Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules
611 West Ottawa Street; 2nd Floor, Ottawa Building
Lansing, MI 48933
Phone: (517) 335-8658 FAX: (517) 335-9512
REQUEST FOR RULEMAKING (RFR)
Under the Administrative Procedures Act (APA), 1969 PA 306, the agency that has the statutory authority
to promulgate rules must electronically file an RFR with the Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings
and Rules (MOAHR) before initiating any changes or additions to the rules. Please submit the RFR to
1. Agency Information:
Agency name: Health and Human Services
Division/Bureau/Office: Environmental Health/Epidemiology and Population Health
Name, title, phone number, and e-mail of person Tom Largo, MDHHS, P.O. Box 30195,
completing this form:
517-284-4806
2. Rule Set Information:
Title of proposed rule set: Blood Lead Analysis Reporting
Rule number(s) or range of numbers: Mich Admin Code R 325.9081 through R 325.9087
Included in agency’s annual regulatory plan as rule to be processed in current year? Yes
3. Estimated timetable for completion, or statutory deadline, if applicable:
Six Months
4. Describe the general purpose of these rules, including any problem(s) the changes are intended to
address:
This request is to make amendments to the Blood Lead Analysis Reporting rules.
Minor corrections are needed to update the Department and Division names and minor grammatical
and formatting corrections. One change is deleting the requirement that information about whether
the address is for a residence that is owned or rented. This is because laboratories never have this
information and cannot realistically be expected to obtain it. Another change is to reflect current
practice and upgraded technology for receipt of laboratory results with decimal points, rather than
rounding to integers, and to specify how laboratories should report results less than their limit of
detection.
Another change is the deletion of specific definitions of "ethnicity" and “race." This is so that if
standards change in the future, laboratories can be requested to change the categories. Revised
terminology here is consistent with terminology in the rules for Reporting of Communicable
Diseases, Mich Admin Code R 325.171-325.199.
5. Cite the specific rule promulgation authority (i.e. agency director, commission, board, etc.,
listing all applicable statutory references. If the rule(s) are mandated by any applicable
constitutional or statutory provision, please explain.
By authority conferred on the department of health and human services by 1978 PA 368, MCL
333.5111(1)-(2)(f); 333.5474(1)(c), and 333.20531.
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.
Revised: May 29, 2019
MCL 24.239
