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Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.16294 (2026)

Unlawful conduct; felony.

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PUBLIC HEALTH CODE


Act 368 of 1978


333.16294 Unlawful conduct; felony.

Sec. 16294.

    Except as provided in section 16215, an individual who practices or holds himself or herself out as practicing a health profession regulated by this article without a license or registration or under a suspended, revoked, lapsed, void, or fraudulently obtained license or registration, or outside the provisions of a limited license or registration, or who uses as his or her own the license or registration of another person, is guilty of a felony.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978 ;-- Am. 1993, Act 79, Eff. Apr. 1, 1994

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Cited in 15 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1985–2022 · leading case: People v. Rogers, 641 N.W.2d 595 (Mich. Ct. App. 2002).
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People v. Rogers, 641 N.W.2d 595 (Mich. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 3× “The prosecution appeals as of right the circuit court’s order granting defendant’s motion to quash informations charging her with five counts of practicing a health profession without a license, MCL 333.16294. The circuit court concluded that the statutory definition of…”
People of Michigan v. Bruce Phillip Langlois, 924 N.W.2d 904 (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 3× “" Defendant was charged with three counts of the unauthorized practice of a health profession, MCL 333.16294, related to performing veterinary surgery in December 2016 while his license to practice veterinary *239 medicine was revoked.”
People v. Stiller, 617 N.W.2d 697 (Mich. Ct. App. 2000). · cites it 3× “549, and unauthorized practice of medicine, MCL 333.16294; MSA 14.15(16294). The trial court sentenced him to concurrent terms of eight to twenty years’ imprisonment for the second-degree murder conviction and two to four years’ imprisonment for the unauthorized practice of…”
Cherry v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins., 489 N.W.2d 788 (Mich. Ct. App. 1992). “MCL 333.16294; MSA 14.15(16294). Consequently, unless acupuncture is administered by a licensed physician, it is not lawfully rendered.”
People of Michigan v. Xun Wang (Mich. 2020). · cites it 12× “, and one count of unauthorized practice of a health profession under MCL 333.16294 of the Public Health Code, 333.”
People of Michigan v. Xun Wang (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 9× “She was sentenced to 60 months’ probation, allowing for release from probation upon payment of fines and costs, and to concurrent terms of 365 days in jail, held in abeyance and to be suspended upon completion of probation.”
People of Michigan v. Xun Wang (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 9× “She was sentenced to 60 months’ probation, allowing for release from probation upon payment of fines and costs, and to concurrent terms of 365 days in jail, held in abeyance and to be suspended upon completion of probation.”
People v. Ham-Ying, 371 N.W.2d 874 (Mich. Ct. App. 1985). “15(7401), and practicing medicine without a license, MCL 333.16294; MSA 14.15(16294). Following his preliminary examination, defendant was bound over to circuit court for trial.”
People v. Cassadime, 671 N.W.2d 559 (Mich. Ct. App. 2003). “Defendant was charged with a violation of MCL 333.16294 for holding herself out as a registered nurse (count i) and a violation of MCL 750.”
People of Michigan v. Bruce Phillip Langlois (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 3× “-1- Defendant was charged with three counts of the unauthorized practice of a health profession, MCL 333.16294, related to performing veterinary surgery in December 2016 while his license to practice veterinary medicine was revoked.”
People v. Wang, 924 N.W.2d 240 (Mich. 2019). · cites it 2× “We direct the Clerk to schedule oral argument on the application. MCR 7.305(H)(1). The appellant shall file a supplemental *241 brief within 42 days of the date of this order addressing: (1) whether the statutory exception in MCL 333.”
People of Michigan v. Joseph E Rankin Jr (Mich. Ct. App. 2020). “In this case, even though defendant was acquitted of unauthorized practice of a health profession under MCL 333.16294, it was one of the charges that was brought against him.”
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