HB-6141, As Passed Senate, September 13, 2006

HOUSE BILL No. 6141

June 7, 2006, Introduced by Rep. Kahn and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.

A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

"Public health code,"

by amending section 17011 (MCL 333.17011), as amended by 1993 PA

79, and by adding section 17026.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

Sec. 17011. (1) An individual shall not engage in the practice

of medicine or practice as a physician's assistant unless licensed

or otherwise authorized by this article. An individual shall not

engage in teaching or research that requires the practice of

medicine unless the individual is licensed or otherwise authorized

by this article.

(2) Notwithstanding section 16145 or rules promulgated

pursuant to that section, the board may grant a license to an

individual who meets the requirements of section 16186 or 17031(2)

after reviewing the applicant's record of practice, experience, and

credentials and determining that the applicant is competent to

practice medicine.

(3) For individuals applying for licensure under section

16186, the board shall not impose requirements on graduates of

medical schools located outside the United States or Canada that

exceed the requirements imposed on graduates of medical schools

located in the United States or Canada.

(4) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the

following words, titles, or letters or a combination thereof, with

or without qualifying words or phrases, are restricted in use only

to those individuals authorized under this part to use the terms

and in a way prescribed in this part: "doctor of medicine", "m.d.",

"physician's assistant", and "p.a.". Notwithstanding section 16261,

an individual who was specially trained at an institution of higher

education in this state to assist a physician in the field of

orthopedics and, upon completion of training, received a 2-year

associate of science degree as an orthopedic physician's assistant

before January 1, 1977 may use the title "orthopedic physician's

assistant" whether or not the individual is licensed under this

part.

Sec. 17026. The terms of office of individual members of the

board and task force created under this part, except those

appointed to fill vacancies, expire 4 years after appointment on

December 31 of the year in which the term expires.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect