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:

2022-67 LR

Title of proposed rule set:

Nursing Home Administrators—General Rules

3. Purpose for the proposed rules and background:

The Nursing Home Administrators General Rules pertain to the licensure, relicensure, and license

renewal for nursing home administrators.

The rules will be amended to provide clarity pertaining to education, training, testing requirements,

licensing, continuing education requirements and approved providers, and telehealth services.

4. Summary of proposed rules:

The proposed rules add and clarify definitions, amend and clarify requirements for licensure and

continuing education requirement, clarify that a licensee who completes implicit bias training under

R 338.7004 may also use that training toward fulfillment of continuing education requirements,

remove the application for board approval of a continuing education course, and rescind and relocate

the content of some rules to comply with current drafting standards and to provide better

organization.

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

publication dates:

Flint Journal, March 7, 2024

Grand Rapids Press, March 7, 2024

Mining Journal, March 13, 2024

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

4/1/2024

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

4/9/2024 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=1426

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

Weston MacIntosh, Departmental Specialist, Bureau of Professional Licensing

10. Persons submitting comments of support:

Rich Farran, Health Care Association of Michigan

Michelle Grachek, National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards (NAB)

Randy Lindner, National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards (NAB)

11. Persons submitting comments of opposition:

None.

12. Persons submitting other comments:

Dean Rumsey, LHNA

13. Identify any changes made to the proposed rules based on comments received during the

public comment period:

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Name &

Organization public hearing

Comments made at Written

Agency Rationale Rule number

for Rule Change & citation

and Description changed

of Change(s)

Comments

Made

1

Rich Farran,

Health Care

Association of

Michigan

The commenter The board agreed R 339.14012

supported the

revised

that the new

educational

requirement

(1)

educational

requirement for should be

licensure but

asked for a

change to the

draft rule that

would permit

implemented in a

way that permits

recent graduates

and current

students in

those who have programs that

recently meet current

completed or are standards the

currently enrolled opportunity to

in programs that apply for licensure

meet current

standards to be

eligible for

licensure.

for 1 year.

As revised, R

339.14012(1)

would read as

follows:

(1) Beginning 1

year after

promulgation of

this rule, an

applicant for

licensure shall

have earned either

of the following

from an accredited

college or

university that

satisfies the

requirements of R

339.14011:

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2

Michelle

The commenters The board agreed R 339.14017

Grachek and

Randy Lindner,

National

stated that

acquiring and

holding a health health services

that holding a

current, valid

Association of

Long Term

Care

Administrator

Boards (NAB)

services

executive

designation

granted by the

NAB was

executive

designation from

the NAB was

sufficient to meet

the requirements

equivalent to or for initial

greater than the licensure. R

examination and 339.14017(c) was

educational

requirements

added to read as

follows:

already provided (c) Holds a

for in the draft current, valid

rules and should health services

be sufficient for executive

granting initial

licensure.

designation

granted by the

NAB or meets the

requirements of

subrules (d) and

(e) of this rule.

14.Date report completed:

7/2/2024

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