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:

MarksD1@michigan.gov

Name of Department Regulatory Affairs Officer reviewing this form:

Elizabeth Arasim

2. Rule Set Information

MOAHR assigned rule set number:

2020-43 LR

Title of proposed rule set:

Optometry - General Rules

3. Purpose for the proposed rules and background:

This rule set pertains to the licensure, relicensure, and license renewals of optometrists.

The rules will be amended to provide clarity pertaining to continuing education and licensure by

endorsement. The rule pertaining to the minimum English language standard will be rescinded. All

rules will be reviewed and may be revised for clarity or to provide up-to-date information.

4. Summary of proposed rules:

The proposed revisions to the rules rescind the rule requiring an applicant to demonstrate a working

knowledge of the English language because the requirement has been relocated to the Public Health

Code – General Rules, update educational standards, amend and add CPR certification requirements

if an applicant is applying for or renewing a certification to administer topical ocular diagnostic

pharmaceutical agents, revise the requirements for verification of licenses held in other jurisdictions,

add licensure by endorsement requirements for individuals licensed in a province of Canada, and

revise and clarify continuing education and CPR requirements for relicensure and license renewal.

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, August 31, 2021

The Grand Rapids Press, August 31, 2021

The Mining Journal, September 1, 2021

6. Date of publication of rules and notice of public hearing in Michigan Register:

9/15/2021

7. Date, time, and location of public hearing:

9/20/2021 01:00 PM at G. Mennen Williams Building Auditorium , 525 W. Ottawa Street, Lansing,

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=171

9. List of the name and title of agency representative(s) attending public hearing:

Kimberly Catlin, Board support Technician, Boards and Committees Section, Bureau of Professional

Licensing

Weston MacIntosh, Senior Policy Analyst, Boards and Committees Section, Bureau of Professional

Licensing

Dena Marks, Senior Policy Analyst, Boards and Committees Section, 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

None.

13.Date report completed:

10/5/2021

MCL 24.242 and 24.245