pharmacist.                                                     

13      (d) Selling at auction drugs in bulk or in open packages                    

14  unless the sale has been approved in accordance with rules of the           

15  board.                                                                      

16      (e) Promoting a prescription drug to the public in any                      

17  manner.                                                                     

18      (f) In addition to the prohibition contained in section                     

19  7405(1)(e), dispensing a prescription for a controlled substance            

20  as defined in section 7104 that is written and signed or                    

21  transmitted by a physician prescriber in a state other than                 

22  Michigan, unless the prescription is issued by a physician                  

23  prescriber  residing who resides adjacent to the land border               

24  between this state and an adjoining state or resides in Illinois            

25  or Minnesota and who is authorized under the laws of that state             

26  to practice medicine or osteopathic medicine and surgery and to             

27  prescribe controlled substances and whose practice may extend               

1   into this state, but who does not maintain an office or designate           

2   a place to meet patients or receive calls in this state.