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STATE OF MICHIGAN  
DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS  
BUREAU OF PROFESSIONAL LICENSING  
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PUBLIC HEARING  
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FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2024  
AT ABOUT 9:00 A.M.  
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OTTAWA BUILDING  
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611 W. OTTAWA STREET, UL-5  
LANSING, MICHIGAN  
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RE: Audiology - General Rules  
(MOAHR #2023-037 LR)  
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HEARING FACILITATOR:  
WESTON MacINTOSH  
Bureau of Professional Licensing  
611 W. Ottawa Street  
Lansing, Michigan 48909  
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23 REPORTED BY: Lori Anne Penn, CSR-1315  
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2 Opening Statement - Weston MacIntosh  
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4 COMMENTS:  
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7 Closing Statement - Weston MacIntosh  
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Lansing, Michigan  
Friday, May 10, 2024  
At 9:00 a.m.  
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(Public hearing commences pursuant to due notice.)  
MR. MacINTOSH: My name is Weston  
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MacIntosh, and I'm a Departmental Specialist for the  
Bureau of Professional Licensing in the Department of  
Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, and I will be  
conducting the hearing today.  
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This is a public hearing on the proposed  
administrative rules titled "Audiology - 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 May 10, 2024, in UL-5, at 611 West Ottawa  
Street, Lansing, Michigan. Publication of the notice of  
public hearing was in three newspapers of general  
circulation, including the Flint Journal on March 28,  
2024, the Grand Rapids Press on March 28, 2024, the  
Mining Journal on March 23, 2024, as well as the Michigan  
Register, Issue #7, published on May 1, 2024.  
We are here today to receive your  
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comments on the proposed rules. If you wish to speak,  
please make sure you have signed in and said that you  
wish to speak. You may use the cards supplied for this  
purpose. I will organize the cards by rule set so that  
the comments for that profession are in a group together  
in the transcript. If you would like to testify and have  
you 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 stack of cards that you give  
to me.  
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If you have comments, please make sure  
that they relate directly to the proposed rules. If you  
have questions about the rules, please include 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.  
For the record, when you testify, please  
give us your name by spelling your name and the  
organization, if any, that you may be speaking for today.  
This will help the Department prepare the hearing record  
that will go before the Boards. You can give written  
statements directly to me at the table. The Department  
will also accept written statements emailed or postmarked  
until 5:00 o'clock p.m. today.  
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The Department staff from the Bureau of  
Professional Licensing also includes Kerry Przybylo.  
The rule set that we will take comments  
for is the "Audiology - General Rules". Is there anyone  
who wishes to speak on the "Audiology - General Rules"?  
(No response.)  
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Hearing none. If there are no others who  
wish to speak at this time, we will take a short recess.  
(Recess from 9:03 a.m. until 9:26 a.m.)  
MR. MacINTOSH: Okay. So we're back on  
the record. So is there anyone who would like to speak  
on the "Audiology - General Rules"?  
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Hearing none.  
If there are no further comments at this  
time, I hereby declare the hearing closed. The record  
will remain open until today at 5:00 o'clock p.m. for any  
other comments you may wish to share about the proposed  
rules. Thank you for coming.  
(Public hearing concluded at 9:27 a.m.)  
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I, Lori Anne Penn, certify that this  
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transcript consisting of 6 pages is a complete, true, and  
correct record of the proceedings held in the captioned  
matter on Friday, May 10, 2024.  
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I further certify that I am not  
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responsible for any copies of this transcript not made  
under my direction or control and bearing my original  
signature.  
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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.  
May 10, 2024  
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