Terms Used In Michigan Laws 338.46

  • good moral character: when used as a requirement for an occupational or professional license or when used as a requirement to establish or operate an organization or facility regulated by this state in a statute of this state or administrative rules promulgated under a statute of this state, means the propensity on the part of an individual to serve the public in the licensed area in a fair, honest, and open manner. See Michigan Laws 338.41
  • License: includes a registration. See Michigan Laws 338.41
  • Licensing board or agency: means a principal department, or a board or agency within a principal department, that issues occupational or professional licenses. See Michigan Laws 338.41
  An individual who is aggrieved by a licensing board or agency regarding his or her good moral character, if unsatisfied by his or her administrative remedy under section 5, may bring an action in circuit court for a review of the record. If, in the opinion of the circuit court, the record does not disclose a lack of good moral character, as determined under this act, the court shall order the licensing board or agency to issue the license when the individual meets all other licensing requirements.