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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, AUGUST 16, 2022  
AT ABOUT 9:04 A.M.  
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G. MENNEN WILLIAMS BUILDING AUDITORIUM  
525 W. OTTAWA STREET  
LANSING, MICHIGAN  
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RE: Podiatric Medicine and Surgery - General Rules  
(MOAHR #2021-95 LR)  
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HEARING FACILITATOR:  
DENA MARKS  
Bureau of Professional Licensing  
611 W. Ottawa Street  
Lansing, Michigan 48909  
19 ALSO PRESENT: Kimberly Catlin  
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23 REPORTED BY: Lori Anne Penn, CSR-1315  
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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, August 16, 2022  
At 9:04 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, and I will be  
conducting the hearing today.  
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This is a public hearing on proposed  
administrative rules entitled "Podiatric Medicine and  
Surgery - 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 August 16, 2022, at the G. Mennen Williams  
Building Auditorium, 525 West Ottawa Street, in Lansing,  
Michigan. Publication of the notice of public hearing  
was in the Flint Journal and the Grand Rapids Press on  
July 26, 2022, and the Mining Journal on July 27, 2022.  
These are newspapers of general circulation. The notices  
were also published in the Michigan Register, Issue  
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14-2022, on August 15, 2022.  
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 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  
they relate directly to the proposed rules. If you have  
questions about the rules, please include your questions  
as part of the 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.  
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If you have written comments, you may  
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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The Department staff from the Bureau of  
Professional Licensing attending today's hearing are  
Kimberly Catlin and me.  
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If there is no one who would like to  
speak at this time, we will take a short recess. We are  
off the record.  
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(Recess from 9:07 a.m. until 9:18 a.m.)  
MS. MARKS: We are back on the record.  
If there are no 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 that you may  
wish to share about the proposed rules. Thank you for  
attending.  
(Public hearing concluded at 9:18 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,  
August 16, 2022.  
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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.  
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