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:

2022-26 LR

Title of proposed rule set:

Professional Engineers – General Rules

3. Purpose for the proposed rules and background:

The Professional Engineers – General Rules pertain to definitions, education, experience, licensure,

relicensure, examination, standards of conduct, the seal, license renewal, and continuing education for

professional engineers.

Amendment of the rules will take place to supply clarity on definitions, education, experience,

licensure, relicensure, examination, standards of conduct, the seal, license renewal, and continuing

education requirements for professional engineers.

4. Summary of proposed rules:

The proposed rules will: clarify terms used in the rule set; clarify the requirement of proof of current

and continuous licensure in another state or a province of Canada of at least four years to satisfy the

experience requirement for licensure; clarify the ways an applicant may seek relicensure; clarify the

requirements of the design and use of the seal of a professional engineer; clarify the period in which a

licensee must request a waiver of continuing education; and include clarifying language for the

activities that qualify for continuing education.

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, 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=1385

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:

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

14.Date report completed:

2/15/2023

MCL 24.242 and 24.245