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:  
MacIntoshW1@michigan.gov  
Name of Department Regulatory Affairs Officer reviewing this form:  
Elizabeth Arasim  
2. Rule Set Information  
MOAHR assigned rule set number:  
2020-78 LR  
Title of proposed rule set:  
Speech-Language Pathology – General Rules  
3. Purpose for the proposed rules and background:  
The Speech-Language Pathology – General Rules pertain to definitions, licensure, training in  
identifying human trafficking, examination, licensure by endorsement, temporary licensure for  
clinical experience, clinical experience requirements, non-accredited institution graduate  
requirements, education standards, relicensure, relicensure for certified teachers holding limited  
licenses, license renewal, continuous professional development and providers, patient records,  
referrals, and physically invasive procedures.  
Amendment of the rules will take place to supply revisions of definitions, rescind a rule related to use  
of titles and words, revise licensure requirements, clarify dates for human trafficking training, revise  
examination requirements, rescind a rule for a limited license for certified teachers, revise licensure  
by endorsement, temporary license, clinical experience, and graduates of non-accredited institution  
requirements, update educational standards, and revise relicensure, relicensure for limited license  
certified teachers, renewal, continuous professional development and providers, patient records,  
referrals, and physically invasive procedures requirements.  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
Agency Report to JCAR-Page 2  
4. Summary of proposed rules:  
The proposed rules will clarify terms used in the rule set; insert a date of promulgation for the rule on  
identifying victims of human trafficking; clarify the name of the licensure examination, add a  
requirement that the applicant have educational program verification sent directly to the department;  
change the educational limited license to a temporary license and limit the license to a license that the  
department may only issue for 12 months and is nonrenewable to conform with MCL 333.17609(4);  
clarify the number of hours of required direct clinical contact, as well as required activities within the  
scope of practice of a speech-language pathologist; require for graduates of non-accredited  
institutions to have educational program verification sent directly to the department and have a  
credential evaluation agency that is a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation  
Services (NACES) perform a credential evaluation; update accreditation standards; add criteria  
related to good moral character and fingerprints as conditions for relicensure; add criteria for  
relicensure of certified teachers related to good moral character, verification of credentials, and  
continuing professional development credits; include a requirement that a certified teacher limited  
license holder send a verification of employment form to the department; change the submission date  
for board review for board review of proposed continuous professional development providers from  
60 days to 120 days prior to the proposed program date; align the requirements for referral of patients  
with swallowing disorders and communication disorders with MCL 333.17607(3) and allow referrals  
to those licensed in the practice of medicine or osteopathic medicine or an advanced practice  
registered nurse.  
5. List names of newspapers in which the notice of public hearing was published and  
publication dates:  
The Flint Journal, January 5, 2021  
The Grand Rapids Press, January 5, 2021  
The Mining Journal, January 5, 2021  
6. Date of publication of rules and notice of public hearing in Michigan Register:  
1/15/2021  
7. Date, time, and location of public hearing:  
1/19/2021 01:00 PM at The public hearing will be held virtually via Zoom to receive public  
comments while complying with measures designed to help prevent the spread of Coronavirus  
Disease 2019 (COVID 19). , https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89584407954?  
pwd=R0ZmOGhNUmw5Z24xZ3g4a2UveGx4dz09 Password for video connection: 759646 Phone  
number: 877-336-1831 Conference Code for audio connection: 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=206  
9. List of the name and title of agency representative(s) attending public hearing:  
Weston MacIntosh, Senior Policy Analyst, Bureau of Professional Licensing (BPL)  
Kerry Przybylo, Manager, Boards and Committees Section, BPL  
Andria Ditschman, Senior Policy Analyst, BPL  
LeAnn Payne, Department Technician, BPL  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
Agency Report to JCAR-Page 3  
10. Persons submitting comments of support:  
None  
11. Persons submitting comments of opposition:  
Kelli Pierce, on behalf of the Michigan Speech-Language-Hearing Association  
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:  
2/5/2021  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
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