HB-5432, As Passed Senate, September 23, 2004                               

SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 5432

                                                                             A bill to amend 1980 PA 299, entitled                                             

"Occupational code,"                                                        

by amending section 411 (MCL 339.411), as amended by 2004 PA                

264.                                                                        

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1       Sec. 411.  (1) Subject to subsection (2), a person who fails                

2   to renew a license or registration on or before the expiration              

3   date shall not practice the occupation, operate, or use the title           

4   after the expiration date printed on the license or                         

5   registration.  A license or registration shall lapse on the day             

6   after the expiration date.                                                  

7       (2) A person who fails to renew a license or registration on                

8   or before the expiration date shall be permitted to renew the               

9   license or registration by payment of the required license or               

10  registration fee and a late renewal fee within 60 days after the            

1   expiration date.                                                            

2       (3) Except as otherwise provided in this act, a person who                  

3   fails to renew a license or registration within the time period             

4   set forth in subsection (2) may be relicensed or reregistered               

5   without examination and without meeting additional education or             

6   training requirements in force at the time of application for               

7   relicensure or reregistration if all of the following conditions            

8   are met:                                                                    

9       (a) The person applies within 3 years after the expiration                  

10  date of the last license or registration.                                   

11      (b) The person pays an application processing fee, the late                 

12  renewal fee, and the per year license or registration fee for the           

13  upcoming licensure or registration period, subject to subsection            

14  (8).                                                                        

15      (c) Penalties and conditions imposed by disciplinary action                 

16  in this state or any other jurisdiction have been satisfied.                

17      (d) The person submits proof of having completed the                        

18  equivalent of 1 year of continuing education within the 12 months           

19  immediately preceding the date of application or as otherwise               

20  provided in a specific article or by rule, if continuing                    

21  education is required of licensees or registrants under a                   

22  specific article.                                                           

23      (4) Except as otherwise provided in this act, a person may be               

24  relicensed or reregistered subsequent to 3 or more years after              

25  the expiration date of the last license or registration upon                

26  showing that the person meets the requirements for licensure or             

27  registration as established by the department in rules or                   

1   procedures which may require a person to pass all or part of a              

2   required examination, to complete continuing education                      

3   requirements, or to meet current education or training                      

4   requirements.                                                               

5       (5) Unless otherwise provided in this act, a person who seeks               

6   reinstatement of a license or registration shall file an                    

7   application on a form provided by the department, pay the                   

8   application processing fee, and file a petition to the department           

9   and the appropriate board stating reasons for reinstatement and             

10  including evidence that the person can and is likely to serve the           

11  public in the regulated activity with competence and in                     

12  conformance with all other requirements prescribed by law, rule,            

13  or an order of the department or board.  The procedure to be                

14  followed in conducting the review of a petition for reinstatement           

15  is prescribed in article 5.  If approved for reinstatement, the             

16  person shall pay the per year license or registration fee for the           

17  upcoming license or registration period if appropriate, in                  

18  addition to completing any requirements imposed in accordance               

19  with section 203(2).                                                        

20      (6) Beginning the effective date of the amendatory act that                 

21  added this subsection, the department shall issue an initial or             

22  renewal license or registration not later than 90 days after the            

23  applicant files a completed application.  Receipt of the                    

24  application is considered the date the application is received by           

25  any agency or department of the state of Michigan.  If the                  

26  application is considered incomplete by the department, the                 

27  department shall notify the applicant in writing, or make                   

1   information electronically available, within 30 days after                  

2   receipt of the incomplete application, describing the deficiency            

3   and requesting the additional information.  The 90-day period is            

4   tolled upon notification by the department of a deficiency until            

5   the date the requested information is received by the                       

6   department.  The determination of the completeness of an                    

7   application does not operate as an approval of the application              

8   for the license or registration and does not confer eligibility             

9   of an applicant determined otherwise ineligible for issuance of a           

10  license or registration.                                                    

11      (7) Notwithstanding the time periods described in subsection                

12  (6), in the case of a real estate broker and associate broker               

13  licensed under article 25, the time period for approval by the              

14  department of a completed application is 30 days and the time               

15  period for notification sent in writing, or made electronically             

16  available, by the department to the applicant regarding an                  

17  incomplete application is 15 days after the receipt of the                  

18  application by any agency or department of the state of                     

19  Michigan.                                                                   

20      (8) If the department fails to issue or deny a license or                   

21  registration within the time required by this section, the                  

22  department shall return the license or registration fee, and                

23  shall reduce the license or registration fee for the applicant's            

24  next renewal application, if any, by 15%.  The failure to issue             

25  or deny a license or registration within the time required under            

26  this section does not allow the department to otherwise delay the           

27  processing of the application, and that application, upon                   

1   completion, shall be placed in sequence with other completed                

2   applications received at that same time.  The department shall              

3   not discriminate against an applicant in the processing of an               

4   application based upon the fact that the license or registration            

5   fee was refunded or discounted under this subsection.                       

