Bill Text: MI SB0741 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Chaptered
Bill Title: Occupations; health care professions; granting temporary license to military spouses who hold a similar license or registration in another jurisdiction; allow under certain circumstances. Amends sec. 16181 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16181).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-06-12 - Assigned Pa 0148'14 With Immediate Effect [SB0741 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2013-SB0741-Chaptered.html
Act No. 148
Public Acts of 2014
Approved by the Governor
June 11, 2014
Filed with the Secretary of State
June 11, 2014
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 11, 2014
STATE OF MICHIGAN
97TH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2014
Introduced by Senator Schuitmaker
ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 741
AN ACT to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled “An act to protect and promote the public health; to codify, revise, consolidate, classify, and add to the laws relating to public health; to provide for the prevention and control of diseases and disabilities; to provide for the classification, administration, regulation, financing, and maintenance of personal, environmental, and other health services and activities; to create or continue, and prescribe the powers and duties of, departments, boards, commissions, councils, committees, task forces, and other agencies; to prescribe the powers and duties of governmental entities and officials; to regulate occupations, facilities, and agencies affecting the public health; to regulate health maintenance organizations and certain third party administrators and insurers; to provide for the imposition of a regulatory fee; to provide for the levy of taxes against certain health facilities or agencies; to promote the efficient and economical delivery of health care services, to provide for the appropriate utilization of health care facilities and services, and to provide for the closure of hospitals or consolidation of hospitals or services; to provide for the collection and use of data and information; to provide for the transfer of property; to provide certain immunity from liability; to regulate and prohibit the sale and offering for sale of drug paraphernalia under certain circumstances; to provide for the implementation of federal law; to provide for penalties and remedies; to provide for sanctions for violations of this act and local ordinances; to provide for an appropriation and supplements; to repeal certain acts and parts of acts; to repeal certain parts of this act; and to repeal certain parts of this act on specific dates,” by amending section 16181 (MCL 333.16181), as amended by 2014 PA 41.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 16181. (1) A board may grant a nonrenewable, temporary license to an applicant who has completed all requirements for licensure except for examination or other required evaluation procedure. A board shall not grant a temporary license to an individual who has previously failed the examination or other required evaluation procedure or whose license has been suspended or revoked. A temporary license issued under this subsection is valid for 18 months, but a board shall automatically void the temporary license if the applicant fails the examination or other required evaluation procedure.
(2) The Michigan board of nursing may grant a nonrenewable, temporary license to an applicant for a license under part 172 to engage in the practice of nursing as a registered professional nurse if the applicant is licensed as a registered professional nurse by an equivalent licensing board or authority in another state or is licensed as a registered professional nurse by an equivalent licensing board or authority in Canada. A temporary license issued under this subsection expires on the earliest of the following:
(a) One year after the date of issuance.
(b) The date the applicant is notified that he or she failed the commission on graduates of foreign nursing schools qualifying examination, as approved by the department.
(c) The date the applicant is notified that he or she failed the national council licensure examination, as approved by the department.
(d) The date the applicant is issued a license under part 172 to engage in the practice of nursing as a registered professional nurse.
(e) The date the applicant is notified that he or she has failed to meet the requirements of this article and rules promulgated under this article for licensure.
(f) The date the applicant is notified that he or she has failed to complete the application process for full licensure.
(3) The holder of a temporary license issued under subsection (1) or (5) shall practice only under the supervision of a licensee who holds a license, other than a health profession subfield license, in the same health profession. The holder of a temporary license issued under subsection (1) or (5) must not be supervised by a licensee who holds a limited license or temporary license.
(4) The department shall issue a temporary license within 48 hours upon receiving proof that the applicant’s license issued by another state or a province in Canada is currently active and in good standing.
(5) Beginning 90 days after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection, a board shall grant a temporary license to an applicant who meets all of the following:
(a) He or she provides proof acceptable to the board that he or she is married to a member of the armed forces of the United States who is on active duty. As used in this subdivision, “armed forces” means that term as defined in section 20950.
(b) He or she provides proof acceptable to the board that he or she holds a current license in good standing, or a current registration in good standing, in that health profession, issued by an equivalent licensing department, board, or authority, as determined by the board, in another state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, another territory or protectorate of the United States, or a foreign country.
(c) He or she provides proof acceptable to the board that his or her spouse is assigned to a duty station in this state and that he or she is also assigned to a duty station in this state under his or her spouse’s permanent change of station orders.
(d) He or she complies with section 16174(3) so that a criminal history check is conducted in the manner prescribed in that section.
(6) A temporary license issued under subsection (5) is valid for 6 months and may be renewed for 1 additional 6-month term if the board determines the temporary licensee continues to meet the requirements of subsection (5) and needs additional time to fulfill the requirements for initial licensure under this article.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Approved
Governor
