MI SB1157

Allows health professionals and individuals to administer immunizing agents pursuant to standing orders issued by a qualified public health physician, in addition to administration under physician direction.

Expands standing order authority from the chief medical executive to a "qualified public health physician" (a licensed physician in state civil service designated to support the chief medical executive and deputy director for public health).

Establishes two categories for standing orders: (1) those significantly contributing to public health where individual prescriptions are impractical, and (2) those necessary for emergent diseases or conditions requiring rapid distribution.

Standing orders issued under category (1) expire after 1 year (renewable with public website justification); those under category (2) expire after 6 months (must be rescinded if emergency no longer exists, renewable with justification).

Extends standing order authority beyond opioid antagonists to any "qualified drug" (non-controlled substances) and devices, and expands entities authorized to dispense or administer to include employees of the department of health and human services and local health departments.