Health occupations: advanced practice registered nurses; scope of practice of registered professional nurses who hold specialty certifications as nurse practitioners; modify. Amends secs. 7303, 17201, 17210, 17211a & 17212 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.7303 et seq.) & adds sec. 17210a.

HB 6167 modifies Michigan's Public Health Code to update the rules governing the scope of practice for registered professional nurses who hold specialty certifications as nurse practitioners. The bill primarily affects these advanced practice nurses by clarifying their legal authority to prescribe and dispense controlled substances, including pharmaceutical-grade cannabis, when acting within their certified specialty. It achieves this by amending existing sections of the law and adding a new provision that explicitly allows the state licensing administrator to issue controlled substance licenses to nurse practitioners who have met the necessary specialty certification requirements. This legislative change aims to align the statutory framework with current nursing practices without altering the fundamental qualifications needed to become a nurse practitioner.