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:  
2022-14 LR  
Title of proposed rule set:  
Psychology - General Rules  
3. Purpose for the proposed rules and background:  
The Psychology – General Rules pertain to definitions, training, educational standards, licensure,  
examinations, and continuing education for psychologists.  
Amendment of the rules will take place to supply clarity on definitions, human trafficking training,  
educational standards, licensure, examinations, continuing education, and telehealth.  
4. Summary of proposed rules:  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
Agency Report to JCAR-Page 2  
The proposed rules will: clarify terms used in the rule set; supply updates to the latest educational  
standards; supply information about postdoctoral internship requirements; clarify the requirements for  
requesting an alternative supervision arrangement for postdoctoral experience; clarify that an  
applicant for relicensure must successfully pass the examination required during the 2 years  
immediately preceding the date of the application as a pathway for relicensure; clarify the  
requirements for requesting an alternative supervision arrangement for limited licensed psychologists;  
clarify the examination and needed passing score for licensure for limited licensed psychologists;  
clarify the requirements for requesting an alternative supervision arrangement for temporary limited  
licensees; clarify the period in which a licensee must request a waiver of continuing education; supply  
updated ways to obtain continuing education credit; and clarify that a proposed continuing education  
provider not already approved must file the application and supporting documentation with the  
department for review not less than one-hundred twenty (120) days before the scheduled program  
date.  
5. List names of newspapers in which the notice of public hearing was published and  
publication dates:  
The Flint Journal, November 29, 2022  
The Grand Rapids Press, November 29, 2022  
The Mining Journal, December 16, 2022  
6. Date of publication of rules and notice of public hearing in Michigan Register:  
1/1/2023  
7. Date, time, and location of public hearing:  
1/9/2023 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=1373  
9. List of the name and title of agency representative(s) who attended the 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:  
Sarah Domoff, Mike Tyler.  
13. Identify any changes made to the proposed rules based on comments received during the  
public comment period:  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
Agency Report to JCAR-Page 3  
Name &  
Organization public hearing  
Comments made at Written  
Agency Rationale Rule number  
for Rule Change & citation  
and Description changed  
of Change(s)  
Comments  
Made  
1
Sarah Domoff,  
Michigan  
Psychological  
Association  
(MPA)  
The Diversity,  
Inclusion, and  
Social  
Responsibility  
(DISR)  
The Department  
R 338.2583  
agrees with adding (2) Activity  
the two requested Code (a)  
organizations to  
the list of  
committee of the approved  
Michigan  
continuing  
education (CE)  
sponsors.  
Psychological  
Association  
(MPA)  
recommends that  
the list of  
sponsors of CE  
programs be  
expanded to  
include two  
additional  
organizations:  
The National  
Latinx  
Psychological  
Association and  
The Society for  
the Scientific  
Study of  
Sexuality.  
14.Date report completed:  
4/21/2023  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
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