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. AgencyInformation  
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  
ORR assigned rule set number:  
2019-43 LR  
Title of proposed rule set:  
Architects – General Rules  
3. Purpose for the proposed rules and background:  
The general purpose of the proposed rules is to amend the previously adopted rules to eliminate  
outdated language, create consistency with 1980 PA 299, known as the occupational code, and  
provide clarity regarding the requirements for licensure, renewal, relicensure, and the standards of  
practice and professional conduct. The proposed rules are intended to revise the definitions used in  
the rules, revise the education, experience, and examination requirements that must be satisfied to  
receive a license, adopt by reference a standard of professional conduct that is acceptable to the  
board, and update the requirements pertaining to the seal of an architect. In addition, a new rule will  
be added that pertains to relicensure and the requirements pertaining to continuing education will be  
updated to reflect subjects and activities that are acceptable to the board.  
4. Summary of proposed rules:  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
Agency Report to JCAR-Page 2  
The proposed rules will revise the definitions of terms used in the rules, revise the education,  
experience, and examination requirements that must be satisfied to receive a license, adopt by  
reference a standard of professional conduct that is acceptable to the board, and clarify the  
requirements pertaining to the seal of an architect. In addition, a new rule will be added that outlines  
relicensure requirements and the continuing education requirements will be updated to reflect  
subjects and activities that are acceptable to the board.  
5. List names of newspapers in which the notice of public hearing was published and  
publication dates:  
The Grand Rapids Press, September 19, 2019  
The Mining Journal, September 18, 2019  
The Flint Journal, September 19, 2019  
6. Date of publication of rules and notice of public hearing in Michigan Register:  
10/4/2019  
7. Date, time, and location of public hearing:  
10/4/2019 09:00 AM at G. Mennen Williams Building - Auditorium , 525 W. Ottawa Street, Lansing,  
MI  
8. Provid the link the agency used to post the regulatory impact statment and cost-benefit  
analysis on its website:  
https://dtmb.state.mi.us/ARS_Public/Transaction/RFRTransaction?TransactionID=64  
9. List of the name and title of agency representative(s) attending public hearing:  
Andria Ditschman, Senior Policy Analyst, Bureau of Professional Licensing  
Weston MacIntosh, Senior Policy Analyst, Bureau of Professional Licensing  
Dena Marks, Senior Policy Analyst, Bureau of Professional Licensing  
Kerry Przybylo, Manager, Boards and Committees Section, Bureau of Professional Licensing  
10. Persons submitting comments of support:  
None.  
11. Persons submitting comments of opposition:  
None.  
12. 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 change  
& citation  
changed  
N/A  
1
N/A  
N/A  
N/a  
13.Date Report Completed:  
11/18/2019  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
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