Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules  
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:  
Name of Department Regulatory Affairs Officer reviewing this form:  
Elizabeth Arasim  
2. Rule Set Information  
MOAHR assigned rule set number:  
2022-4 LR  
Title of proposed rule set:  
Physician’s Assistants – General Rules  
3. Purpose for the proposed rules and background:  
The Physician’s Assistants – General Rules pertain to definitions, training, educational standards, and  
licenses for physician’s assistants.  
Amendment of the rules will take place to supply clarity on definitions, educational standards, human  
trafficking training, and licensure.  
4. Summary of proposed rules:  
The proposed revisions to the rules adopt updated educational standards; clarify that an applicant  
must hold a full license in another state or in a province of Canada for licensure by endorsement and  
provide the names of available examinations an applicant for relicensure may show proof of passing  
as a pathway to relicensure.  
5. List names of newspapers in which the notice of public hearing was published and  
publication dates:  
The Flint Journal, September 15, 2022  
The Grand Rapids Press, September 15, 2022  
The Mining Journal, September 16, 2022  
6. Date of publication of rules and notice of public hearing in Michigan Register:  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
Agency Report to JCAR-Page 2  
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, Michigan  
8. Provide the link the agency used to post the regulatory impact statement and cost-benefit  
analysis on its website:  
9. List of the name and title of agency representative(s) attending public hearing:  
Weston MacIntosh, Departmental Specialist, Bureau of Professional Licensing  
Dena Marks, Departmental Specialist, 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:  
10/6/2022  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
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