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There are approximately 690 funeral establishments, 95 resident trainees, and 1,987 mortuary science licensees in
Michigan. The proposed rules will impact all of these stakeholders.
A licensee may bear costs from fulfilling continuing education requirements or from adding features to an
establishment to meet facility requirements such as locks on doors. They and the public will also benefit from the
health and safety improvements as a result of the proposed rules.
B. What additional costs will be imposed on businesses and other groups as a result of these proposed rules (i.e.
new equipment, supplies, labor, accounting, or recordkeeping)? Please identify the types and number of businesses
and groups. Be sure to quantify how each entity will be affected.
The proposed rules may impose minor costs on businesses and licensees, such as costs to enroll in a continuing
education course or to install a lock on a public-facing door of an embalming room. However, the benefits of the
proposed rules imposing those requirements greatly outweighs them and may already be standard practice for many
licensees or establishments.
27. Estimate the actual statewide compliance costs of the proposed rules on individuals (regulated individuals or
the public). Include the costs of education, training, application fees, examination fees, license fees, new
equipment, supplies, labor, accounting, or recordkeeping.
The department does not expect the proposed rules to result in additional costs for application fees, licenses fees, new
equipment, supplies, labor, accounting, or record keeping on regulated individuals or the public. As a result of the
statutorily established continuing education requirements that the proposed rules clarify, there may be costs
associated with education and training for regulated individuals.
A. How many and what category of individuals will be affected by the rules?
Mortuary science licensees, resident trainees, and licensed funeral establishments will be affected by the proposed
rules. There are approximately 1,987 mortuary science licensees, 95 resident trainees, and 690 licensed funeral
establishments in the state as of April 2024.
B. What qualitative and quantitative impact do the proposed changes in rules have on these individuals?
There are no qualitative or quantitative impacts as it related to the statewide compliance costs of the proposed rules
because the proposed rules do not create an expected increase or decreased cost for application fees, examination
fees, or licensure fees. There will be quantitative impacts on licensees seeking to comply with continuing education
requirements, likely through fees imposed by course providers or travel costs if applicable.
28. Quantify any cost reductions to businesses, individuals, groups of individuals, or governmental units as a result
of the proposed rules.
There may be reductions in costs associated with reductions in negligent behavior by licensees or establishments,
however, these costs cannot be estimated prior to implementation of the proposed rules.
29. Estimate the primary and direct benefits and any secondary or indirect benefits of the proposed rules. Please
provide both quantitative and qualitative information, as well as your assumptions.
The proposed rules clearly establish a system of continuing education that was mandated by 2020 PA 265. Through
the implementation of continuing education for mortuary science licensees, the industry may grow safer as it helps
ensure licensees maintain their expertise and continue performing at a high standard of service to the public.
The proposed rules also establish clearer standards for funeral establishment facilities and for the handling of
decedents. The clearer standards will help ensure that lapses by any one establishment or licensee will be either
remedied expeditiously or avoided altogether.
30. Explain how the proposed rules will impact business growth and job creation (or elimination) in Michigan.
The proposed rules are not anticipated to have negative impacts on business growth or job creation. The proposed
rules may help increase the value of a mortuary science license, and therefore increase over time the number of
professionals on track to attain one.
31. Identify any individuals or businesses who will be disproportionately affected by the rules as a result of their
industrial sector, segment of the public, business size, or geographic location.
There is not expected to be a disproportionate affect due to industrial sector, segment of the public, business size, or
geographic location as a result of the proposed rules.
MCL 24.245(3)