Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules
611 W. Ottawa Street
Lansing, MI 48909
Phone: 517-335-8658 Fax: 517-335-9512
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:
Dena Marks
Phone number of person completing this form:
517-335-3679
E-mail of person completing this form:
Name of Department Regulatory Affairs Officer reviewing this form:
Elizabeth Arasim
2. Rule Set Information
MOAHR assigned rule set number:
2019-135 LR
Title of proposed rule set:
Public Health Code--General Rules
3. Purpose for the proposed rules and background:
The Public Health Code General Rules establish the specific dates that a license or registration
renewal period begins or ends for licenses and registrations regulated by the Public Health Code. The
rule set provides general rules applicable to all professionals regulated under Article 15 of the Public
Health code.
4. Summary of proposed rules:
The proposed rules will add definitions for terms used in the rules; add midwifery to the biennial
renewals; add quadrennial license renewals for behavior analysts; change the renewal date for
optometry, pharmacy, physician’s assistants, dentistry, medicine, osteopathic medicine and surgery,
podiatric medicine and surgery, and veterinary medicine to the date when the initial license was
issued; and add the department’s minimum English language standard for licensure or registration.
5. List names of newspapers in which the notice of public hearing was published and
publication dates:
MCL 24.242 and 24.245