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:  
2021-71 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 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.  
4. Summary of proposed rules:  
The proposed rules will update the rule pertaining to the training standards for identifying victims of  
human trafficking, add references to the requirements for licensure or renewal contained in other rule  
sets, reorganize the licensure by endorsement rule into an easy-to-use chart format, and amend the  
rules pertaining to licensure by endorsement and relicensure 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 relicensed or licensed by  
endorsement.  
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, 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=1329  
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:  
Carrie Buechler, President, Michigan Chapter of the American Massage Therapy Association  
Wendy Woerner, Government Relations Chair, Michigan Chapter of the American Massage Therapy  
Association  
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:  
5/11/2022  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
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