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:  
2022-37 LR  
Title of proposed rule set:  
Marriage and Family Therapy – General Rules  
3. Purpose for the proposed rules and background:  
The Marriage and Family Therapy – General Rules pertain to definitions, training, licensure,  
examinations, and educational standards for marriage and family therapists.  
Amendment of the rules will take place to supply clarity on definitions, human trafficking training,  
licensure, examinations, educational standards, and telehealth for marriage and family therapists.  
4. Summary of proposed rules:  
The proposed revisions to the rules include: re-organization and grammatical revisions, updates to  
educational standards, and clarification that an applicant must show proof of successfully passing the  
Marital and Family Therapy National Examination conducted and scored by the Association of  
Marital and Family Therapy Regulatory Boards during the 3-year period immediately preceding the  
date of the application for relicensure, as a pathway for those applicants who have let the license  
lapse more than three years.  
5. List names of newspapers in which the notice of public hearing was published and  
publication dates:  
The Flint Journal, July 30, 2023.  
The Grand Rapids Press, July 30, 2023.  
The Mining Journal, August 16, 2023.  
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:  
9/1/2023  
7. Date, time, and location of public hearing:  
9/5/2023 09:00 AM at UL-4 , 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=1396  
9. List of the name and title of agency representative(s) who attended the public hearing:  
Weston MacIntosh, Departmental Specialist, Bureau of Professional Licensing.  
LeAnn Payne, 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  
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14.Date report completed:  
10/2/2023  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
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