February 3, 2005, Introduced by Senators McMANUS, SWITALSKI, JELINEK, GOSCHKA, JOHNSON, KUIPERS, BISHOP and BIRKHOLZ and referred to the Committee on Economic Development, Small Business and Regulatory Reform.
A bill to provide for occupational regulatory agencies to
allow the use of on-line or other electronic continuing education
or continuing competency programs under certain circumstances; to
provide for certain powers and duties for certain state regulatory
agencies; and to provide for the promulgation of rules.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "on-
line continuing education act".
Sec. 2. As used in this act:
(a) "License" means a certificate, registration, or license
issued by an occupational regulatory agency that allows an
individual to engage in a regulated occupation or that allows an
individual to use a specific title in the practice of an
occupation, profession, or vocation.
(b) "Occupational regulatory agency" means a department,
bureau, or agency of this state that has regulatory authority over
a regulated occupation.
(c) "Regulated occupation" means an occupation, profession, or
vocation that requires a license as a predicate for the practice of
the occupation, profession, or vocation or that provides for the
use of a specific title in the practice of the occupation,
profession, or vocation.
Sec. 3. (1) Except as otherwise provided for in a specific act
concerning a regulated occupation, the occupational regulatory
agency requiring a program of continuing education or continuing
professional competency for renewal of a license shall allow at
least 1/2 of the required credit hours of continuing education or
continuing professional competency be earned through an on-line or
electronic media meeting standards acceptable to the occupational
regulatory agency.
(2) An occupational regulatory agency may promulgate rules
under the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL
24.201 to 24.328, to implement this act.
Sec. 4. This act takes effect July 1, 2007.