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:

2021-55 LR

Title of proposed rule set:

Audiology – General Rules

3. Purpose for the proposed rules and background:

The Audiology – General Rules pertain to definitions, training, licensure, limited licenses, clinical

experience, examination, accreditation standards, relicensure, renewal, and continuing education, for

audiologists.

Amendment of the rules will take place to supply necessary revisions on definitions, training,

telehealth, licensure, limited licenses, clinical experience, examination, accreditation standards,

relicensure, renewal, and continuing education, for audiologists.

4. Summary of proposed rules:

MCL 24.242 and 24.245

Agency Report to JCAR-Page 2

The proposed revisions to the rules incorporate the 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; update accreditation standards for audiology

educational programs; allow proof of licensure in another province of Canada as a pathway to

relicensure; update accreditation standards for audiology continuing education programs; and provide

conditions related to consent, scope of practice, and standard of care for telehealth services.

5. List names of newspapers in which the notice of public hearing was published and

publication dates:

The Flint Journal, October 5, 2021

The Grand Rapids Press, October 5, 2021

The Mining Journal, October 5, 2021

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

10/15/2021

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

10/18/2021 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=1313

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

Weston MacIntosh, Senior Policy Analyst, Bureau of Professional Licensing

Kerry Przybylo, Manager, Boards and Committees, 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:

James C. Denney, III, M.D., Executive Vice President/CEO of the American Academy of

Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery and Tamer A. Ghanem, M.D., Ph.D., President of the

Michigan Otolaryngologic Society

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:

12/13/2021

MCL 24.242 and 24.245