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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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TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2023  
AT ABOUT 9:00 A.M.  
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OTTAWA BUILDING  
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611 W. OTTAWA STREET, UL-3  
LANSING, MICHIGAN  
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RE: Occupational Therapists - General Rules  
(MOAHR #2021-85 LR)  
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HEARING FACILITATOR:  
DENA MARKS  
Bureau of Professional Licensing  
611 W. Ottawa Street  
Lansing, Michigan 48909  
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23 REPORTED BY: Lori Anne Penn, CSR-1315  
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I N D E X  
2 Opening Statement - Dena Marks  
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4 COMMENTS:  
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7 Closing Statement - Dena Marks  
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Lansing, Michigan  
Tuesday, January 17, 2023  
At 9:00 a.m.  
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(Public hearing commenced pursuant to due notice.)  
MS. MARKS: Good morning. My name is  
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Dena Marks, and I'm a departmental specialist for the  
Bureau of Professional Licensing in the Department of  
Licensing and Regulatory Affairs. I will be conducting  
the hearing today.  
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This is a public hearing on proposed  
administrative rules entitled "Occupational Therapists -  
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 a.m. on January 17, 2023, at the Ottawa Building,  
UL-3, 611 West Ottawa Street, in Lansing, Michigan.  
Publication of the notice of public hearing was in the  
Flint Journal and the Grand Rapids Press on December 29,  
2022, and the Mining Journal on December 30, 2022. These  
papers are newspapers of general circulation. The  
notices were also published in the Michigan Register,  
Issue #23-2022, on January 1, 2023.  
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We are here today to receive comments on  
the proposed rules. If you wish to speak, please make  
sure you have signed in and indicated that you wish to  
speak. You may use the cards provided for this purpose.  
If you would like to speak and have not signed in, please  
do so now. For those of you who do not wish to sign in  
with a card, you may speak at the microphone once we have  
exhausted the cards submitted to me.  
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If you have comments, please make sure  
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that they relate directly to the proposed rules. If you  
have questions about the rules, please indicate 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.  
Please note, if you have already  
submitted comments to the Department in writing or by  
email, those comments will be considered in the same  
manner as the comments made during the public hearing  
today.  
For those making comments today, please  
clearly state and spell your name for the record, and if  
you are speaking on behalf of an organization, please  
identify that organization as well.  
If you have written comments, you may  
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submit them directly to me. The Department will also  
accept written comments postmarked or emailed until 5:00  
p.m. today.  
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If there are no persons who wish to speak  
at this time, we will take a short recess.  
(Recess from 9:04 a.m. until 9:14 a.m.)  
MS. MARKS: We are back on the record.  
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 p.m. for any other comments you wish  
to share about the proposed rules. Thank you for  
attending.  
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(Public hearing concluded at 9:15 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 captioned matter held on  
Tuesday, January 17, 2023.  
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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.  
January 17, 2023  
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