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:  
Professional Engineers – General Rules  
5. Rule numbers or rule set range of numbers:  
R 339.16001 – R 339.16044  
6. Estimated time frame:  
12 months  
Name of person filling out RFR:  
Weston MacIntosh  
E-mail of person filling out RFR:  
MacIntoshW1@michigan.gov  
Phone number of person filling out RFR:  
517-241-9269  
Address of person filling out RFR:  
611 W. Ottawa St.  
P.O. Box 30670  
Lansing, MI 48909  
7. Describe the general purpose of these rules, including any problems the changes are intended  
to address.  
The Professional Engineers – General Rules pertain to definitions, education, experience,  
licensure, relicensure, examination, standards of conduct, the seal, license renewal, and continuing  
education for professional engineers.  
Amendment of the rules will take place to supply clarity on definitions, education, experience,  
licensure, relicensure, examination, standards of conduct, the seal, license renewal, and continuing  
education requirements for professional engineers.  
8. Please cite the specific promulgation authority for the rules (i.e. department director,  
commission, board, etc.).  
MCL 339.205 authorizes the department to promulgate rules to implement articles 1 to 6 and rules  
which are necessary and appropriate to enable the department to fulfill its role under this act.  
MCL 339.308 authorizes a board to promulgate rules as required in the article in which it is  
created as are necessary and appropriate to fulfill its role and a board may promulgate rules to set  
the minimal standards of acceptable practice for an occupation for which the board is created.  
MCL 339.2009 authorizes the department, by rule, to establish a program of continuing education  
for all licensees under this article.  
MCL 24.239  
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A. Please list all applicable statutory references (MCLs, Executive Orders, etc.).  
MCL 339.205; MCL 339.308; MCL 339.2009; Executive Reorganization Order No. 1991-9, MCL  
338.3501; Executive Reorganization Order No. 1996-2, MCL 445.2001; Executive Reorganization  
Order No. 2003-1, MCL 445.2011; and Executive Reorganization Order No. 2011-4, MCL  
445.2030.  
B. Are the rules mandated by any applicable constitutional or statutory provision? If so, please  
explain.  
Under MCL 339.205, the department shall promulgate rules to implement articles 1 to 6 and rules  
which are necessary and appropriate to enable the department to fulfill its role under this act.  
Under MCL 339.308, a board shall promulgate rules as required in the article in which it is created  
as are necessary and appropriate to fulfill its role and a board may promulgate rules to set the  
minimal standards of acceptable practice for an occupation for which the board is created.  
Under MCL 339.2009, the department shall, by rule, establish a program of continuing education  
for all licensees under this article.  
There is no constitutional mandate.  
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.  
Each state sets up its own requirements with respect to professional engineers. 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?  
No. The subject matter of these rules is not currently contained in any guideline, 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?  
No.  
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 Board of Professional Engineers will receive comments from the public, associations, and  
licensees. The Board of Professional Engineers will hold Rules Committee Work Group sessions  
with the public.  
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 Department last amended the rules on May 8, 2025. There have been no technological factors,  
economic conditions, or other factors that would require amendment of the rules.  
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?  
No, there are no changes or developments since implementation of the last rule set that  
demonstrates 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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