1
1
2
STATE OF MICHIGAN  
DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS  
BUREAU OF PROFESSIONAL LICENSING  
- - -  
3
4
5
PUBLIC HEARING  
6
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2024  
AT ABOUT 9:00 A.M.  
7
8
- - -  
9
OTTAWA BUILDING  
10  
11  
12  
13  
14  
15  
16  
17  
18  
19  
20  
611 W. OTTAWA STREET, UL-3  
LANSING, MICHIGAN  
- - -  
RE: Public Health Code - General Rules  
(MOAH4 #2023 - 57 LR)  
- - -  
HEARING FACILITATOR:  
DENA MARKS  
Bureau of Professional Licensing  
611 W. Ottawa Street  
Lansing, Michigan 48909  
21 REPORTED BY: Lori Anne Penn, CSR-1315  
22  
23  
24  
25  
Penn Reporting, LLC - lori.penn@yahoo.com  
2
1
I N D E X  
2 Opening Statement - Dena Marks  
3
3
- - -  
4 COMMENTS:  
5 None.  
6
PAGE  
- - -  
7 Closing Statement - Dena Marks  
5
8
9
10  
11  
12  
13  
14  
15  
16  
17  
18  
19  
20  
21  
22  
23  
24  
25  
Penn Reporting, LLC - lori.penn@yahoo.com  
3
1
2
Lansing, Michigan  
Thursday, February 15, 2024  
At 9:00 a.m.  
3
4
- - -  
5
(Public hearing commenced pursuant to due notice.)  
MS. MARKS: Good morning. My name is  
6
7
Dena Marks, and I am the departmental specialist in  
Boards and Committees Section within the Bureau of  
Professional Licensing in the Department of Licensing and  
Regulatory Affairs. I will be conducting the hearing  
today.  
8
9
10  
11  
12  
13  
14  
15  
16  
17  
18  
19  
20  
21  
22  
23  
24  
25  
This is a public hearing on proposed  
administrative rules entitled "Public Health Code -  
General Rules". We are conducting this hearing under the  
authority of the Administrative Procedures Act, Public  
Act 306 of 1969, on behalf of the Department of Licensing  
and Regulatory Affairs, Bureau of Professional Licensing.  
We are calling this hearing to order at  
9:00 a.m. on February 15, 2024, at the Ottawa Building,  
UL-3, 611 West Ottawa Street in Lansing, Michigan.  
Publication of the notice of public hearing was in the  
Flint Journal and Grand Rapids Press on January 11, 2024,  
and the Mining Journal on January 17, 2024. These papers  
are newspapers of general circulation. The notices were  
also published in the Michigan Register, Issue #2-2024,  
Penn Reporting, LLC - lori.penn@yahoo.com  
4
1
2
on February 15, 2024.  
We are here today to receive comments on  
the proposed rules. If you wish to speak, please make  
sure you have signed in and indicated you wish to speak;  
you may use the cards provided for this purpose. If you  
would like to speak and have not signed in, please do so  
now. For those of you who do not wish to sign in with a  
card, you may speak once we have exhausted the cards that  
have been submitted.  
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10  
11  
12  
13  
14  
15  
16  
17  
18  
19  
20  
21  
22  
23  
24  
25  
If you have comments, please make sure  
they relate directly to the proposed rules. If you have  
questions about the rules, please indicate your questions  
as part of your testimony for the Department's review.  
If you have suggested changes to the proposed rules,  
please include the specific reasons why the changes would  
be in the public interest.  
Please note, if you have already  
submitted comments to the Department in writing or by  
email, those comments will be considered in the same  
manner as the comments made during the public hearing  
today.  
For those making comments today, please  
clearly spell and state your name for the record. If you  
are speaking on behalf of an organization, please  
identify that organization as well.  
Penn Reporting, LLC - lori.penn@yahoo.com  
5
1
2
If you have written comments, you may  
submit them directly to me. The Department will also  
accept written comments postmarked or emailed until 5:00  
p.m. today.  
3
4
5
At this time, we will begin with public  
comments concerning the "Public Health Code - General  
Rules".  
6
7
8
If there are no persons who wish to speak  
at this time, we will take a short recess. We are off  
the record.  
9
10  
11  
12  
13  
14  
15  
16  
17  
18  
19  
20  
21  
22  
23  
24  
25  
(Recess from 9:03 a.m. until 9:12 a.m.)  
MS. MARKS: We are back on the record.  
Is there anyone who would like to make comments  
concerning the "Public Health Code - General Rules" at  
this time?  
If not, hereby declare the hearing  
closed. The record will remain open until today at 5:00  
p.m. for any comments you may wish to share about the  
proposed rules. Thank you for attending.  
(At 9:13 p.m., the public hearing concluded.)  
- - -  
Penn Reporting, LLC - lori.penn@yahoo.com  
6
1 STATE OF MICHIGAN )  
)
2 COUNTY OF MACOMB )  
3
I, Lori Anne Penn, certify that this  
4
5
transcript consisting of 6 pages is a complete, true, and  
correct record of the pubic hearing held in the captioned  
matter on Thursday, February 15, 2024.  
6
7
I further certify that I am not  
8
responsible for any copies of this transcript not made  
under my direction or control and bearing my original  
signature.  
9
10  
11  
12  
13  
14  
15  
16  
17  
18  
19  
20  
21  
22  
23  
24  
25  
I also certify that I am not a relative  
or employee of or an attorney for a party; or a relative  
or employee of an attorney for a party; or financially  
interested in the action.  
February 15, 2024  
_________________ _____  
Date  
Lori
Notan  
My Commission Expires June 15, 2025  
Penn Reporting, LLC - lori.penn@yahoo.com  
;