Bill Text: MI SB0555 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Chaptered
Bill Title: Occupations; individual licensing and regulation; use of electronic continuing education tracking services; allow. Amends sec. 210 of 1980 PA 299 (MCL 339.210).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-03-09 - Assigned Pa 0030'16 With Immediate Effect [SB0555 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2015-SB0555-Chaptered.html
Act No. 30
Public Acts of 2016
Approved by the Governor
March 8, 2016
Filed with the Secretary of State
March 8, 2016
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 6, 2016
STATE OF MICHIGAN
98TH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2016
Introduced by Senators Schuitmaker and Horn
ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 555
AN ACT to amend 1980 PA 299, entitled “An act to revise, consolidate, and classify the laws of this state regarding the regulation of certain occupations and to regulate certain persons and activities relative to those occupations; to create a board for each of those occupations; to establish the powers and duties of certain departments and agencies and the boards of each occupation; to provide for the promulgation of rules; to provide for certain fees; to provide for penalties and civil fines; to establish rights, relationships, and remedies of certain persons under certain circumstances; to provide immunity from certain civil liability for certain entities and certain related occupations under certain circumstances; to repeal certain parts of this act on a specific date; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts,” by amending section 210 (MCL 339.210).
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 210. (1) The department, on its own behalf and on behalf of a board created under this act, may contract with persons or agencies who are not employees or agencies of the department to implement this act and to fulfill the responsibilities of the department or a board.
(2) Under subsection (1), the department may enter into an agreement with any of the following to provide an electronic continuing education tracking system that provides an electronic record of the continuing education courses, classes, or programs completed by individuals who are licensed or registered under this act:
(a) For individuals who are licensed under article 7, a statewide accountancy trade organization.
(b) For individuals who are licensed under article 25, a statewide real estate trade organization.
(c) For the individuals who are licensed or registered under all of the other specific articles of this act, except the individuals described in subdivision (a) or (b), an entity that is not an agency of a state or the federal government.
(3) All of the following apply to an electronic system provided by an agreement under subsection (2):
(a) All continuing education tracking provided by the system must accurately reflect the continuing education requirements under this act and rules promulgated under this act.
(b) A confirmation of completion of continuing education requirements generated by the system is considered verification of completion of those requirements for renewal of a license or registration and for purposes of any audit of licensees or registrants conducted by the department.
(c) The system must provide access to continuing education information about an individual who is licensed or registered under this act to the individual, to the appropriate board for the individual’s occupation, and to the department.
(4) The department shall promulgate any rules it considers appropriate to implement and administer subsections (2) and (3).
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Approved
Governor
