Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules  
Administrative Rules Division (ARD)  
[email protected]  
REQUEST FOR RULEMAKING (RFR)  
1. Department:  
Licensing and Regulatory Affairs  
2. Bureau:  
Bureau of Professional Licensing  
3. Promulgation type:  
Full Process  
4. Title of proposed rule set:  
Cosmetology - General Rules  
5. Rule numbers or rule set range of numbers:  
R 338.2101 - R 338.2195  
6. Estimated time frame:  
12 months  
Name of person filling out RFR:  
Dena Marks  
E-mail of person filling out RFR:  
MarksD1@michigan.gov  
Phone number of person filling out RFR:  
517-335-3679  
Address of person filling out RFR:  
611 W. Ottawa St., Lansing, MI 48909  
7. Describe the general purpose of these rules, including any problems the changes are intended  
to address.  
These rules provide licensure and sanitation requirements for cosmetologists. The rules also  
provide operational and equipment requirements for a cosmetology establishment and a school of  
cosmetology and set minimal standards of acceptable practice for the profession.  
The rules will be amended to ensure that sanitation standards are clear and up-to-date. The rules  
will also be amended to clarify requirements for licensure, relicensure, and licensure by  
endorsement, requirements for conducting apprenticeships, and requirements for the operation of  
cosmetology schools and establishments. The rules pertaining to prohibitions applicable to  
licensees, students, and apprentices will also be revised to provide up-to-date information.  
Additionally, the rules will be amended to comply with recent statutory changes concerning the  
training required for licensure of cosmetology instructors, MCL 339.1206, manicurists, MCL  
339.1209, and estheticians, MCL 339.1210, and to ensure that the curriculum requirements for  
applicants who will be licensed to provide skin care services comply with the statutory changes to  
the scope of practice for skin care services, as amended MCL 339.1210, effective April 2, 2025.  
All rules will be reviewed and amended as needed for clarity and to provide up-to-date standards  
and information.  
8. Please cite the specific promulgation authority for the rules (i.e. department director,  
commission, board, etc.).  
MCL 24.239  
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The department in consultation with the board.  
A. Please list all applicable statutory references (MCLs, Executive Orders, etc.).  
MCL 339.205, 339.308, 339.310, 339.1203, 339.1204, 339.1205, 339.1207, 339.1208, 339.1209,  
and 339.1210, and Executive Reorganization Order Nos. 1991-9, 1996-2, 2003-1, and 2011-4,  
MCL 338.3501, 445.2001, 445.2011, and 445.2030.  
B. Are the rules mandated by any applicable constitutional or statutory provision? If so, please  
explain.  
MCL 339.205 requires the department to promulgate rules that are necessary and appropriate for it  
to fulfill its role.  
MCL 339.308 requires the board to promulgate rules that are necessary and appropriate for it to  
fulfill its role.  
MCL 339.1203 requires the department in consultation with the board to establish sanitation  
standards and rules for the operation of mobile salons and the performance of cosmetology  
services in or at mobile salons.  
MCL 339.1205 requires the department to establish, by rule, the criteria for determining whether  
an hour of instruction at a state barber college is substantially similar to an hour of instruction at a  
school of cosmetology.  
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.  
The rules do not conflict with or duplicate similar rules, compliance requirements, or other  
standards adopted at the state, regional, or federal level.  
10. Is the subject matter of the rules currently contained in any guideline, handbook, manual,  
instructional bulletin, form with instructions, or operational memoranda?  
The subject matter of the proposed rules is not currently contained in any guidance, handbook,  
manual, instructional bulletin, form with instructions, or operational memoranda.  
11. Are the rules listed on the department’s annual regulatory plan as rules to be processed  
for the current year?  
Yes.  
12. Will the proposed rules be promulgated under Section 44 of the Administrative Procedures  
Act, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.244, or under the full rulemaking process?  
Full Process  
13. Please describe the extent to which the rules exceed similar regulations, compliance  
requirements, or other standards adopted at the state, regional, or federal level.  
The rules do not exceed similar regulations, compliance requirements, or other standards adopted  
at the state, regional, or federal level.  
14. Do the rules incorporate the recommendations received from the public regarding any  
complaints or comments regarding the rules? If yes, please explain.  
The rules do not incorporate the recommendations received from the public regarding any  
complaints or comments regarding the current rules.  
15. If amending an existing rule set, please provide the date of the last evaluation of the rules  
and the degree, if any, to which technology, economic conditions, or other factors have changed  
the regulatory activity covered by the rules since the last evaluation.  
MCL 24.239  
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The rules were last amended November 4, 2021. There have been statutory changes to MCL  
339.1206. 339.1209, and 339.1210 since the last evaluation. There have been no other changes in  
technology, economic conditions, or other factors that have changed the regulatory activities since  
the last evaluation.  
16. Are there any changes or developments since implementation that demonstrate there is no  
continued need for the rules, or any portion of the rules?  
There have been no changes or developments since implementation that demonstrate there is no  
continued need for the rules.  
17. Is there an applicable decision record (as defined in MCL 24.203(6) and required by MCL  
24.239(2))? If so, please attach the decision record.  
Yes  
Based on the information provided in this RFR, MOAHR concludes that there are sufficient  
policy and legal bases for approving the RFR. The RFR satisfies the requirements of the  
Administrative Procedures Act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, and Executive  
Order No. 2019-6.  
MCL 24.239  
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