Section 333.17703 - Definitions; D, E.
PUBLIC HEALTH CODE (EXCERPT)
Act 368 of 1978
333.17703 Definitions; D, E.
Sec. 17703.
(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.
(2) "Dispense" means to issue 1 or more doses of a drug for subsequent administration to, or use by, a patient.
(3) "Dispensing prescriber" means a prescriber, other than a veterinarian, who dispenses prescription drugs.
(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.
(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.
(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 authorized agent transmitted the prescription. Electronically transmitted prescription does not include a prescription or refill authorization transmitted by telephone or facsimile machine.
History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 431, Eff. Mar. 31, 1981 ;-- Am. 1992, Act 281, Imd. Eff. Dec. 18, 1992 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 672, Imd. Eff. Jan. 10, 2007
Popular Name: Act 368