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6. Date of publication of rules and notice of public hearing in Michigan Register:
7/15/2022
7. Date, time, and location of public hearing:
7/18/2022 09:00 AM at G. Mennen Williams Building Auditorium , 525 W. Ottawa Street, Lansing,
Michigan
8. Provide the link the agency used to post the regulatory impact statement and cost-benefit
analysis on its website:
9. List of the name and title of agency representative(s) attending public hearing:
Kerry Przybylo, State Administrative Manager, Bureau of Professional Licensing
10. Persons submitting comments of support:
There were no comments made in support of any proposed changes to the rules.
11. Persons submitting comments of opposition:
There were no comments made in opposition to any proposed changes to the rules.
12. Persons submitting other comments:
The following submitted comments recommending additional changes to the draft rules, but did not
submit comments in support or opposition to the proposed changes to the rules.
Vincent Benivenga, President, Michigan Dental Association, Duane Breijak, Executive Director,
National Association of Social Workers-Michigan Chapter, and Renee Smiddy, Senior Director,
Policy, Michigan Health and Hospital Association commented that the credits earned for implicit bias
training also be permitted to count toward continuing education credits.
Vincent Benivenga, President, Michigan Dental Association, Julie L. Novak, Chief Executive Officer,
Michigan State Medical Society, and Renee Smiddy, Senior Director, Policy, Michigan Health and
Hospital Association commented that asynchronous implicit bias training be permitted to give health
care professionals more access to implicit bias training options.
13. Identify any changes made to the proposed rules based on comments received during the
public comment period:
MCL 24.242 and 24.245