Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.7206 (2026)

Scientific advisory commission; creation; purpose; appointment and terms of members; recommendations.

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PUBLIC HEALTH CODE

Act 368 of 1978

333.7206 Scientific advisory commission; creation; purpose; appointment and terms of members; recommendations.

Sec. 7206.

(1) A 7-member scientific advisory commission is created to serve as a consultative and advisory body to the administrator in all matters relating to the classification, reclassification, addition to, or deletion from, all substances presently classified as controlled substances in schedules 1 to 5, or substances not presently controlled or yet to come into being. The scientific advisory commission shall be composed of 2 physicians to be appointed by the director of public health; 2 pharmacists to be appointed by the director of commerce; the chief of the crime detection laboratory of the department of public health; the director of mental health or his or her designee; and the director of the department of state police or his or her designee. The physician and pharmacist appointments shall be for 2-year terms.

(2) The administrator shall receive the recommendations of the scientific advisory commission pursuant to administration over the controlled substances for inclusion in or exclusion from schedules 1 to 5, especially in the implementation of scheduled substances changes as provided in section 7201, except that the administrator is not bound by recommendations of the scientific advisory commission.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978 ;-- Am. 1993, Act 80, Eff. Apr. 1, 1994

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Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1982–2013 · leading case: People v. Turmon, 340 N.W.2d 620 (Mich. 1983).

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People v. Turmon, 340 N.W.2d 620 (Mich. 1983). · cites it 2× “MCL 333.7206; MSA 14.15(7206). The seven-member commission consists of two physicians, two pharmacists, the chief of the crime detection laboratory of the Department of Public Health, the director of mental health, and the director of state police.”

Bloomfield Twp. v. Kane, 839 N.W.2d 505 (Mich. Ct. App. 2013). “MCL 333.7206; Turmon, 417 Mich at 646 . The classification of a substance as a controlled substance is premised on the possession of certain characteristics.”

People v. O'NEAL, 333 N.W.2d 56 (Mich. Ct. App. 1983). “3 MCL 333.7206; MSA 14.15(7206). 4 MCL 333.”

People v. Turmon, 323 N.W.2d 698 (Mich. Ct. App. 1982). · cites it 2× “1070(11)(5) [now MCL 333.7206(1); MSA 14.15(7206)(1)] of the act establishes `a 6-member scientific advisory commission to serve as a consultative and advising body to the administrator in all matters relating to the classification, reclassification, addition to or deletion…”

— Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.7206(1) — 1 case

People v. Turmon, 323 N.W.2d 698 (Mich. Ct. App. 1982). “1070(11)(5) [now MCL 333.7206(1); MSA 14.15(7206)(1)] of the act establishes `a 6-member scientific advisory commission to serve as a consultative and advising body to the administrator in all matters relating to the classification, reclassification, addition to or deletion…”

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