Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules
Administrative Rules Division (ARD)
AGENCY REPORT TO THE
JOINT COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE RULES (JCAR)
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
Email of person completing this form:
Name of Department Regulatory Affairs Officer reviewing this form:
Elizabeth Arasim
RULE SET INFORMATION:
MOAHR assigned rule set number:
2023-48 LR
Title of the proposed rule set:
Professional Engineers – General Rules
1. Purpose of the proposed rules and background:
The Professional Engineers – General Rules pertain to definitions, education, experience, licensure, relicensure,
examination, standards of conduct, the seal, license renewal, and continuing education for professional engineers.
Amendment of the rules will take place to supply clarity on definitions, education, experience, licensure, relicensure,
examination, standards of conduct, the seal, license renewal, and continuing education requirements for professional
engineers.
2. Summary of the proposed rules:
The revised rules will align the continuing education requirements for relicensure with the continuing education
requirements for renewal of a license, include another pathway for fulfilling a part of the examination requirements via
proof of more work experience, and include revisions to follow current drafting standards and edits to supply
clarification for easier reading.
3. List names of newspapers in which the notice of public hearing was published and publication
dates:
The Flint Journal, June 30, 2024
The Grand Rapids Press, June 30, 2024
The Mining Journal, July 3, 2024
4. Date of publication of the proposed rules and notice of public hearing in the Michigan Register:
8/1/2024
5. Date, time, and location of the public hearing:
8/8/2024 09:00 AM at UL-5, 611 W. Ottawa Street, Lansing, Michigan
MCL 24.242 and 24.245