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:  
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:  
2021-54 LR  
Title of proposed rule set:  
Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery – General Rules  
3. Purpose for the proposed rules and background:  
The Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery – General Rules pertain to definitions, telehealth, prescribing  
of drugs, training, accreditation standards, licensure, educational limited licenses, examination,  
relicensure, renewal, and continuing education, for osteopathic medical doctors.  
Amendment of the rules will take place to supply necessary revisions on definitions, telehealth,  
prescribing of drugs, training, accreditation standards, licensure, educational limited licenses,  
examination, relicensure, renewal, and continuing education, for osteopathic medical doctors.  
4. Summary of proposed rules:  
The proposed revisions to the rules provide updates to accreditation standards; incorporate recent  
legislative changes that allow licensure by endorsement for individuals licensed in another state or a  
province of Canada; revise the requirements for verification of licenses held in other jurisdictions;  
clarify that a temporary eligibility pathway approved by the NBOME will function as a substitute for  
passing the COMLEX-USA Level 2-Performance Evaluation (Level 2-PE); allow proof of licensure  
in another province of Canada as a pathway to relicensure; and remove certain activities for achieving  
continuing education credit, as they no longer apply.  
5. List names of newspapers in which the notice of public hearing was published and  
publication dates:  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
Agency Report to JCAR-Page 2  
The Flint Journal, May 22, 2022  
The Grand Rapids Press, May 19, 2022  
The Mining Journal, May 27, 2022  
6. Date of publication of rules and notice of public hearing in Michigan Register:  
6/15/2022  
7. Date, time, and location of public hearing:  
6/17/2022 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=1312  
9. List of the name and title of agency representative(s) attending public hearing:  
Weston MacIntosh, Departmental Specialist, Bureau of Professional Licensing  
Stephanie Wysack, Departmental Technician, 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  
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14.Date report completed:  
7/27/2022  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
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