Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs
Bureau of Professional Licensing
Administrative Rules for Counseling – General Rules
Rule Set 2021-58 LR
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
09:00 AM
G. Mennen Williams Building Auditorium
525 W. Ottawa Street, Lansing, Michigan
The Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs will hold a public hearing to receive public
comments on proposed changes to the Counseling – General Rules rule set.
The proposed rules will: clarify definitions and the meaning of terms used in the rules; supply conditions
for telehealth and related patient consent; update higher institution educational program accreditation
standards and include Canadian program educational standards; clarify the educational training program
requirements for applicants who are graduates of both CACREP and non-CACREP accredited
programs; clarify language under the human trafficking rule; include clean-up of references to limited
licensed counselor, so that the language is consistent with statute; include a new requirement of a
separate statement to the department identifying the Michigan licensed professional counselor who is
supervising the limited licensed counselor’s practice and the licensed professional counselor’s
supervising qualifications; include revisions to allow experience gained in the immediate physical
presence of the supervisor to also occur via 2-way real-time audiovisual technology that allows direct,
contemporaneous interaction by sight and sound between the supervisor and the supervisee; include
revisions to allow showing proof of licensure in a province of Canada as a pathway to licensure; clarify
that showing proof of passing the National Clinical Mental Health Counseling Examination (NCMHCE)
would also satisfy the examination requirement for relicensure; clarify the criteria that a limited licensed
counselor must send in for the department and board’s consideration of an extension of the ten-year
limitation to holding the limited license; and update the language related to supplying counseling
supervision.
By authority conferred on the department in consultation with the board under MCL 333.16141,
333.16145, 333.16148, 333.16201, 333.18101, 333.18106, 333.18107, and 333.18111, and Executive
Reorganization Nos. 1991-9, 1996-2, 2003-1, 2008-4, and 2011-4, MCL 338.3501, 445.2001, 445.2011,
445.2025, and 445.2030.
The proposed rules will take effect immediately after filing with the Secretary of State. The proposed
issue of the Michigan Register. Copies of these proposed rules may also be obtained by mail or
electronic mail at the following email address: BPL-BoardSupport@michigan.gov.
Comments on these proposed rules may be made at the hearing, by mail, or by electronic mail at the
following addresses until 12/14/2022 at 05:00PM.
Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Bureau of Professional Licensing – Boards and
Committees Section P.O. Box 30670 Lansing, MI 48909-8170 Attention: Departmental Specialist
Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Bureau of Professional Licensing – Boards and
Committees Section P.O. Box 30670 Lansing, MI 48909-8170 Attention: Departmental Specialist