Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs
Bureau of Professional Licensing
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
February 19, 2019
9:00 a.m.
Location: G. Mennen Williams Building Auditorium
525 W. Ottawa Street, Lansing, Michigan
The hearing is held to receive public comments on the following administrative rules:
Physical Therapy – General Rules (ORR 2018-023 LR)
Authority: MCL 333.16141; MCL 333.16145; MCL 333.16148; MCL 333.16174; MCL
333.16201; MCL 333.16204; MCL 333.16205; MCL 333.16206; MCL 333.16215; MCL
333.16287; MCL 333.17823; MCL 338.3501; MCL 445.2001; MCL 445.2011, and MCL
445.2030.
Overview: The proposed revisions to the rules will amend the human trafficking rule to include a
date of promulgation, update standards that are adopted by reference under the rules, rescind
rules that are duplicative of statute, and update requirements pertaining to initial licensure,
licensure by endorsement, license renewal, and relicensure.
Task Force on Physician’s Assistants – General Rules (ORR 2018-050 LR)
Authority: MCL 333.16145; MCL 333.16148; MCL 333.17060; MCL 333.17068; MCL 338.3501;
MCL 445.2001; MCL 445.2011; MCL 445.2030.
Overview: The proposed revisions to the rules will amend the human trafficking rule to include a
date of promulgation, provide updated accreditation standards for physician’s assistant
educational programs, and require applicants for relicensure to provide fingerprints and establish
good moral character.
Respiratory Care – General Rules (ORR 2018-041 LR)
Authority: MCL 333.16148; MCL 333.16174; MCL 333.18709; MCL 338.3501; MCL 445.2001;
MCL 445.2011; MCL 445.2030.
Overview: The proposed revisions to the rules will clarify definitions, provide the dates by which
a licensee or applicant must have completed training for identifying victims of human trafficking,
amend and update licensure requirements, and update relicensure requirements. The proposed
revisions will also rescind the rules pertaining to temporary respiratory therapist licensure and
credentialed respiratory therapy licensure because an applicant must have applied for these
licenses by no later than December 1, 2006. Lastly, the proposed revisions will require a foreign-
trained applicant to have his or her credentials evaluated by the National Association of
Credential Evaluation Services and demonstrate a working knowledge of the English language.
The rules will take effect immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State, unless specified
otherwise in the rules. Comments on the proposed rules may be presented in person at the public
