Bill Text: MI HB4408 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Chaptered
Bill Title: Health occupations; veterinarians; veterinarian continuing education requirement; modify, and include veterinary technicians and a license cycle for veterinarian and veterinary technician licenses. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding sec. 18813. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4999'15
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 10-2)
Status: (Passed) 2016-03-16 - Assigned Pa 47'16 With Immediate Effect [HB4408 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2015-HB4408-Chaptered.html
Act No. 47
Public Acts of 2016
Approved by the Governor
March 15, 2016
Filed with the Secretary of State
March 15, 2016
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 13, 2016
STATE OF MICHIGAN
98TH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2016
Introduced by Reps. Crawford, Vaupel, McCready, Kesto, Love, Price, Brett Roberts, Jacobsen, Theis, Callton, Canfield and Singh
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4408
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,” (MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211) by adding section 18813.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 18813. (1) A licensee seeking renewal of a veterinarian’s license shall, if requested, furnish the department with satisfactory evidence that during the 3 years immediately preceding application for renewal, he or she attended at least 45 hours of continuing education courses or programs approved by the board.
(2) A licensee seeking renewal of a veterinary technician’s license shall, if requested, furnish the department with satisfactory evidence that during the 3 years immediately preceding application for renewal, he or she attended at least 15 hours of continuing education courses or programs approved by the board.
(3) The license cycle for a veterinarian’s license and a veterinary technician’s license is 3 years.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect unless House Bill No. 4999 of the 98th Legislature is enacted into law.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Secretary of the Senate
Approved
Governor
