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:  
2023-29 LR  
Title of proposed rule set:  
Genetic Counseling - General Rules  
3. Purpose for the proposed rules and background:  
The Genetic Counseling – General Rules pertain to definitions, telehealth, training, licensure,  
relicensure, renewal, continuing education, and certification for genetic counselors.  
Amendment of the rules will take place to supply clarity on definitions, telehealth, training, licensure,  
relicensure, renewal, continuing education, and certification for genetic counselors.  
4. Summary of proposed rules:  
The proposed revisions to the rules include typographical revisions, clarification of when a licensee  
must request a waiver of continuing education, clarification that completion of implicit bias training  
under R 338.7004 may also count toward continuing education requirements, a provision that non-  
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) accredited providers engaging in  
joint providership with ACCME accredited providers are acceptable continuing education providers,  
and clarification that a licensee shall report to the department a change in qualified supervisor no later  
than 30 days after the change occurs.  
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, August 31, 2023.  
The Grand Rapids Press, August 31, 2023.  
The Mining Journal, September 6, 2023.  
6. Date of publication of rules and notice of public hearing in Michigan Register:  
10/1/2023  
7. Date, time, and location of public hearing:  
10/2/2023 09:00 AM at UL-3 , 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) 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:  
10/18/2023  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
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