Terms Used In Michigan Laws 333.17011a

  • Physician: means an individual who is licensed or authorized under this article to engage in the practice of medicine. See Michigan Laws 333.17001
  • Practice of medicine: means the diagnosis, treatment, prevention, cure, or relieving of a human disease, ailment, defect, complaint, or other physical or mental condition, by attendance, advice, device, diagnostic test, or other means, or offering, undertaking, attempting to do, or holding oneself out as able to do, any of these acts. See Michigan Laws 333.17001
  (1) An allopathic physician who holds an expedited license under the interstate medical licensure compact is authorized to engage in the practice of medicine under this article.
  (2) For purposes of this article, including the obligations of an individual who is licensed as a physician under this part, an allopathic physician who holds an expedited license under the interstate medical licensure compact is considered a physician who is licensed under this part.
  (3) As used in this section, “interstate medical licensure compact” means the interstate medical licensure compact as enacted in section 16189.