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LARA Launches New

Licensing System—MiPLUS

he Bureau of Professional • Physician Assistants license, modifying your license, and
Licensing (BPL) in the • Midwifery renewing your license.
TDepartment of Licensing and • Podiatry • Licensing guides for each profession.
Regulatory Affairs (LARA) has launched • Behavioral Analysts Licensees can register for their
a new licensing platform to make it easier • Veterinarian MiPLUS account and manage their license
and more efficient to obtain, renew, and • Pharmacy online beginning today by clicking on the
modify licenses. • Optometry appropriate profession to create a user
The new system—Michigan • Dentistry account.
Professional Licensing User System • Cosmetology The launch of MiPLUS is part of a
(MiPLUS)—launched May 6th, 2019. It • Barbers larger, bolder and more comprehensive
was designed with an improved interface technology strategy at LARA. LARA
for licensees and consumers and reduce To help licensees interact and is prioritizing a review of all their
delays from mailings. engage with the new platform, the information technology platforms to
As of May 6, the following licensed following resources are now available at determine opportunities to improve
professions were transferred to MiPLUS: www.Michigan.gov/MiPLUS: both transparency and efficiency of their
• Medicine (Doctors) • Walk-through videos on registering systems and resources and for licensees
• Osteopathic Physicians for an account, applying for your first through technological improvements.

Frequently Asked Questions for Professions Transitioning into
MiPLUS from LARA’s Bureau of Professional Licensing

What is the Michigan systems are 20 years old and limit our o Individuals can verify the status of a
Professional Licensing User ability to offer additional functionality and licensed professional, file a complaint
System (MiPLUS)? improve the customer experience. against a licensed professional, or
MiPLUS is the new online licensing What are some of the key report a change in staff privileges.
and regulatory database for health and benefits in the MiPLUS System? o It allows for electronic transmissions,
occupational professionals in Michigan. o Individuals can apply online, track reducing the time waiting for
This new system is administered by the the status of their application, renew traditional mail communications.
Bureau of Professional Licensing (BPL) their license, and receive electronic Who can use MiPLUS?
within the Department of Licensing and notifications. Phase I of MiPLUS went live
Regulatory Affairs (LARA). o Licensees can modify their existing on July 17, 2017, which migrated the

Why is the Department moving licensing information and upload nursing profession into the new database.
to the new licensing system? documents. Currently the nursing profession is the
The new MiPLUS system will replace o Licensees can self-report their only profession that has been transitioned
three main databases that BPL currently convictions and disciplinary actions to MiPLUS.
uses to manage licensee records. These from other states. Phase II went live on May 6, 2019 and

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