Year: 2017
Resolution Number: 13
Action Taken: Approved as Amended
Status: Complete
Author(s): Robert Levine, MD
Sponsor: Robert Levine, MD
On behalf of: Oakland County Delegation
Committee: Ways and Means
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That MSMS seek legislation that would require pharmacies to provide liquid dosing syringes, as well as face-to-face counseling and general education about the importance and proper use of a standard dosing syringe; and be it further RESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the American Medical Association (AMA) ask our AMA to seek rules from the US Food and Drug Administration requiring that all liquid over-the-counter medications have dosing listed only in milliliters and to have appropriate dosing syringes provided with all liquid medication.
RESOLVED: That MSMS seek legislation that would require pharmacies to provide liquid dosing syringes, as well as face-to-face counseling and general education about the importance and proper use of a standard dosing syringe; and be it further RESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the American Medical Association (AMA) ask our AMA to seek rules from the US Food and Drug Administration requiring that all liquid over-the-counter medications have dosing listed only in milliliters and to have appropriate dosing syringes provided with all liquid medication.
Fiscal Note: NULL
Resolution: View PDF for Liquid Medication Dosing
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