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HOUSE BILL NO. 6059
A bill to amend 2016 PA 407, entitled
"Skilled trades regulation act,"
(MCL 339.5101 to 339.6133) by adding section 222.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 222. (1) Subject to subsection (3), the department shall 1
issue a license for an occupation under this act without 2
examination to an individual if the individual demonstrates to the 3
satisfaction of the department that the individual meets all of the 4
following at the time of application: 5
June 09, 2026, Introduced by Reps. Tisdel and Aragona and referred to Committee on Regulatory
Reform.
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(a) Holds a valid license in that occupation from an 1
equivalent licensing department, board, or authority, as determined 2
by the department, in at least 1 other state. For each license 3
described in this subdivision that the individual holds, all of the 4
following must be met: 5
(i) The license is in good standing. 6
(ii) The individual has held the license for not less than 1 7
year. 8
(iii) There were minimum education requirements and, if 9
applicable, work experience and clinical supervision requirements 10
in effect for licensure in the other state, and the other state 11
verifies that the individual met those requirements for licensure 12
in the other state. 13
(iv) If the other state required an examination for licensure, 14
the individual passed the examination. 15
(b) Has not had a license revoked, and has not voluntarily 16
surrendered a license, in any other state or a foreign country 17
while under investigation for unprofessional conduct. 18
(c) Has not had discipline imposed by an equivalent licensing 19
department, board, or authority in another state. If another state 20
has taken disciplinary action against the individual, the 21
department must determine if the cause for the action was corrected 22
and the matter resolved. If the matter has not been resolved by the 23
other state, the department shall suspend the application process 24
and shall not issue or deny a license to the individual until the 25
matter is resolved. 26
(d) Does not have a complaint, allegation, or investigation 27
that relates to unprofessional conduct pending before an equivalent 28
licensing department, board, or authority in another state or a 29
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foreign country. If the individual has a complaint, allegation, or 1
investigation pending, the department must suspend the application 2
process and not issue or deny a license to the individual until the 3
complaint, allegation, or investigation is resolved. 4
(e) Pays all applicable fees. 5
(2) This section does not prevent the department from issuing 6
a temporary license under section 219 or issuing a license under 7
section 223, 731(5), 907(3), or 1019(1). 8
(3) If the department administers an examination on the laws 9
specific to this state as a part of the licensing process for an 10
occupation under this act, the department may require an applicant 11
under this section to take and pass an examination specific to the 12
laws of this state before issuing a license for an occupation under 13
this act. 14
(4) Except as otherwise provided in this section, not later 15
than 90 days after receiving a completed application under this 16
section, the department shall issue or deny the request for a 17
license. 18
(5) This section does not apply to a license issued under an 19
interstate licensing compact applicable to an occupation under this 20
act, does not apply to any licensing criteria established under an 21
interstate licensing compact applicable to an occupation under this 22
act, and does not make an individual who is licensed under this 23
section eligible to be part of an interstate licensing compact 24
applicable to an occupation under this act. 25