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:  
2020-5 LR  
Title of proposed rule set:  
Massage Therapy -- General Rules  
3. Purpose for the proposed rules and background:  
The massage therapy general rules pertain to the licensure, relicensure, and license renewal of  
massage therapists.  
The rules will be amended to provide clarity pertaining to education, training, testing requirements  
for foreign trained applicants, licensing, relicensing, continuing education, and telehealth services.  
4. Summary of proposed rules:  
The proposed rules update and amend definitions; add a telehealth rule; clarify student supervised  
curriculum requirements; clarify student supervised student clinic requirements; update educational  
standards adopted by reference; remove the requirement that an applicant demonstrate a working  
knowledge of the English language; revise licensure by endorsement requirements; revise and clarify  
relicensure requirements; revise continuing education requirements; update professional ethics  
standards; and rescind the rule pertaining to client records.  
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 Mining Journal, September 3, 2020  
The Flint Journal, September 6, 2020  
The Grand Rapids Press, September 6, 2020  
6. Date of publication of rules and notice of public hearing in Michigan Register:  
9/15/2020  
7. Date, time, and location of public hearing:  
9/17/2020 09:00 AM at This meeting will be held virtually via Zoom pursuant to Executive Order  
2020-132. , https://zoom.us/j/96805774979?pwd=MnNTL2RzTDJpcEpaYy9RQ0tzK0x3UT09,  
password: 989761; 877-336-1831, password: 486917  
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=133  
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  
Dena Marks, Senior Policy Analyst, Boards and Committees Section, Bureau of Professional  
Licensing  
Kerry Przybylo, Manager, Boards and Committees Section, Bureau of Professional Licensing  
Stephanie Wysack, Board support Technician, 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.  
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None.  
None.  
None.  
13.Date report completed:  
10/14/2020  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
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