MI HB5533

Physician's assistants must practice under a written practice agreement with a participating physician that includes communication protocols, alternative consultation procedures, and 30-day termination provisions signed by both parties.

Physician's assistants may prescribe drugs including controlled substances in schedules 2-5 and order/dispense complimentary starter dose drugs, with their name and DEA registration number recorded for controlled substances.

Practice agreements must specify duties and responsibilities based on the physician's assistant's education, training, and experience, and cannot include acts outside their qualifications or license scope.

Physician's assistants may make calls and rounds without restrictions on frequency or time and can be designated by groups of physicians or health facilities to represent them in practice agreements.

Physicians are not required to countersign orders or sign official forms when a physician's assistant with whom they have a practice agreement signs them, streamlining administrative requirements.