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:
2023-37 LR
Title of proposed rule set:
Audiology – General Rules
3. Purpose for the proposed rules and background:
The Audiology – General Rules pertain to definitions, training, licensure, limited licenses, clinical
experience, examination, accreditation standards, relicensure, renewal, continuing education, and
telehealth for audiologists.
Amendment of the rules will take place to supply necessary revisions on definitions, training,
licensure, limited licenses, clinical experience, examination, accreditation standards, relicensure,
renewal, continuing education, and telehealth for audiologists.
4. Summary of proposed rules:
The proposed rules clarify that graduates from educational programs that are substantially equivalent
to accredited educational programs also satisfy the educational requirements for the limited license,
update accreditation standards for audiology educational programs, clarify that a licensee who
completes implicit bias training under R 338.7004 may also use that training toward fulfillment of
continuing education requirements, supply updated accreditation standards for audiology continuing
education programs, and clarify that a proposed continuing education provider, not already approved
under the rules, must file an application and supporting documentation with the department for
review not less than one-hundred twenty (120) days before the scheduled program date.
MCL 24.242 and 24.245