Physician duties · PharmD · Michigan
Signing for a Pharmacist in Michigan: what the physician takes on
The agreement is mandatory for the clinician, which makes its duties mandatory for you. Michigan does not name a specific instrument.
Represents Michigan's delegated drug-therapy-management tier under MCL 333.16215/333.17707, not ordinary pharmacist licensure — base dispensing needs no such delegation. A pharmacist is NOT independently a prescriber and cannot be delegated the core act of prescribing a controlled substance in their own name, even under delegation/protocol.
What you take on as the physician
The rules the physician relationship has to follow. Each fact comes from the statute or board rule listed under sources.
Proximity
Not codified — left to the agreement
Supervision ratio
Not codified — no cap on file
Chart review
Not codified — left to the agreement
Meeting cadence
Not codified — left to the agreement
Prescriptive authority
Covered by the practice agreement · no controlled-substance authority
Under delegation/protocol, a pharmacist may adjust doses, manage therapy, and make recommendations — including for existing controlled-substance regimens — but cannot be delegated the core act of prescribing a controlled substance in the pharmacist's own name (secondary-sourced summary of MCL 333.16215/333.17707); coded False here to reflect that this is not independent controlled-substance prescriptive authority.
Written agreement
Required
Only required if the pharmacist and a physician elect to engage in delegated drug-therapy management/protocol adjustment of an existing prescriber's orders — a pharmacist's base license and general dispensing authority need no such agreement. Michigan does not require Board approval or filing of the delegation agreement, only that a signed copy be kept at the practice site for inspection.
Practice ownership (corporate practice of medicine)
Non-licensee ownership permitted — No pharmacist-ownership requirement was identified for Michigan pharmacy permits in this pass — not independently confirmed against a specific statute/reg; treat as consistent with the typical non-restrictive pharmacy-ownership pattern seen in other states rather than a settled Michigan-specific finding.
Materially more permissive than the physician-only PSC/PLLC regime governing PA/APRN entities above, if confirmed.
Legal sources for these rules (4)
- MCL 333.16215 — Delegation of acts, tasks, or functions
- MCL 333.17707 — Practice of pharmacy; definition
- MCL 333.17744g (added by P.A. 242 of 2024) — Pharmacist contraceptive prescribing
- Council on Pharmacy Standards — Michigan Collaborative Practice Roadmap for Pharmacistssecondary
What physicians charge for this role
Typical monthly compensation in Michigan
$500 – $600
Estimate for one Pharmacist. Standard-tier state.
About Michigan's rules
Michigan has no independent-practice pathway for NPs, CNMs, CNSs, or PAs — specialty certification alone never grants autonomous practice, and delegated authority is renewable/revocable rather than a one-time threshold. CRNAs may deliver anesthesia care independently within the perioperative period but must still maintain a collaborating physician/dentist/podiatrist relationship. A PA-only PLLC has been prohibited since 2010.
Other clinicians in Michigan: see the state overview.