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Committee hears bill to require legal names on medical licenses
Summary
A House Rules Committee hearing included testimony on a bill that would require medical license applicants to provide their legal names to improve transparency and accountability; the bill’s substitute would give the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs 90 days to implement the change.
The Michigan House Rules Committee heard testimony on a bill requiring medical license applicants to provide their legal name, a change proponents say would make it easier to hold practitioners accountable.
Representative Mueller, who presented the proposal, told the committee that the measure came from a law report and is intended to reduce confusion caused by licensees using nicknames.…
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