Bill Text: MI SB0867 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Trade; consumer goods and services; certain sales or use of human lice treatments containing lindane; prohibit. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding pt. 140 to art. 12.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-12-06 - Referred To Committee On Health Policy [SB0867 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2011-SB0867-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 867

 

 

December 6, 2011, Introduced by Senators JONES, WARREN, ANDERSON, NOFS, ROCCA, MARLEAU and PAPPAGEORGE and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

 

"Public health code,"

 

(MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211) by adding part 140 to article 12.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

ARTICLE 12. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

 

PART 140. CONSUMER PRODUCTS

 

     Sec. 14001. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a person

 

shall not sell, offer for sale, possess for sale, give away, use,

 

or prescribe any product used for the treatment of lice or scabies

 

in human beings that contains the pesticide chemical lindane.

 

     (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to either of the following:

 

     (a) The sale, offer for sale, or giving away of a product

 

described in subsection (1) to a physician.

 

     (b) The use of a product described in subsection (1) under the

 

supervision of a physician in his or her office if the physician

 

considers the use of that product necessary for the treatment of a

 

patient's lice or scabies.

 

     Sec. 14005. (1) A person who violates section 14001 is guilty

 

of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000.00.

 

     (2) This section does not prohibit an individual from being

 

charged with, convicted of, or punished for any other violation of

 

law that is committed by that individual while violating section

 

14001.