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:  
2022-23 LR  
Title of proposed rule set:  
Landscape Architects – General Rules  
3. Purpose for the proposed rules and background:  
The current landscape architects general rules pertain to the licensure, relicensure, license renewal,  
and approved continuing education for landscape architects.  
The rules will be revised to clarify the requirements for requesting a continuing education waiver and  
all rules and assigned rule numbers will be reviewed, updated, and revised as needed to comply with  
current drafting of rules and for clarity.  
4. Summary of proposed rules:  
The proposed rules will reorganize and renumber several rules to comply with current drafting  
requirements and provide better organization. The educational accreditation standards will be  
updated, and a procedure for requesting a waiver of the continuing education requirements for license  
renewal will be added.  
5. List names of newspapers in which the notice of public hearing was published and  
publication dates:  
Flint Journal, September 15, 2022  
Grand Rapids Press, September 15, 2022  
Mining Journal, September 16, 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:  
10/1/2022  
7. Date, time, and location of public hearing:  
10/4/2022 09:00 AM at Upper-Level Conference Room #4 , 611 W. Ottawa Street, Lansing, MI  
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=1382  
9. List of the name and title of agency representative(s) attending public hearing:  
Weston MacIntosh, Departmental Specialist, Boards and Committees Section, Bureau of Professional  
Licensing  
Dena Marks, Departmental Specialist, 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:  
10/7/2022  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
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