Bill Text: MI SB0554 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Health; occupations; use of electronic continuing education tracking services; allow. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding sec. 16206.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-03-09 - Assigned Pa 0029'16 With Immediate Effect [SB0554 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2015-SB0554-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 554

 

 

October 8, 2015, Introduced by Senators SCHUITMAKER and HORN and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

 

"Public health code,"

 

(MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211) by adding section 16206.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 16206. (1) The department may enter into an agreement

 

with an entity that is not an agency of a state or the federal

 

government to provide an electronic continuing education tracking

 

system that provides an electronic record of the continuing

 

education courses, classes, or programs completed by all of the

 

individuals who are licensed or registered under this article. All

 

of the following apply to an electronic system provided by an

 

agreement under this subsection:

 

     (a) All continuing education tracking provided by the system

 

must accurately reflect the continuing education requirements under

 

this article and rules promulgated under this article.

     (b) A confirmation of completion of continuing education

 

requirements generated by the system is considered verification of

 

completion of those requirements for renewal of a license or

 

registration and for purposes of any audit of licensees or

 

registrants conducted by the department.

 

     (c) The system must provide access to continuing education

 

information about an individual who is licensed or registered under

 

this article to the individual, to the appropriate board for the

 

individual's health profession, and to the department.

 

     (2) The department shall promulgate any rules it considers

 

appropriate to implement and administer this section.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.