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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, MARCH 19, 2024  
AT ABOUT 9:00 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: Acupuncture - General Rules (MOAHR #2023-33 LR)  
Chiropractic - General Rules (MOAHR #2023-035 LR)  
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16 HEARING FACILITATOR:  
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WESTON MacINTOSH  
Bureau of Professional Licensing  
611 W. Ottawa Street  
Lansing, Michigan 48909  
ALSO PRESENT: Dena Marks  
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2 Opening Statement - Weston MacIntosh  
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4 COMMENTS:  
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7 Closing Statement - Weston MacIntosh  
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Lansing, Michigan  
Tuesday, March 19, 2024  
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'm a Departmental Specialist for the  
Bureau of Professional Licensing in the Department of  
Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, and I'll be conducting  
the hearing today.  
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This is a public hearing on the proposed  
administrative rules titled "Acupuncture - General Rules"  
and "Chiropractic - 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 March 19, 2024, in UL-5 at 611 West  
Ottawa Street, Lansing, Michigan. Publication of the  
notice of public hearing was in three newspapers of  
general circulation, including the Flint Journal on  
February 27, 2024, the Grand Rapids Press on February 27,  
2024, the Mining Journal on February 29, 2024, as well as  
the Michigan Register, Issue #4, published on March 15,  
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2024.  
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 purpose. 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 a card, you  
may speak 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 the  
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 for the Bureau of  
Professional Licensing also includes Dena Marks.  
The first rule set that we'll take  
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comments for is the "Acupuncture - General Rules". Do we  
have anyone who wishes to speak on the "Acupuncture -  
General Rules"?  
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Hearing none, we'll move on. The second  
rule set that we'll take comments for is the  
"Chiropractic - General Rules". Is there anyone who  
wishes to speak on the "Chiropractic - General Rules"?  
Hearing none. If there is no one else  
who wishes to speak at this time, we will take a short  
recess.  
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(Recess from 9:03 a.m. until 9:21 a.m.)  
MR. MacINTOSH: Just to check once more,  
is there anyone who wishes to speak on the "Acupuncture -  
General Rules"?  
Hearing none. Is there anyone who wishes  
to speak on the "Chiropractic - General Rules"?  
Hearing none.  
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  
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other comments you may wish to share about the proposed  
rules. Thank you for coming.  
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(Public hearing concluded at 9:22 a.m.)  
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1 STATE OF MICHIGAN )  
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2 COUNTY OF MACOMB )  
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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 proceedings held in this matter on  
Tuesday, March 19, 2024.  
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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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