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:  
2023-30 LR  
Title of proposed rule set:  
Medicine - General Rules  
3. Purpose for the proposed rules and background:  
The Medicine – General Rules pertain to definitions, telehealth, prescribing of drugs, training,  
accreditation standards, licensure, educational limited licenses, examination, clinical academic  
limited licenses, relicensure, renewal, and continuing education, for medical doctors.  
Amendment of the rules will take place to supply clarity on definitions, telehealth, prescribing of  
drugs, training, accreditation standards, licensure, educational limited licenses, examination, clinical  
academic limited licenses, relicensure, renewal, and continuing education, for medical doctors.  
4. Summary of proposed rules:  
The proposed revisions to the rules include typographical revisions, updates to accreditation  
standards, removal of the requirement that an applicant shall pass all steps of the USMLE within  
seven years from the date the first step was passed, clarification of when a licensee must request a  
waiver of continuing education, and clarification that completion of implicit bias training under R  
338.7004 may also count toward continuing education requirements, and 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.  
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:  
https://ARS.apps.lara.state.mi.us/Transaction/RFRTransaction?TransactionID=1457  
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:  
Halley Crissman  
Monika Miner  
Colleen Ryan  
Elisabeth Smith  
Amy Zaagman  
12. Persons submitting other comments:  
None.  
13. Identify any changes made to the proposed rules based on comments received during the  
public comment period:  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
Agency Report to JCAR-Page 3  
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
Halley  
Rule 338.2411(7) The Department  
be struck given  
that it is not  
based in medical the subrule.  
science nor  
patient safety.  
R 338.2411  
and Board agree (7)  
with removal of  
Crissman,  
Michigan  
Section of the  
American  
College of  
Obstetricians  
and  
Gynecologists  
14.Date report completed:  
1/10/2024  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
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