Licensing Flexibility Codified through SB 759
On December 27, 2021, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed Senate Bill 759 into law, which took effect immediately. SB 759 allows individuals without a license for the practice of a health profession to perform certain limited duties. For example, students in a health profession training program may perform duties assigned while training.
Additionally, SB 759 provides flexibility, when the Director of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services determines that control of an epidemic is necessary, for individuals licensed in another state or country to provide medical care. The individual authorized to practice a health profession in another state must be able to meet the requirements of the Michigan Public Health Code for licensure.
This provision is designed to allow flexibility and prevent staffing shortages during an epidemic and is a continuation of the regulatory flexibility for the provision of health care services implemented during 2020. An “epidemic-related staffing shortage” is defined in SB 759 as a shortage of individuals licensed under the Public Health Code during the epidemic. A staffing shortage caused by a labor dispute does not constitute an epidemic-related staffing shortage.
Finally, SB 759 codifies other situations where a health professional not licensed in Michigan may provide care. These situations include exceptional circumstances where an out-of-state health professional is called in for consultation or treatment, if an out-of-state health professional is attending a meeting or training in Michigan, when an out-of-state health professional is providing services for an athletic team, and others.
If you have questions on the provision of medical care by a student or individual licensed in another state, please contact a Foster Swift health care attorney.
- Jennifer Van Regenmorter...616.796.2502...jvanregenmorter@fosterswift.com
- Caroline Renner...616.726.2211...crenner@fosterswift.com
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Jennifer has particular expertise in health law and she represents providers with emphasis in the areas of physicians, hospice, home care and long term care, including one of the country’s largest long-term care organizations. She has a vast array of experience in teaming with providers in the areas of regulatory compliance and contracts.
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Best Lawyers® 2021
Congratulations to the attorneys of the Health Care practice group at Foster Swift Collins & Smith, PC for their inclusion in the Best Lawyers in America 2021 edition. Firm-wide, 44 lawyers were listed. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation and as lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Health Care practice group members listed in Best Lawyers are as follows:
- Gilbert M. Frimet, Southfield
- Richard C. Kraus, Lansing
- Jennifer B. Van Regenmorter, Holland
To see the full list of Foster Swift attorneys listed in Best Lawyers 2021, click here.