Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules  
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:  
Name of Department Regulatory Affairs Officer reviewing this form:  
Elizabeth Arasim  
2. Rule Set Information  
MOAHR assigned rule set number:  
2021-96 LR  
Title of proposed rule set:  
Respiratory Care – General Rules  
3. Purpose for the proposed rules and background:  
The Respiratory Care General Rules pertain to the education, licensure, and relicensure of respiratory  
therapists.  
The rules will be amended to review the impact of the amendment to MCL 333.16186 on applicants  
applying for licensure by endorsement. All rules will be reviewed and revised as needed for clarity  
and to provide up-to-date information.  
4. Summary of proposed rules:  
The proposed rules will eliminate definitions that are already provided in the Public Health Code,  
clarify the training standards for identifying victims of human trafficking, clarify the requirements for  
licensure by endorsement and relicensure and require that the applicant have resolved any  
disciplinary action taken against him or her before being licensed by endorsement or relicensed, and  
update accreditation standards.  
5. List names of newspapers in which the notice of public hearing was published and  
publication dates:  
The Flint Journal, June 28, 2022  
The Grand Rapids Press, June 28, 2022  
The Mining Journal, June 28, 2022  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
Agency Report to JCAR-Page 2  
6. Date of publication of rules and notice of public hearing in Michigan Register:  
7/15/2022  
7. Date, time, and location of public hearing:  
7/18/2022 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:  
9. List of the name and title of agency representative(s) attending public hearing:  
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  
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14.Date report completed:  
9/19/2022  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
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