Michigan Laws 333.17212 – Registered professional nurse or advanced practice registered nurse; ordering, receiving, or dispensing complimentary starter dose drugs; delegation; “complimentary starter dose” defined
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 333.17212
- in writing: shall be construed to include printing, engraving, and lithographing; except that if the written signature of a person is required by law, the signature shall be the proper handwriting of the person or, if the person is unable to write, the person's proper mark, which may be, unless otherwise expressly prohibited by law, a clear and classifiable fingerprint of the person made with ink or another substance. See Michigan Laws 8.3q
- Manufacturer: means a person that prepares, produces, derives, propagates, compounds, processes, packages, or repackages a drug or device salable on prescription only, or otherwise changes the container or the labeling of a drug or device salable on prescription only, and that supplies, distributes, sells, offers for sale, barters, or otherwise disposes of that drug or device and any other drug or device salable on prescription only, to another person for resale, compounding, or dispensing. See Michigan Laws 333.17706
- Physician: means a physician who is licensed under part 170 or part 175. See Michigan Laws 333.17201
(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), in addition to acts, tasks, and functions delegated under section 16215, 17211a(1)(b), 17745, 17745a, or 17745b, a supervising physician may delegate in writing to a registered professional nurse the ordering, receipt, and dispensing of complimentary starter dose drugs other than controlled substances as defined in article 7 or federal law. If a delegated ordering, receipt, or dispensing of complimentary starter dose drugs described in this subsection occurs, both the registered professional nurse’s name and the supervising physician’s name shall be used, recorded, or otherwise indicated in connection with each order, receipt, or dispensing.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), an advanced practice registered nurse may order, receive, and dispense a complimentary starter dose drug without delegation from a physician. Only the name of the advanced practice registered nurse shall be used, recorded, or otherwise indicated in connection with an order, receipt, or dispensing of a complimentary starter dose drug under this subsection.
(3) An advanced practice registered nurse may order, receive, and dispense complimentary starter doses of controlled substances included in schedules 2 to 5 of part 72 as a delegated act of a physician. If a delegated ordering, receipt, or dispensing of complimentary starter dose drugs described in this subsection occurs, the advanced practice registered nurse’s name and the delegating physician’s name shall be used, recorded, or otherwise indicated in connection with each order, receipt, or dispensing and both the advanced practice registered nurse’s and the delegating physician’s DEA registration number shall be used, recorded, or otherwise indicated in connection with each order, receipt, or dispensing.
(4) It is the intent of the legislature in enacting this section to allow a pharmaceutical manufacturer or wholesale distributor, as those terms are defined in part 177, to distribute complimentary starter dose drugs to an advanced practice registered nurse described in subsections (2) and (3), or to a registered professional nurse described in subsection (1), in compliance with section 503(d) of the federal food, drug, and cosmetic act, 21 USC 353.
(5) As used in this section, “complimentary starter dose” means that term as defined in section 17745.