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:  
Weston MacIntosh  
Phone number of person completing this form:  
517-241-9269  
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:  
2019-44 LR  
Title of proposed rule set:  
Professional Surveyors - 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outdated language, create consistency with 1980 PA 299, known as the occupational code, and  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, and relicensure. 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, and update the requirements  
pertaining to the seal of a professional surveyor. In addition, a new rule will be added that pertains to  
relicensure and a new table will be added to outline the continuing education requirements that must  
be satisfied by the end of the license cycle in order to renew the license.  
4. Summary of proposed rules:  
The proposed rules will revise the definitions, education, experience, and examination licensure  
requirements, and update the requirements pertaining to the seal of a professional surveyor. A new  
rule will be added that pertains to relicensure and a table will be added to outline the continuing  
education requirements that must be completed in order to renew the license.  
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 Grand Rapids Press, December 1, 2019  
The Marquette Mining Journal, December 3, 2019  
The Flint Journal, December 1, 2019  
6. Date of publication of rules and notice of public hearing in Michigan Register:  
12/15/2019  
7. Date, time, and location of public hearing:  
12/17/2019 09:00 AM at G. Mennen Williams Building Auditorium , 525 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:  
9. List of the name and title of agency representative(s) attending public hearing:  
Weston MacIntosh, Senior Policy Analyst, Bureau of Professional Licensing  
Dena Marks, Senior Policy Analyst, 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  
None.  
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None.  
None.  
None.  
13.Date report completed:  
2/13/2020  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
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