MI Comp L § 333.16148 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 333 - Health|Act 368 of 1978 - Public Health Code (333.1101 - 333.25211)|Article 15 - Occupations (333.16101...333.18838)|368-1978-15-161 - Part 161 General Provisions (333.16101...333.16349)|Section 333.16148 - Rules; Establishing Standards for Education and Training for Practice of Health Profession; Training Standards for Identifying Victims of Human Trafficking; Accreditation of Training Programs; Requirements for Action or Decision; Voting; Applicability of R 338.10305 to Certain Members of Nursing Faculties.

333.16148 Rules; establishing standards for education and training for practice of health profession; training standards for identifying victims of human trafficking; accreditation of training programs; requirements for action or decision; voting; applicability of R 338.10305 to certain members of nursing faculties.Sec. 16148.  (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section or section 17060, the department, in consultation with a board, may promulgate rules to establish standards for the education and training of individuals to be licensed or registered, or whose licenses or registrations are to be renewed, for the purposes of determining whether graduates of a training program have the knowledge and skills requisite for practice of a health profession or use of a title. By 2 years after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this sentence, the department shall promulgate rules to include training standards for identifying victims of human trafficking required for individuals licensed or registered under this article, except those licensed under part 188 or subject to section 17060. The training standards for identifying victims of human trafficking shall apply for a license or registration renewal beginning with the first renewal cycle after the rules are promulgated and for an initial license or registration issued 5 or more years after the rules are promulgated.  (2) Except as otherwise provided in section 17060 and subject to subsections (6) and (7), only a board may accredit training programs in hospitals, schools, colleges, universities, and institutions offering training programs meeting educational standards and may deny or withdraw accreditation of training programs for failure to meet established standards. The board shall give a hospital, school, college, university, or institution that has its program accreditation withdrawn an opportunity for a hearing.  (3) The board shall take action or make a decision under subsection (1) or (2) relating to a specific health profession subfield only after consultation with the task force in the affected health profession subfield and with at least 1 of the affected health profession subfield board members present.   (4) A member of a licensing board from the health profession subfield shall vote as an equal member in all matters except those issues designated in subsections (1) and (2) that are outside the health profession subfield.  (5) A decision of a board on standards for the education and training of individuals or the accreditation of a training program under subsection (1) or (2) must be concurred in by a majority of the board members who are not health profession subfield licensees if the decision relates solely to licenses that are not health profession subfield licenses.  (6) The requirement of subsection (2)(b)(iii) of R 338.10305 of the Michigan administrative code, that each member of the nursing faculty in a program of nursing education for registered nurses who provides instruction in the clinical laboratory or cooperating agencies hold a baccalaureate degree in nursing science does not apply to a member of the nursing faculty described in this subsection who meets both of the following requirements:  (a) Was employed by or under contract to a program of nursing education on or before September 1, 1989.  (b) Is employed by or under contract to a program of nursing education on June 29, 1995.  (7) The requirement of subsection (2)(c)(ii) of R 338.10305 of the Michigan administrative code, that each member of the nursing faculty in a program of nursing education for licensed practical nurses hold a baccalaureate degree in nursing science does not apply to a member of the nursing faculty described in this subsection who meets both of the following requirements:  (a) Was employed by or under contract to a program of nursing education on or before September 1, 1989.  (b) Is employed by or under contract to a program of nursing education on June 29, 1995. History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 115, Imd. Eff. June 29, 1995 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 343, Eff. Jan. 14, 2015 Compiler's Notes: In subsections (6) and (7), the references to "subsection" evidently should read "subrule."Popular Name: Act 368Admin Rule: R 325.321 et seq.; R 338.91 et seq.; R 338.101 et seq.; R 338.251 et seq.; R 338.281; R 338.291; R 338.311 et seq.; R 338.471a et seq.; R 338.1201 et seq.; R 338.3031; R 338.3701 et seq.; R 338.4101 et seq.; and R 340.801 et seq. of the Michigan Administrative Code.