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Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 333. Health § 333.7109

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 7109. (1) “Person” means a person as defined in section 1106  1 or a governmental entity.

(2) “Poppy straw” means all parts, except the seeds, of the opium poppy, after mowing.

(3) “Practitioner” means any of the following:

(a) A prescriber or pharmacist, a scientific investigator as defined by rule of the administrator, or other person licensed, registered, or otherwise permitted to distribute, dispense, conduct research with respect to, or administer a controlled substance in the course of professional practice or research in this state, including an individual in charge of a dog pound or animal shelter licensed or registered by the department of agriculture and rural development under 1969 PA 287, MCL 287.331 to 287.340, or a class B dealer licensed by the United States Department of Agriculture under the animal welfare act, Public Law 89-544, 7 USC 2131 to 2147, 2149, and 2151 to 2159 and the department of agriculture and rural development under 1969 PA 224, MCL 287.381 to 287.395, for the limited purpose of buying, possessing, and administering a commercially prepared, premixed solution of sodium pentobarbital to practice euthanasia on animals.

(b) A pharmacy, hospital, or other institution or place of professional practice licensed, registered, or otherwise permitted to distribute, prescribe, dispense, conduct research with respect to, or administer a controlled substance in the course of professional practice or research in this state.

(4) “Prescriber” means that term as defined in section 17708.  2

(5) “Prescription form” means a printed form, that is authorized and intended for use by a prescribing practitioner to prescribe controlled substances or other prescription drugs and that meets the requirements of rules promulgated by the administrator, and all of the following requirements:

(a) Bears the preprinted, stamped, typed, or manually printed name, address, and telephone number or pager number of the prescribing practitioner.

(b) Includes the manually printed name of the patient, the address of the patient, the prescribing practitioner's signature, and the prescribing practitioner's drug enforcement administration registration number.

(c) Includes the quantity of the prescription drug prescribed, in both written and numerical terms.

(d) Includes the date the prescription drug was prescribed.

(e) Complies with any rules promulgated by the department under section 7333a(6). 3

(6) “Production” means the manufacture, planting, cultivation, growing, or harvesting of a controlled substance.

(7) “Sign” means to affix one's signature manually to a document or to use an electronic signature.

(8) “Ultimate user” means an individual who lawfully possesses a controlled substance for personal use or for the use of a member of the individual's household, or for administering to an animal owned by the individual or by a member of the individual's household.

1 M.C.L.A. § 333.1106.
2 M.C.L.A. § 333.17708.
3 M.C.L.A. § 333.7333a.
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