Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules  
MOAHR-Rules@michigan.gov  
AGENCY REPORT TO THE  
JOINT COMMITEE ON ADMNINISTRATIVE RULES (JCAR)  
1. Agency Information  
Agency name:  
Licensing and Regulatory Affairs  
Division/Bureau/Office:  
Bureau of Professional Licensing  
Name of person completing this form:  
Weston MacIntosh  
Phone number of person completing this form:  
517-241-9269  
E-mail of person completing this form:  
MacIntoshW1@michigan.gov  
Name of Department Regulatory Affairs Officer reviewing this form:  
Elizabeth Arasim  
2. Rule Set Information  
MOAHR assigned rule set number:  
2023-37 LR  
Title of proposed rule set:  
Audiology – General Rules  
3. Purpose for the proposed rules and background:  
The Audiology – General Rules pertain to definitions, training, licensure, limited licenses, clinical  
experience, examination, accreditation standards, relicensure, renewal, continuing education, and  
telehealth for audiologists.  
Amendment of the rules will take place to supply necessary revisions on definitions, training,  
licensure, limited licenses, clinical experience, examination, accreditation standards, relicensure,  
renewal, continuing education, and telehealth for audiologists.  
4. Summary of proposed rules:  
The proposed rules clarify that graduates from educational programs that are substantially equivalent  
to accredited educational programs also satisfy the educational requirements for the limited license,  
update accreditation standards for audiology educational programs, clarify that a licensee who  
completes implicit bias training under R 338.7004 may also use that training toward fulfillment of  
continuing education requirements, supply updated accreditation standards for audiology continuing  
education programs, and clarify that a proposed continuing education provider, not already approved  
under the rules, must file an application and supporting documentation with the department for  
review not less than one-hundred twenty (120) days before the scheduled program date.  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
Agency Report to JCAR-Page 2  
5. List names of newspapers in which the notice of public hearing was published and  
publication dates:  
The Flint Journal, March 28, 2024  
The Grand Rapids Press, March 28, 2024  
The Mining Journal, March 23, 2024  
6. Date of publication of rules and notice of public hearing in Michigan Register:  
5/1/2024  
7. Date, time, and location of public hearing:  
5/10/2024 09:00 AM at UL-5 , 611 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:  
https://ARS.apps.lara.state.mi.us/Transaction/RFRTransaction?TransactionID=1464  
9. List of the name and title of agency representative(s) who attended the public hearing:  
Weston MacIntosh, Departmental Specialist, Bureau of Professional Licensing  
Kerry Przybylo, Manager, Boards and Committees, Bureau of Professional Licensing  
10. Persons submitting comments of support:  
None.  
11. Persons submitting comments of opposition:  
None.  
12. Persons submitting other comments:  
None.  
13. Identify any changes made to the proposed rules based on comments received during the  
public comment period:  
Name &  
Organization public hearing  
Comments made at Written  
Comments  
Agency Rationale Rule number  
for Rule Change & citation  
and Description changed  
of Change(s)  
Made  
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14.Date report completed:  
5/23/2024  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
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