What authority do NPs 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 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 allopathic and osteopathic) with the authority to del
