What authority do APRNs have to prescribe in the state of Michigan?
To understand and explain nurses prescriptive authority in Michigan you’ll need to have four documents: 1. Occupational Regulation Sections of the Michigan Public Health Code Article 15, Part 161 • § 333.16104(1) definition of delegation • § 333.16109(2)(a)(b)(c) definition of supervision • § 333.16215(1) linkage of delegation to supervision • § Part 170 medicine 333.17048(5) physician authority to delegate prescribing to physician assistants (Pas) • § Part 175 Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery 333.17548(5) physician authority to delegate prescribing to PAs • § Part 177 Pharmacy Practice and Drug Central 333.17708(2) definition of prescriber 2. Attorney General Opinion #5630 dated January 22, 1980 3. Board of Medicine rule 338.2304/338.2305 4. Board of Osteopathic Medicine rule 338.108a/338.108b Use these four documents to explain nurse’s prescriptive authority this way: Since 1978 the Occupational Regulation Sections of the Michigan Public Health Code provided physicians (both allopath