6       (9) Beginning October 1, 2005, the director shall submit a                  

7   report by December 1 of each year to the standing committees and            

8   appropriations subcommittees of the senate and house of                     

9   representatives concerned with occupational issues.  The director           

10  shall include all of the following information in the report                

11  concerning the preceding fiscal year:                                       

12      (a) The number of initial and renewal applications the                      

13  department received and completed within the 90-day time period             

14  described in subsection (6) and the 30-day time period described            

15  in subsection (7).                                                          

16      (b) The number of applications denied.                                      

17      (c) The number of applicants not issued a license or                        

18  registration within the applicable time period and the amount of            

19  money returned to licensees and registrants under subsection                

20  (8).                                                                        

21      (10) Subsection (6) does not apply to licenses or                           

22  registrations for any of the following:                                     

23      (a) An interior designer listed under article 6.                            

24      (b) A certified public accountant and registered accountant                 

25  under article 7.                                                            

26      (c) A professional boxer, second, judge, physician,                         

27  announcer, timekeeper, manager or matchmaker, amateur referee,              

1   and professional referee under article 8.                                   

2       (d) An agency non-owner manager of a collection agency under                

3   article 9.                                                                  

4       (e) A barber, student barber, student instructor, and barber                

5   instructor under article 11.                                                

6       (f) An employment and consulting agent of a personnel agency                

7   under article 10.                                                           

8       (g) A cosmetologist, manicurist, natural hair culturist,                    

9   esthetician, electrologist, instructor, and registered student              

10  under article 12.                                                           

11      (h) A hearing aid salesperson and trainee under article 13.                 

12      (i) A mortuary science licensee, embalmer, and resident                     

13  trainee in mortuary science under article 18.                               

14      (j) An individual architect, surveyor, and engineer under                   

15  article 20.                                                                 

16      (k) A forester under article 21.                                            

17                                                                               (l) An individual landscape architect under article 22.                             

18      (m) A community planner under article 23.                                   

19      (n) An individual residential builder and alteration and                    

20  maintenance contractor and a salesperson for a residential                  

21  builder and alteration and maintenance contractor under article             

22  24.                                                                         

23      (o) A real estate salesperson under article 25.                             

24      (p) A real estate appraiser under article 26.                               

25      (q) An ocularist and ocularist apprentice under article 27.                 

26  (11) Notwithstanding any provision in this act to the                       

27  contrary, an individual or qualifying officer who is a licensee             

1   or registrant under this act and who is on active duty in the               

2   armed forces of the United States in an area designated as a                

3   combat zone by the president of the United States is temporarily            

4   exempt from the renewal license fee, continuing education                   

5   requirements, and any other related requirements of this act.  It           

6   is the obligation of the licensee or registrant to inform the               

7   department by written or electronic mail of the desire to                   

8   exercise the temporary exemption under this subsection.  If the             

9   licensee applying for the temporary exemption is the individual             

10  responsible for supervision and oversight of licensed activities,           

11  notice of arrangements for adequate provision of that supervision           

12  and oversight shall be provided to the department.  The licensee            

13  or registrant shall accompany the request with proof, as                    

14  determined by the department, to verify the active duty status.             

15  The department, upon receiving a request for a temporary                    

16  exemption under this subsection, shall make a determination of              

17  the requestor's status and grant the temporary exemption after              

18  verification of active duty status under this subsection.  A                

19  temporary exemption is valid until 90 days after the licensee's             

20  or registrant's release from the active duty upon which the                 

21  exemption was based, but shall not exceed 36 months from the date           

22  of expiration of the license or registration.

23  (12)  (11)  As used in this section, "completed application"                

24  means an application complete on its face and submitted with any            

25  applicable licensing or registration fees as well as any other              

26  information, records, approval, security, or similar item                   

27  required by law or rule from a local unit of government, a                  

1   federal agency, or a private entity but not from another                    

2   department or agency of the state of Michigan.