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STATE OF MICHIGAN  
DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS  
BUREAU OF PROFESSIONAL LICENSING  
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PUBLIC HEARING  
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THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2022  
AT ABOUT 9:00 A.M.  
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G. MENNEN WILLIAMS BUILDING AUDITORIUM  
525 W. OTTAWA STREET  
LANSING, MICHIGAN  
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RE: Accountancy - General Rules  
(MOAHR #2021-046 LR)  
Licensed Midwifery - General Rules  
(MOAHR #2020-129 LR)  
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HEARING FACILITATOR:  
WESTON MacINTOSH  
Bureau of Professional Licensing  
611 W. Ottawa Street  
Lansing, Michigan 48909  
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Andria Ditschman  
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REPORTED BY: Lori Anne Penn, CSR-1315  
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I N D E X  
2 Opening Statement - Weston MacIntosh  
3 Closing Statement - Weston MacIntosh  
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Lansing, Michigan  
Thursday, May 12, 2022  
At 9:00 a.m.  
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(Public hearing commenced pursuant to due notice.)  
MR. MacINTOSH: My name is Weston  
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MacIntosh, and I am a Departmental Specialist for the  
Bureau of Professional Licensing in the Department of  
Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, and I will be  
conducting the hearing today.  
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This is a public hearing on proposed  
administration rules entitled "Accountancy - General  
Rules" and "Midwifery - General Rules". We are  
conducting this hearing under the authority of the  
Administrative Procedures Act, Public Act 306 of 1969, on  
behalf of the Department of Licensing and Regulatory  
Affairs, Bureau of Professional Licensing.  
We are calling this hearing to order at  
9:00 o'clock a.m. on May 12, 2022, at the G. Mennen  
Williams Building Auditorium at 525 West Ottawa Street in  
Lansing, Michigan. Publication of the notice of public  
hearing was in three newspapers of general circulation,  
including the Grand Rapids Press and the Flint Journal on  
April 17, 2022, the Mining Journal on April 21, 2022, as  
well as the Michigan Register, Issue #7, published on  
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May 1, 2022.  
We are here today to receive your  
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comments on the proposed rules. If you wish to speak,  
please make sure you have signed in and said that you  
wish to speak. You may use the cards provided in the  
lobby for this purposes. I will organize the cards by  
rule set so that the comments for that profession are in  
a group together in the transcript. If you would like to  
testify and have not signed in, please do so now. For  
those of you who do not wish to sign in with card, you  
may speak at the microphone once we have exhausted the  
stack of cards that you give to me.  
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If you have comments, please make sure  
that they relate directly to the proposed rules. If you  
have questions about the rules, please include your  
questions as part of your testimony for the Department's  
review. If you have suggested changes to the proposed  
rules, please include the specific reasons why the  
changes would be in the public interest.  
For the record, when you testify, please  
give us your name by spelling your name and your  
organization, if any, that you may be speaking for today.  
This will help the Department prepare the hearing record  
that will go before the Boards. You can give written  
statements directly to me at the table. The Department  
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will also accept written statements emailed or postmarked  
until 5:00 o'clock p.m. today.  
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The Department staff from the Bureau of  
Professional Licensing also includes Andria Ditschman and  
Kerry Przybylo.  
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The first rule set that we'll take  
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comments for is "Accountancy - General Rules". Do we  
have anyone who wishes to speak on the "Accountancy -  
General Rules"? Hearing none.  
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Do we have anyone who wishes to speak on  
the "Midwifery - General Rules"? Hearing none.  
If there are no other people who wish to  
speak at this time, we'll take short recess.  
(Recess from 9:04 a.m. until 9:20 a.m.)  
MR. MacINTOSH: If there are no further  
comments at this time, I hereby declare the hearing  
closed. The record will remain open until today at 5:00  
o'clock p.m. for any other comments you may wish to share  
about the proposed rules. Thank you for coming.  
(Public hearing concluded at 9:21 a.m.)  
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I, Lori Anne Penn, certify that this  
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transcript consisting of 6 pages is a complete, true, and  
correct record of the public hearing held in the  
captioned matters on Thursday, May 12, 2022.  
I further certify that I am not  
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responsible for any copies of this transcript not made  
under my direction or control and bearing my original  
signature.  
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I also certify that I am not a relative  
or employee of or an attorney for a party; or a relative  
or employee of an attorney for a party; or financially  
interested in the action.  
May 12, 2022  
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