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The general purpose of these rules is to address educational and registration requirements.
The proposed changes include reorganization of the rules and substantive changes to amend the
rules to:
- Clarify definitions and the meaning of terms used in the rules.
- Update environmental health baccalaureate programs accreditation standards.
- Update environmental health graduate programs accreditation standards.
- Update higher institution educational program regional accreditation standards.
- Move educational requirements from the definitions rule to an educational section and rule.
- Require applicants who are graduates of only regionally accredited programs to provide to the
department an evaluation of their educational credentials by a credential evaluation organization.
- Revise the human trafficking rule to include a date of promulgation.
- Remove duplicative language from the former examination rule.
- Clarify and simplify registration by examination requirements, including the removal of
departmental review of an alternative educational and training program.
- Add criteria related to good moral character and fingerprinting as conditions for re-registration of
a sanitarian, as well as other relevant criteria, depending on the circumstances of the applicant.
- Add a rule that addresses the requirements for registration renewal.
8. Please cite the specific promulgation authority for the rules (i.e. department director,
commission, board, etc.).
The department director.
A. Please list all applicable statutory references (MCLs, Executive Orders, etc.).
MCL 333.16145, MCL 333.16148, and MCL 333.18413, and Executive Reorganization Order
Nos. 1991-9, 1996-2, 2003-1, 2011-4, and 2009-10, MCL 338.3501, MCL 445.2001, MCL
445.2011, MCL 445.2030, and MCL 333.26364.
B. Are the rules mandated by any applicable constitutional or statutory provision? If so, please
explain.
No.
9. Please describe the extent to which the rules conflict with or duplicate similar rules,
compliance requirements, or other standards adopted at the state, regional, or federal level.
R 338.3910, the prohibited conduct rule, will be rescinded, as the conduct is already regulated by
law elsewhere, namely MCL 333.16221 and MCL 333.18413.
The rest of the proposed rules do not duplicate or conflict with other federal or state regulations.
10. Is the subject matter of the rules currently contained in any guideline, handbook, manual,
instructional bulletin, form with instructions, or operational memoranda?
MCL 24.239