HOUSE BILL No. 6160

 

 

June 12, 2018, Introduced by Reps. Green, Sabo, Cochran, Chang, Lasinski, Geiss, Greig, Pagan, Yancey, Gay-Dagnogo, Wittenberg, Rabhi and Jones and referred to the Committee on Law and Justice.

 

     A bill to amend 1980 PA 299, entitled

 

"Occupational code,"

 

(MCL 339.101 to 339.2677) by adding section 1212.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1212. (1) Beginning 180 days after the effective date of

 

this section, as a condition for the renewal of an individual's

 

license as a service provider under this article, the individual

 

must complete 1 hour of continuing education about recognizing

 

indicators of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human

 

trafficking offered by a continuing education provider approved or

 

recognized by the department under section 207.

 

     (2) An individual who is applying for the renewal of a license


as a service provider under this article shall certify his or her

 

compliance with subsection (1) to the department.

 

     (3) The department by rule may establish requirements for

 

courses and instructors about recognizing indicators of domestic

 

violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking.

 

     (4) If an individual who is licensed as a service provider

 

under this article completes the domestic violence, sexual assault,

 

and human trafficking indicators education described in this

 

section, the individual, or his or her employer, is not civilly or

 

criminally liable for acting in good faith or failing to act on

 

information obtained during the course of the individual's

 

employment concerning indicators of potential domestic violence,

 

sexual assault, or human trafficking.

 

     (5) As used in this section:

 

     (a) "Human trafficking" means that term as defined in section

 

2 of the human trafficking commission act, 2014 PA 325, MCL

 

752.972.

 

     (b) "Service provider" means an individual who is licensed

 

under this article as any of the following:

 

     (i) A cosmetologist.

 

     (ii) An electrologist.

 

     (iii) An esthetician.

 

     (iv) A manicurist.

 

     (v) A natural hair culturist.

 

     (vi) An instructor.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.