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:
Health and Human Services
Division/Bureau/Office:
Public Health Administration
Name of person completing this form:
Talisa Gauthier
Phone number of person completing this form:
517-284-4853
Email of person completing this form:
Name of Department Regulatory Affairs Officer reviewing this form:
Mary Brennan
RULE SET INFORMATION:
MOAHR assigned rule set number:
2023-74 HS
Title of the proposed rule set:
Universal Blood Lead Testing
1. Purpose of the proposed rules and background:
The purpose of these rules is to follow the mandate of 2023 PA 146, MCL 333.5474d that requires the Department to
promulgate rules requiring physicians to test, or order a test, for children for exposure to lead at select ages and under
certain conditions and in certain geographical areas of the state. They also require physicians to enter the blood lead
test result on the child’s Certificate of Immunization.
2. Summary of the proposed rules:
The purpose of these rules is to follow the mandate of 2023 PA 146, MCL 333.5474d that includes the requirement
that the Department to promulgate rules for implementation that requires physicians to test, or order a test, for
children for exposure to lead at age 12 and 24 months, or, if no record of a previous test, between 24 and 72 months
of age.
3. List names of newspapers in which the notice of public hearing was published and publication
dates:
Oakland Press, August 23, 2024; Marquette Mining Journal, August 23, 2024; Battle Creek Enquirer, August 22,
2024.
4. Date of publication of the proposed rules and notice of public hearing in the Michigan Register:
9/15/2024
5. Date, time, and location of the public hearing:
9/23/2024 09:00 AM at South Grand Tower Building Rooms 1K/1L, 333 South Grand Avenue, Lansing, Michigan
48933
MCL 24.242 and 24.245