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:

2022-17 LR

Title of proposed rule set:

Public Health Code – General Rules

3. Purpose for the proposed rules and background:

The Public Health Code General Rules are applicable to all professionals regulated under Article 15

of the Public Health code.

The rule set establishes specific dates that a license or registration renewal period begins or ends for

licensees and registrations regulated by the Public Health Code.

The renewal period for Genetic Counselors will be added to the rules. All rules will be reviewed and,

if needed, revised for clarity.

4. Summary of proposed rules:

The proposed rules will update the definitions rule, provide for triennial license renewal for genetic

counselors, and clarify which applicants must complete implicit bias training and how the training

requirement may be satisfied.

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

publication dates:

Flint Journal, June 28, 2022

Grand Rapids Press, June 28, 2022

The Mining Journal, June 28, 2022

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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:

https://ARS.apps.lara.state.mi.us/Transaction/RFRTransaction?TransactionID=1376

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

Kerry Przybylo, State Administrative Manager, Bureau of Professional Licensing

10. Persons submitting comments of support:

There were no comments made in support of any proposed changes to the rules.

11. Persons submitting comments of opposition:

There were no comments made in opposition to any proposed changes to the rules.

12. Persons submitting other comments:

The following submitted comments recommending additional changes to the draft rules, but did not

submit comments in support or opposition to the proposed changes to the rules.

Vincent Benivenga, President, Michigan Dental Association, Duane Breijak, Executive Director,

National Association of Social Workers-Michigan Chapter, and Renee Smiddy, Senior Director,

Policy, Michigan Health and Hospital Association commented that the credits earned for implicit bias

training also be permitted to count toward continuing education credits.

Vincent Benivenga, President, Michigan Dental Association, Julie L. Novak, Chief Executive Officer,

Michigan State Medical Society, and Renee Smiddy, Senior Director, Policy, Michigan Health and

Hospital Association commented that asynchronous implicit bias training be permitted to give health

care professionals more access to implicit bias training options.

13. Identify any changes made to the proposed rules based on comments received during the

public comment period:

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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

Vincent

Benivenga,

Pres., Michigan

Dental Assoc;

Duane Breijak,

Executive

The commenters The bureau agreed 338.7004(2)

stated that that if the implicit

licensees should bias training is

be permitted to

use the credits

earned for

earned in a

program approved

for the

Director, Natl

Assoc of Social

Workers-MI

Chapter.

implicit bias

training toward

continuing

education credits for renewal that

required for the licensee should

accumulation of

the continuing

education required

license renewal. be permitted to use

the credits for both

purposes.

The following

language was

added to the rule:

If otherwise

permitted by the

code and rules,

this training may

be used to satisfy

other training or

continuing-

education

requirements.

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2

Vincent

The commenters The bureau agreed 338.7004(3)

Benivenga,

Pres., Michigan

Dental Assoc;

Julie L. Novak,

Chief Exec

Officer,

Michigan State

Medical

Society;

stated that

asynchronous

implicit bias

training should be approved to ensure

permitted to give that all health care

health care

professionals

more access to

implicit bias

that more implicit (d)

bias training

options should be

professionals were

able to access the

required training

in a timely

Renee Smiddy,

Sr Director,

Policy,

Michigan

Health and

Hospital Assoc

training options. manner.

The following

language was

added to the rule:

(iii) An

asynchronous

teleconference or

webinar.

14.Date report completed:

10/7/2022

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