Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs
Bureau of Professional Licensing
Administrative Rules for Board of Nursing-General Rules
Rule Set 2022-36 LR
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Monday, October 16, 2023
09:00 AM
UL-3
611 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 Board of Nursing-General Rules rule set.
The proposed rules include the following changes:
General Provisions and Licensure: updates to comply with current drafting standards; clarification of the
process for licensure verification; recognition of a nursing education program accredited by the
Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing; allowing another state board of nursing to attest that an
unaccredited closed program, in that state, was in good standing when the program closed; requiring an
applicant to pass the NCLEX within 1 year of obtaining a skills competency evaluation; omitting the
curriculum review of an endorsement applicant who has been licensed for 5 years without discipline; and
easing the licensure requirements for Canadian applicants for endorsement.
Nursing Education Programs: clarification of the self-study content requirements; clarification that a
program may not enroll students until all site visit deficiencies have been rectified; clarification of
reporting requirements and the content of major program changes and requests for seat increases;
provision of a process to handle programs that lose accreditation; adoption of the most recent standards
of the International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning; and updates to the rules
regarding board evaluation of a program and the action the board can take following a program
evaluation.
Nurse Specialty Certification: the portfolio option for the clinical nurse specialist will be omitted as this
option to obtain licensure has sunset.
Continuing Education: requiring renewal applicants, who also apply for a controlled substance license,
to complete a one-time training in opioids and other controlled substance awareness. Petitions for a
waiver of continuing education must be submitted at least 30 days before the last regularly scheduled
board meeting before the license expires.
Nurse Scholarship: Removal of the restriction prohibiting a student who has a full scholarship from
another source from participation.
By authority conferred on the director of the department of licensing and regulatory affairs by section
16141, 16145, 16148, 16174, 16175, 16178, 16181, 16182, 16184, 16186, 16186a, 16201, 16204,
16205, 16206, 16215, 16287, 17210, 17213, and 17241 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL
333.16141, 333.16145, 333.16148, 333.16174, 333.16175, 333.16178, 333.16181, 333.16182,
333.16184, 333.16186, 333.16186a, 333.16201, 333.16204, 333.16205, 333.16206, 333.16215,
333.16287, 333.17210, 333.17213, and 333.17241, and Executive Reorganization Order Nos. 1991-9,
1996-2, 2003-1, and 2011-4, MCL 338.3501, 445.2001, 445.2011, and 445.2030.