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Director of the Department of Commerce. The Department of Commerce was renamed to
the Department of Consumer and Industry Services (CIS).
MCL 445.2011: Executive Reorganization Order 2003-1 transferred from the Director of
CIS any authority, powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities related to the
promulgation of rules to the Director of the Department of Community Health (DCH).
MCL 445.2030: Executive Reorganization Order 2011-4 transferred from the Director of
DCH to the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs any authority, powers, duties,
functions, and responsibilities related to the promulgation of rules by DCH related to the
Bureau of Health Professions, which is now called the Bureau of Professional Licensing.
6. Describe the extent to which the rule(s) conflict with, duplicate, or exceed similar regulations,
compliance requirements, or other standards adopted at the state, regional, or federal level.
Include applicable public act and statutory references.
The proposed rules do not conflict with, duplicate, or exceed similar rules or regulations
adopted by the state or federal government.
7. Is the subject matter of the rule(s) currently contained in any guideline, manual, handbook,
instructional bulletin, form with instructions, or operational memo?
The subject matter of the rules is not currently contained in any guideline, handbook,
manual, instructional bulletin, form with instructions, or operational memoranda.
8. Explain whether the rule(s) will be promulgated under Sections 44 or 48 of the APA or the full
rulemaking process:
The proposed rules will be promulgated under the full rulemaking process.
9. Do the rule(s) incorporate the recommendations of any Advisory Rules Committee formed
pursuant to Executive Order 2011-5? If yes, explain.
The proposed rules do not incorporate the recommendations of any Advisory Rules
Committee formed pursuant to Executive Order 2011-5.
10. Is there an applicable decision record as defined in Section 3(6) and required by Section 39(2) of
the APA? If so, please attach the decision record.
Yes. Please see the attached Board of Physical Therapy minutes from January 10, 2017.
11. Reviewed by the following Departmental Regulatory Affairs Officer:
Liz Arasim
Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs.
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↓ To be completed by the ORR ↓
Date RFR received:4-23-2018
Based on the information in this RFR, the ORR concludes that there are sufficient policy and
legal bases for approving the RFR.
Revised: January 4, 2018
MCL 24.239