Practice agreement; designation of physician; countersigning order or signing official form not required.
MCL 333.17549
in effect333.17549. Practice agreement; designation of physician; countersigning order or signing official form not required.
Sec. 17549.
(1) A group of physicians practicing other than as sole practitioners may designate 1 or more physicians in the group to enter into a practice agreement under section 17547.
(2) Notwithstanding any law or rule to the contrary, a physician is not required to countersign orders written in a patient's clinical record by a physician's assistant with whom the physician has a practice agreement. Notwithstanding any law or rule to the contrary, a physician is not required to sign an official form that lists the physician's signature as the required signatory if that official form is signed by a physician's assistant with whom the physician has a practice agreement.
Add. 1990, Act 247, Imd. Eff. Oct. 12, 1990; Am. 2004, Act 512, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 2005; Am. 2011, Act 210, Imd. Eff. Nov. 8, 2011; Am. 2016, Act 379, Eff. Mar. 22, 2017
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Source: Michigan Legislature (legislature.mi.gov)URL: https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-333-17549Fetched: 10/20/2026