HOUSE BILL No. 5311

October 18, 2005, Introduced by Reps. Stahl, Vander Veen, Caswell, Elsenheimer, Shaffer, Brandenburg, Huizenga, Meyer, Moore, Newell, Green, Pastor, Emmons, Robertson, Marleau, Gosselin, Hoogendyk, Hildenbrand, Sheen, Sheltrown, Stakoe, Palmer, Farhat, Hummel, Drolet, Casperson, LaJoy, Kooiman, Hansen, Mortimer, Taub, Moolenaar, Mayes, Van Regenmorter, Baxter, Brown, Pavlov and Wenke 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 section 17760.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 17760. (1) Emergency contraception shall only be

 

dispensed as a prescription drug and under the control of a

 

licensed pharmacist or prescriber. The licensed pharmacist or

 

prescriber who dispenses the emergency contraception shall maintain

 

the same records for the dispensing of the emergency contraception

 

as required for the dispensing of prescription drugs.

 

     (2) As used in this section, "emergency contraception" means a

 

medication or combination of medications approved by the federal

 


food and drug administration taken or used after sexual intercourse

 

for the prevention of pregnancy by preventing ovulation,

 

fertilization of an egg, or implantation of an egg in a uterus.