Bill Text: MI SB0172 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Crimes; controlled substances; physicians and pharmacists who wrongfully prescribe, dispense, manufacture, or distribute controlled substances; increase penalties. Amends sec. 7406 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.7406).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-21 - Referred To Committee On Health Policy [SB0172 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-SB0172-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 172

 

 

February 21, 2017, Introduced by Senators O'BRIEN and ANANICH and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.

 

 

     A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

 

"Public health code,"

 

by amending section 7406 (MCL 333.7406).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 7406. A person who violates section 7405 may be punished

 

by ordered to pay a civil fine of not more than $25,000.00 in a

 

proceeding in the circuit court. However, if the violation is

 

prosecuted by a criminal indictment alleging that the violation was

 

committed knowingly or intentionally, and the trier of the fact

 

specifically finds that the violation was committed knowingly or

 

intentionally, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor, felony

 

punishable by imprisonment for not more than 2 15 years , or a fine

 

of not more than $25,000.00, or both.

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.