Section 333.17076 - Medical care services by physician's assistant; supervision required; exception; medical care setting required; making calls or going on rounds; prescribing drugs; indicating n
PUBLIC HEALTH CODE (EXCERPT)
Act 368 of 1978
333.17076 Medical care services by physician's assistant; supervision required; exception; medical care setting required; making calls or going on rounds; prescribing drugs; indicating name of supervising physician; ordering, receiving, and dispensing complimentary starter dose drugs.
Sec. 17076.
(1) Except in an emergency situation, a physician's assistant shall provide medical care services only under the supervision of a physician or properly designated alternative physician, and only if those medical care services are within the scope of practice of the supervising physician and are delegated by the supervising physician.
(2) A physician's assistant shall provide medical care services only in a medical care setting where the supervising physician regularly sees patients. However, a physician's assistant may make calls or go on rounds under the supervision of a physician in private homes, public institutions, emergency vehicles, ambulatory care clinics, hospitals, intermediate or extended care facilities, health maintenance organizations, nursing homes, or other health care facilities to the extent permitted by the bylaws, rules, or regulations of the governing facility or organization, if any.
(3) A physician's assistant may prescribe drugs as a delegated act of a supervising physician, but shall do so only in accordance with procedures and protocol for the prescription established by rule of the appropriate board. Until the rules are promulgated, a physician's assistant may prescribe a drug other than a controlled substance as defined by article 7 or federal law, as a delegated act of the supervising physician. When delegated prescription occurs, the supervising physician's name shall be used, recorded, or otherwise indicated in connection with each individual prescription so that the individual who dispenses or administers the prescription knows under whose delegated authority the physician's assistant is prescribing.
(4) A physician's assistant may order, receive, and dispense complimentary starter dose drugs other than controlled substances as defined by article 7 or federal law as a delegated act of a supervising physician. When the delegated ordering, receipt, or dispensing of complimentary starter dose drugs occurs, the supervising physician's name shall be used, recorded, or otherwise indicated in connection with each order, receipt, or dispensing so that the individual who processes the order or delivers the complimentary starter dose drugs or to whom the complimentary starter dose drugs are dispensed knows under whose delegated authority the physician's assistant is ordering, receiving, or dispensing. As used in this subsection, “complimentary starter dose” means that term as defined in section 17745. It is the intent of the legislature in enacting this subsection to allow a pharmaceutical manufacturer or wholesale distributor, as those terms are defined in part 177, to distribute complimentary starter dose drugs to a physician's assistant, as described in this subsection, in compliance with section 503(d) of the federal food, drug, and cosmetic act, chapter 675, 52 Stat. 1051, 21 U.S.C. 353.
History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978 ;-- Am. 1990, Act 247, Imd. Eff. Oct. 12, 1990 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 355, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1996
Popular Name: Act 368
Admin Rule: R 338.6101 et seq. of the Michigan Administrative Code.