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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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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

AT ABOUT 9:00 A.M.

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VIA ZOOM CONFERENCE

LANSING, MICHIGAN

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RE: Acupuncture - General Rules (MOAHR #2020-08 LR)

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14 HEARING FACILITATOR:

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DENA MARKS

Bureau of Professional Licensing

611 W. Ottawa Street

Lansing, Michigan 48909

ALSO PRESENT: Kerry Przybylo

Stephanie Wysack

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22 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

Friday, September 25, 2020

At 9:00 a.m.

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(Public hearing commenced pursuant to due notice.)

DENA MARKS: Good morning. My name is

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Dena Marks, I'm an analyst for the Bureau of Professional

Licensing in the Department of Licensing and Regulatory

Affairs. I will be conducting the hearing today.

This is a public hearing on proposed

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administrative rules entitled "Acupuncture-General

Rules". We are conducting the hearing as required by the

Administrative Procedures Act to allow the public to

comment on the proposed changes to this rule set. As

with all other public hearings on draft rule sets, the

only items to be discussed during this hearing will be

the proposed changes to the rule set. This hearing will

not be covering any questions or discussions of any other

issues.

We are calling this hearing to order at

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9:00 a.m. on September the 25 , 2020, via Zoom under

Executive Order 2020-154 in response to the COVID-19

pandemic. The notice of public hearing was published in

three newspapers of general circulation, the Grand Rapids

Press and the Flint Journal on September 13, 2020, and

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the Mining Journal on September 9, 2020, as well as the

Michigan Register, Issue 16-2020, published on September

15, 2020.

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All comments should relate directly to

the proposed rules. If you have questions about the

rules, you may place your comments on the record and the

Department will review and consider them. If you have

suggested changes to the proposed rules, please include

the specific reasons why the changes would be in the

public interest.

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We will take comments in the following

manner.

• For those of you using the Video Conference

portion (not calling on a telephone) please use

the "Raise Your Hand" feature in Zoom. I will

call on individuals to speak and they will be

unmuted at that time.

• For participants that are available only by

telephone, we will ask if you wish to make a

comment after the video participants have

finished.

• If you have a comment but do not wish to speak,

please note that the Department will also accept

written statements postmarked today or e-mailed

to BPL-BoardSupport@Michigan.gov until 5:00 p.m.

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today.

Those making comments should clearly and

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slowly say and spell your name and advise if you are

speaking on behalf of an organization. We will limit

comments to three minutes per person. Please remember

that only one person should speak at a time.

The other Department staff from the

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Bureau of Professional Licensing attending today are

Kerry Przybylo and Stephanie Wysack.

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Is there anyone who would like to make

comments on the Acupuncture-General Rules?

Again, if you're on video or on your

computer, just use the "Raise Your Hand" function and we

will call on you.

I'm not seeing any hands being raised.

If someone is phoning in and would like

to make a comment, you may hit "*6", and please identify

yourself and then you may begin to speak.

If there are no persons who would like to

speak at this time, we will take a short recess to see if

others join us who would like to make comment. So we are

in recess.

(At 9:04 a.m., there was a ten-minute recess.)

DENA MARKS: If there are no persons who

wish to speak on the rules at this time, I declare the

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hearing closed. The record will remain open today until

5:00 p.m. for any other comments you may wish to share

about the proposed rules. Thank you for attending.

(Public hearing concluded at 9:15 a.m.)

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1 STATE OF MICHIGAN )

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2 COUNTY OF MACOMB )

I, Lori Anne Penn, certify that this

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transcript consisting of 7 pages is a complete, true, and

correct record of the Public Hearing held in this matter

on Friday, September 25, 2020.

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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.

Digitally signed by Lori A Penn

DN: cn=Lori A Penn, o=Metro Court

Reporters Inc, ou,

email=metrostate@sbcglobal.net, c=US

Date: 2020.09.28 09:40:37 -04'00'

Lori A Penn

Date

Lori Anne Penn, CSR-1315

Notary Public, Macomb County, Michigan

My Commission Expires June 15, 2025

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