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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, APRIL 6, 2023  
AT ABOUT 9:06 A.M.  
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OTTAWA BUILDING  
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611 W. OTTAWA STREET, UL-5  
LANSING, MICHIGAN  
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RE: Pharmacy Technicians - General Rules  
(MOAHR #2022-02 LR)  
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HEARING FACILITATOR:  
ANDRIA DITSCHMAN  
Bureau of Professional Licensing  
611 W. Ottawa Street  
Lansing, Michigan 48909  
18 ALSO PRESENT: Kerry Przybylo  
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24 REPORTED BY: Lori Anne Penn, CSR-1315  
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2 Opening Statement - Andria Ditschman  
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4 COMMENTS:  
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7 Closing Statement - Andria Ditschman  
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Lansing, Michigan  
Thursday, April 6, 2023  
At 9:06 a.m.  
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(Public hearing commenced pursuant to due notice.)  
MS. DITSCHMAN: My name is Andria  
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Ditschman, 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  
administrative rules entitled "Pharmacy Technicians". 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  
the 9:06 on April 6, 2023, at the Ottawa Building, 611  
West Ottawa Street, UL-5, 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 March 12, 2023, the Mining  
Journal on March 21, 2023, as well as the Michigan  
Register, Issue #5, published on April 1, 2023.  
We're here today to receive comments on  
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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 for this purpose. I will  
organize the cards so that the comments for the  
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 wish to sign in with a  
card, you may speak at the microphone once we have  
exhausted the stack of cards that you give 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 rules,  
please include a specific reason why the change would be  
in the public interest.  
When you testify, please give your name  
by spelling your name and the organization, if any, who  
you are speaking for today. This will give the  
Department -- this will help the Department prepare the  
hearing record that will go before the Board. You can  
give written statements directly to me at the table. The  
Department will also accept written statements that are  
emailed or postmarked until 5:00 p.m. today.  
Department staff from the Bureau of  
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Licensing is myself today.  
And I have no cards at this time. At  
this point, since we have no one to speak, we're going to  
take a recess, and we will open the hearing again in 15  
minutes.  
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(Recess from 9:06 a.m. until 9:21 a.m.)  
MS. DITSCHMAN: This is Andria Ditschman.  
We're back on the record. We're not having any comments  
at this time, so I'll declare the hearing closed. The  
record will remain open until today at 5:00 p.m. for any  
other comments you may wish to share about the proposed  
rules. Thank you.  
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(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 captioned matter held on  
Thursday, April 6, 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.  
April 6, 2023  
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