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