{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-333.17744","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.17744","heading":"Designation of agent by prescriber; issuance of prescription; limitation; transmission of prescription to pharmacy.","body":"Sec. 17744.\n\n(1) A prescriber may designate an agent to act on behalf of or at the discretion of that prescriber. A designation of an agent by a prescriber under this section is not required to be in writing to be a valid designation. If a designation of an agent by a prescriber under this section is contained in a written document, the prescriber or the agent may transmit that document to a pharmacy that will dispense a prescription issued by that prescriber.\n\n(2) Except as otherwise provided in this part, only a prescriber who is acting within the scope of the prescriber's practice may issue a prescription. An agent may prepare and transmit a prescription that has been signed by the prescriber, including a signature that meets the requirements of section 17754 or 17754a. The prescriber issuing a prescription and the pharmacist issuing a prescription in accordance with this part or dispensing a drug or device under a prescription is responsible for all of the requirements of state and federal law, rules, and regulations regarding the issuance of prescriptions and dispensing of drugs or devices under prescriptions.\n\n(3) A prescriber or the prescriber's agent may transmit to a pharmacy a prescription that is contained within a patient's chart in a health facility or agency licensed under article 17 or other medical institution. A prescription that is contained within a patient's chart in a health facility or agency licensed under article 17 or other medical institution and that is created in an electronic format may contain more than 6 prescriptions and may contain prescriptions for schedule 3 to 5 controlled substances and noncontrolled substances on the same form.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 333","Act Act-368-of-1978"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-333-17744","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"60a58819dd82a715ab762eb94e259572b18f3083596d612ac6e80c2b574748e4","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-333.17743","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-333.17744a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}