Michigan Compiled Laws
368-1978-15-170 - Part 170 Medicine (333.17001...333.17097)
Section 333.17017 - Physical Examination Required; Certain Other Means Prohibited; Right to Abortion Not Created; Definitions.

Sec. 17017.
(1) This section and section 17517 do not apply after December 31, 2018.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a physician shall not diagnose and prescribe a medical abortion for a patient who is or is presumed to be pregnant unless the physician or an individual licensed and qualified by education and training first personally performs a physical examination of the patient. A physician shall not utilize other means including, but not limited to, an internet web camera, to diagnose and prescribe a medical abortion.
(3) A physician shall obtain the informed consent of a patient in the manner prescribed under section 17015 to perform a medical abortion. The physician shall be physically present at the location of the medical abortion when the prescription drug used to initiate the medical abortion is dispensed. An individual under the direct supervision of the prescribing physician who is qualified by education and training as provided in this act may dispense or administer the prescription drug used to initiate the medical abortion.
(4) This section does not create a right to abortion. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a person shall not perform an abortion that is prohibited by law.
(5) As used in this section:
(a) "Abortion" means that term as defined in section 17015.
(b) "Medical abortion" means an abortion procedure that is not a surgical procedure and that utilizes a prescription drug to induce an abortion.
(c) "Prescription drug" means that term as defined in section 17708.
History: Add. 2012, Act 499, Eff. Mar. 31, 2013 Popular Name: Act 368

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Michigan Compiled Laws

Chapter 333 - Health

Act 368 of 1978 - Public Health Code (333.1101 - 333.25211)

Article 15 - Occupations (333.16101...333.18838)

368-1978-15-170 - Part 170 Medicine (333.17001...333.17097)

Section 333.17001 - Definitions; Principles of Construction.

Section 333.17008 - Physician's Assistant; Health Profession Subfield.

Section 333.17011 - License or Authorization Required; Granting License to Individuals Meeting Certain Requirements; Prohibition; Conditions for Granting License; Use of Words, Titles, or Letters.

Section 333.17011a - Expedited License Under the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact; Authorization to Engage in Practice of Medicine; "Interstate Medical Licensure Compact" Defined.

Section 333.17012 - Postgraduate Medical Study Requiring Practice of Medicine; Full or Limited License Required; Requirements of Limited License; Training; Renewing Limited License.

Section 333.17013 - Alternative Methods of Treatment of Breast Cancer; Duty of Physician to Inform Patient; Standardized Written Summary or Brochure; Form; Civil Action.

Section 333.17014 - Legislative Findings.

Section 333.17015 - Informed Consent; Definitions; Duties of Physician or Assistant; Location; Disclosure of Information; View of Ultrasound; Medical Emergency Necessitating Abortion; Duties of Department; Physician's Duty to Inform Patient; Validity...

Section 333.17015a - Coercion; Screening; Protocols; Report; Availability of Publications About Violence Against Women; Right to Abortion Not Created.

Section 333.17016 - Performance of Partial-Birth Abortion Prohibited.

Section 333.17017 - Physical Examination Required; Certain Other Means Prohibited; Right to Abortion Not Created; Definitions.

Section 333.17018 - Needle Electromyography; Performance by Licensed Physician; Delegation; Nerve Conduction Tests; Performance of Electrodiagnostic Studies by Physical Therapist, Podiatrist, or Chiropractor; Payment.

Section 333.17020 - Genetic Test; Informed Consent.

Section 333.17021 - Michigan Board of Medicine; Creation; Membership; Limitation on Powers and Duties.

Section 333.17025 - Joint Task Force; Creation; Membership.

Section 333.17026 - Terms of Office.

Section 333.17030 - Clinical Academic Limited License; Requirements; Annual Renewal; Duration of Practice.

Section 333.17031 - Condition for More Than Limited Licensure; Requirements for Full License to Practice Medicine; Filing and Contents of Written Statement; Civil or Criminal Liability; Rebuttable Presumption; Applicability to Clinical Academic Limit...

Section 333.17033 - Renewal of License; Evidence Required; Completion of Hours or Courses in Pain and Symptom Management as Continuing Education; Rules.

Section 333.17040-333.17047 - Repealed. 1990, Act 247, Imd. Eff. Oct. 12, 1990.

Section 333.17047 - Practice as Physician's Assistant; Practice Agreement.

Section 333.17048 - Prohibiting or Restricting Delegation of Medical Care Service or Requiring Higher Levels of Supervision; Rules Concerning Prescribing of Drugs; Organization as Professional Service Corporation or Professional Limited Liability Com...

Section 333.17049 - Practice Agreement; Designation of Physician; Countersigning Order or Signing Official Form Not Required.

Section 333.17050 - Prohibiting Physician or Physician's Assistant From Entering Into Practice Agreement; Grounds.

Section 333.17054 - Criteria for Licensure of Physician's Assistants and for Evaluation of Training Programs; Recommendations.

Section 333.17056 - Exception.

Section 333.17058 - Repealed. 1993, Act 79, Eff. Apr. 1, 1994.

Section 333.17060 - Duties of Department.

Section 333.17062 - Applicant for Licensure as Physician's Assistant; Qualifications.

Section 333.17064 - Applicant for Licensure as Physician's Assistant; Examination Required; Waiver; Nature of Examination; Use of National Examination; Discrimination Prohibited; Reciprocity; Investigation; Additional Documentation or Information.

Section 333.17066 - Repealed. 2016, Act 379, Eff. Mar. 22, 2017.

Section 333.17068 - Application by Physician's Assistant for Licensure or Renewal of Licensure; Form; Requirements for Relicensing; Standards; Temporary License.

Section 333.17070 - Granting Renewal; Notice of Denial; Right to Hearing.

Section 333.17072 - Certificate of Licensure, Temporary Licensure, or Renewal; Issuance; Contents; Interim Licensure; Nonrenewable Temporary License; Display; Pocket Card; Identification.

Section 333.17074 - Prohibited Undertakings, Representations, and Services by Physician's Assistant; Permissible Services.

Section 333.17076 - Physician's Assistant; Making Calls or Going on Rounds in Accordance With Practice Agreement; Prescribing Drugs; Ordering, Receiving, and Dispensing Complimentary Starter Dose Drugs.

Section 333.17078 - Physician's Assistant; Conformance to Minimal Standards of Practice.

Section 333.17082 - Investigations and Evaluations by Task Force; Purpose; Revision of Criteria for Education and Training; Continuation of Program Approval and Criteria.

Section 333.17084 - Register of Programs; Contents; Public Inspection.

Section 333.17086-333.17088 - Repealed. 1993, Act 79, Eff. Apr. 1, 1994.

Section 333.17091 - Rules.

Section 333.17092 - Genetic Counselor; Licensure Requirements.

Section 333.17093 - Practice of Genetic Counseling; License Required.

Section 333.17094 - Genetic Counselor; Temporary License; Interim Requirements.

Section 333.17095 - Use of Titles, Words, or Initials; Applicability of Sections 17091 to 17096.

Section 333.17096 - Renewal of License; Evidence Required.

Section 333.17097 - Third Party Reimbursement or Mandated Worker's Compensation Benefits.