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:

2022-29 LR

Title of proposed rule set:

Barbers – General Rules

3. Purpose for the proposed rules and background:

The current rules pertain to licensure, sanitation requirements, patron protection, barber college

requirements, and barber college curriculum.

The rules will be amended to identify and adopt the national licensure examination recently approved

by the board for licensure. The rules will also be reviewed and, if necessary, amended to clarify the

requirements for barber apprenticeships. All rules will be reviewed and may be revised for clarity or

to provide up-to-date information and requirements.

4. Summary of proposed rules:

The proposed rules include the following changes: approve and adopt examination requirements for

licensure; clarify requirements for licensure by endorsement; amend the requirements for relicensure;

revise and update sanitation standards; revise and update standards pertaining to astringents,

treatments of the eye, and blood spill procedures; revise the construction standards and equipment

requirements for barber colleges; revise and update the duties of a barber college and add duties for a

barbershop conducting an apprenticeship program; add a distance education rule; revise the

curriculum requirements for a barber college and add the curriculum requirements for an

apprenticeship program; and revise the rule related to student records and add requirements for

apprenticeship records.

MCL 24.242 and 24.245

Agency Report to JCAR-Page 2

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

publication dates:

The Flint Journal, April 9, 2023

The Grand Rapids Press, April 9, 2023

The Mining Journal, April 14, 2023

6. Date of publication of rules and notice of public hearing in Michigan Register:

5/1/2023

7. Date, time, and location of public hearing:

5/2/2023 09:00 AM at UL-5 , 611 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=1388

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

Dena Marks, Departmental Specialist, Bureau of Professional Licensing

LeAnn Payne, Board Support Technician, Bureau of Professional Licensing

Kerry Przybylo, State Administrative Manager, Bureau of Professional Licensing

Stephanie Wysack, Board Support Technician, Bureau of Professional Licensing

10. Persons submitting comments of support:

None.

11. Persons submitting comments of opposition:

None.

12. Persons submitting other comments:

Tiffany Castine

Carol Porter

Nancy W.

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:

6/5/2023

MCL 24.242 and 24.245