SENATE BILL No. 1198

 

 

November 8, 2018, Introduced by Senator CASPERSON and referred to the Committee on Health  Policy.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

 

"Public health code,"

 

by amending section 17017 (MCL 333.17017), as added by 2012 PA 499.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 17017. (1) This section and section 17517 do not apply

 

after December 31, 2018.

 

     (1) (2) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a

 

physician shall not diagnose and prescribe a medical abortion for a

 

patient who is or is presumed to be pregnant unless the physician

 

or an individual licensed and qualified by education and training

 

first personally performs a physical examination of the patient. A

 

physician shall not utilize other means including, but not limited

 

to, an internet web camera, to diagnose and prescribe a medical

 

abortion.

 

     (2) (3) A physician shall obtain the informed consent of a

 

patient in the manner prescribed under section 17015 to perform a

 

medical abortion. The physician shall be physically present at the

 

location of the medical abortion when the prescription drug used to

 

initiate the medical abortion is dispensed. An individual under the

 

direct supervision of the prescribing physician who is qualified by

 

education and training as provided in this act may dispense or

 

administer the prescription drug used to initiate the medical

 

abortion.

 

     (3) (4) This section does not create a right to abortion.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a person shall

 

not perform an abortion that is prohibited by law.

 

     (4) (5) As used in this section:

 

     (a) "Abortion" means that term as defined in section 17015.

 

     (b) "Medical abortion" means an abortion procedure that is not

 

a surgical procedure and that utilizes a prescription drug to

 

induce an abortion.

 

     (c) "Prescription drug" means that term as defined in section

 

17708.