New Executive Order Temporarily Suspends Continuing Education Requirement for License Renewal
Questions Remain on How This Will Work in Practice; MAC is Working to Get Answers
Yesterday, Governor Whitmer signed Executive Order 2020-150, temporarily suspending any law or regulation that requires a health care professional to take an exam, be fingerprinted, or take part in continuing education as a condition of obtaining or renewing a license, certification, or registration. Specifically, the order states: “Any law or regulation is temporarily suspended to the extent that it requires, as a condition of licensure, certification, registration for any health care professional, or the renewal of a license, certification, or registration for any health care professional:
(a) An exam, to the extent that the exam’s administration has been canceled while the emergency declaration is in effect;
(b) Fingerprinting, to the extent that, in the judgment of the director of the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA), locations to have fingerprints taken are substantially unavailable on account of closures arising from the COVID-19 pandemic; and
(c) Continuing education.”
Questions remain about exactly how this will work in practice, and the MAC Government Relations team is working with our contacts within the Whitmer Administration to get answers as soon as possible. However, as it now appears, this Executive Order will ease the financial burden and time investment of health care professionals such as chiropractors to obtain continuing education credits during the
COVID-19 state of emergency and/or disaster. Stay tuned for more information as it becomes available. Sources:Text of Executive Order 2020-150Governor Gretchen Whitmer Press Release, “Governor Whitmer Signs Executive Order Scaling Back Suspension of Scope of Practice Laws for Medical Professionals,” July 13, 2020
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