Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules  
MOAHR-Rules@michigan.gov  
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:  
2021-38 LR  
Title of proposed rule set:  
Acupuncture – General Rules  
3. Purpose for the proposed rules and background:  
The current acupuncture general rules pertain to the licensure, relicensure, and continuing education  
requirements for acupuncturists.  
The rules will be reviewed and amended as needed in light of the statutory change to MCL  
333.16186, effective March 24, 2021. Additionally, all rules will be reviewed, updated, and revised  
as needed for clarity.  
4. Summary of proposed rules:  
The proposed rules will update the rule pertaining to the training standards for identifying victims of  
human trafficking, approve and adopt the examinations and standards of the National Certification  
Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, add references to requirements for licensure or  
renewal contained in other rule sets, amend the licensure by endorsement and relicensure rules to  
require the applicant to disclose every health care credential the applicant has ever held and to  
provide that the applicant must have resolved any disciplinary action taken against the individual  
before being licensed by endorsement or relicensed, renumber and reorganize rules for clarity, and  
clarify the requirements for registered acupuncturists who choose to continue to practice as provided  
by MCL 333.16511.  
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, March 31, 2022  
The Grand Rapids Press, March 31, 2022  
The Mining Journal, April 7, 2022  
6. Date of publication of rules and notice of public hearing in Michigan Register:  
4/15/2022  
7. Date, time, and location of public hearing:  
4/25/2022 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:  
https://ARS.apps.lara.state.mi.us/Transaction/RFRTransaction?TransactionID=1296  
9. List of the name and title of agency representative(s) attending public hearing:  
Dena Marks, Departmental Specialist, 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. Persons submitting other comments:  
None.  
13. 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 Rule Change & citation  
and Description changed  
of Change(s)  
Made  
1
None.  
None.  
None.  
None.  
14.Date report completed:  
5/12/2022  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
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