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:  
2023-33 LR  
Title of proposed rule set:  
Acupuncture - General Rules  
3. Purpose for the proposed rules and background:  
The current acupuncture general rules pertain to the licensure, relicensure, renewals, and continuing  
education requirements for renewal for acupuncturists.  
The continuing education rules will be reviewed and amended as needed. Additionally, all rules will  
be reviewed, updated, and revised for clarity.  
4. Summary of proposed rules:  
The proposed rules revise definitions, update the national standards of competence approved and  
adopted by the board, and clarify that a licensee who completes an implicit bias training program  
required under R 338.7004 may also use that training toward fulfillment of continuing education  
requirements if the training has been approved by the National Certification Commission for  
Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.  
5. List names of newspapers in which the notice of public hearing was published and  
publication dates:  
Flint Journal, February 27, 2024  
Grand Rapids Press, February 27, 2024  
Mining Journal, February 29, 2024  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
Agency Report to JCAR-Page 2  
6. Date of publication of rules and notice of public hearing in Michigan Register:  
3/15/2024  
7. Date, time, and location of public hearing:  
3/19/2024 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=1460  
9. List of the name and title of agency representative(s) who attended the 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  
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14.Date report completed:  
4/15/2024  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
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