Health Occupations Licensure & Interstate Compacts

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• 2026-09-01 — Health occupations: health professionals; use of advertisements, name tags, and making other representations that contain false or misleading information; prohibit. Amends sec. 16221 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16221) & adds sec. 16260.: Bill (introduced) amending MCL 333.16221 and adding sec. 16260 would prohibit licensed health professionals from using advertisements, name tags, or other representations containing false or misleading information, with violations constituting grounds for disciplinary action under the Public Health Code. (novelty: 2) (novelty: 2)
• 2026-09-01 — Health occupations: health professionals; competency-based assessment examination for licensure or registration; require under certain circumstances. Amends secs. 16177 & 16178 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16177 & 333.16178): Bill (introduced) amending MCL 333.16177 & 333.16178 would require health professionals to pass a competency-based assessment examination to obtain or maintain a Michigan license or registration in certain circumstances. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-05-12 — Health occupations: massage therapists; massage therapist licensure compact; enact. Amends sec. 17951 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.17951) & adds secs. 16187e & 17953a.: HB5948 (introduced) amends MCL 333.17951 and adds secs. 16187e & 17953a to enact the Massage Therapist Licensure Compact, extending interstate practice privileges to licensed massage therapists under the Public Health Code. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-05-12 — Health occupations: massage therapists; massage therapist apprenticeship program; provide for. Amends secs. 16334, 17951, 17957 & 17959 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16334 et seq.) & adds sec. 17959a. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5946’26: HB 5947 (introduced, tie-barred to HB 5946’26) amends MCL 333.16334, 333.17951, 333.17957 & 333.17959 and adds sec. 17959a to establish a massage therapist apprenticeship program as an additional licensure pathway under the Public Health Code. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-05-12 — Health occupations: massage therapists; continuing education requirements for massage therapists; modify. Amends secs. 16148 & 17965 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16148 & 333.17965). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5947’26: HB 5946 (introduced, tie-barred to HB 5947’26) amends MCL 333.16148 & 333.17965 to modify continuing-education requirements for licensed massage therapists under the Public Health Code. (novelty: 2) (novelty: 2)
• 2025-09-26 — Health occupations: mental health care professionals; number of renewals of temporary or limited licenses; modify. Amends secs. 16903, 18111, 18223, 18233 & 18509 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16903 et seq.) & adds secs. 18111a & 18227.: HB5074 (introduced) amends MCL 333.16903, 333.18111, 333.18223, 333.18233 & 333.18509 and adds secs. 18111a & 18227 to modify the number of renewals permitted for temporary or limited licenses issued to specified mental health care professionals under the Public Health Code. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-05-14 — Health occupations: dentists; dentist and dental hygienist compact; enact. Amends sec. 16601 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16601) & adds secs. 16187b & 16611a.: HB4935 (passed chamber) amends MCL 333.16601 and adds secs. 16187b & 16611a to enact the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact, extending interstate licensure portability to dentists and dental hygienists under the Public Health Code. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-05-21 — Education: all other employees; school psychologist licensure compact; enact. Creates new act.: HB6017 (introduced) would enact the School Psychologist Licensure Compact as a new act, adding another interstate practice compact alongside the physician assistant, respiratory care, occupational therapy, and physical therapy compacts. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-05-21 — Health occupations: respiratory therapists; licensure for respiratory therapists; modify. Amends secs. 16204, 16344, 18701, 18703, 18707 & 18709 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16204 et seq.) & adds secs. 18710 & 18712.: HB 5150 (passed chamber) amends secs. 16204, 16344, 18701, 18703, 18707 & 18709 of 1978 PA 368 and adds secs. 18710 & 18712 to modify licensure requirements for respiratory therapists under the Public Health Code. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-07-22 — Health occupations: physician’s assistants; physician’s assistants licensure compact; provide for. Amends secs. 16337 & 18001 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16337 & 333.18001) & adds secs. 16187d, 17011b, 17061a, 17511b & 18011b.: 2026 — Physician Assistant Licensure Compact enacted as PA 45 of 2026, amending MCL 333.16337 & 333.18001 and adding secs. 16187d, 17011b, 17061a, 17511b & 18011b of the Public Health Code to authorize PA compact privileges. (novelty: 3) (novelty: 3)
• 2026-07-15 — Health: licensing; procedure for voluntary relinquishment of license; provide for. Amends sec. 16201 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16201) & adds sec. 16202.: SB1105 (introduced) amends MCL 333.16201 and adds sec. 16202 to establish a formal procedure for voluntary relinquishment of a health professional license under the Public Health Code. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-06-09 — Health occupations: health professionals; reciprocity for individuals who hold an out-of-state license or registration; modify. Amends secs. 16186 & 16186a of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16186 & 333.16186a).: HB6060 (introduced) amends MCL 333.16186 & 333.16186a to modify reciprocity provisions for health professionals holding out-of-state licenses or registrations under the Public Health Code. (novelty: 2) (novelty: 2)
• 2026-06-11 — Health occupations: respiratory therapists; respiratory care interstate compact; provide for. Amends sec. 18701 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.18701) & adds secs. 16187h & 18703a.: cross-connection with respiratory-care-licensure-compact: SB 1037 is one of several health occupation compact bills reshaping Michigan’s licensure framework. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-06-17 — Health occupations: marriage and family therapists; licensing requirements for marriage and family therapists; modify, and require continuing education. Amends secs. 16903 & 16909 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16903 & 333.16909) & adds secs. 16909a & 16914.: SB0707 (passed chamber) amends MCL 333.16903 & 333.16909 and adds secs. 16909a & 16914 to modify licensing requirements for marriage and family therapists and impose a new continuing education requirement under the Public Health Code. (novelty: 2)

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