(1) The task force may conduct or cause to be conducted, investigations and evaluations necessary to determine whether a program meets the criteria established by this part and rules promulgated under this part.
  (2) At times the task force determines appropriate, the task force may revise the criteria for the education and training of graduates to determine whether the graduates meet the requirements for practice and use of the title physician‘s assistant in this state.

Terms Used In Michigan Laws 333.17082

  • Physician: means an individual who is licensed or authorized under this article to engage in the practice of medicine. See Michigan Laws 333.17001
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  • Task force: means the joint task force created in section 17025. See Michigan Laws 333.17001
  (3) A program approval of the director of public health and the criteria developed or recommended by the physician’s assistant’s advisory commission permitted under section 20 of former Act No. 420 of the Public Acts of 1976 shall be continued for the duration of its initial approval, unless disapproved by the task force.