Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs  
Bureau of Professional Licensing  
Administrative Rules for Physical Therapy – General Rules  
Rule Set 2023-53 LR  
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING  
Friday, July 25, 2025  
09:00 AM  
UL-5  
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 Physical Therapy – General Rules rule set.  
The proposed revisions to the rules include grammatical or typographical edits to follow current drafting  
standards and to supply clarification for easier reading, adopts updated educational standards, removes  
the jurisprudence examination, supplies clarifying conditions under which the board will consider a  
request from an applicant for an appeal of current examination policies, supplies simpler proof  
requirements related to the examination, licensure in another jurisdiction, and professional development  
requirements for the purposes of relicensure, changes the amount of professional development  
requirements a licensee must complete and the period in which a licensee must complete professional  
development requirements, consistent with the change in the length of the license cycle, clarifies the  
ways to satisfy professional development requirements, and clarifies that a licensee who completes  
implicit bias training under R 338.7004 may also use that training toward fulfillment of continuing  
education requirements.  
By authority conferred on the department in consultation with the board.  
The proposed rules will take effect immediately after filing with the Secretary of State. The proposed  
rules are published on the State of Michigan's website at www.michigan.gov/ARD and in the 7/15/2025  
issue of the Michigan Register. Copies of these proposed rules may also be obtained by mail or  
electronic mail at the following email address: [email protected].  
Comments on these proposed rules may be made at the hearing, by mail, or by electronic mail at the  
following addresses until 7/25/2025 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  
BPL-BoardSupport@michigan.gov  
The public hearing will be conducted in compliance with the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act. If the  
hearing is held at a physical location, the building will be accessible with handicap parking available.  
Anyone needing assistance to take part in the hearing due to disability may call 711- to make  
arrangements.  
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