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SB515-SSA1,7,98 118.2925 (1) (f) “Physician assistant" means a person licensed under s. 448.04
9(1) (f)
448.974.
SB515-SSA1,19 10Section 19. 146.81 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB515-SSA1,7,1211 146.81 (1) (d) A physician, physician assistant, perfusionist, or respiratory care
12practitioner licensed or certified under subch. II of ch. 448.
SB515-SSA1,20 13Section 20. 146.81 (1) (eu) of the statutes is created to read:
SB515-SSA1,7,1414 146.81 (1) (eu) A physician assistant licensed under subch. VIII of ch. 448.
SB515-SSA1,21 15Section 21. 146.82 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB515-SSA1,7,2216 146.82 (3) (a) Notwithstanding sub. (1), a physician, a physician assistant, as
17defined in s. 448.01 (6),
or an advanced practice nurse prescriber certified under s.
18441.16 (2) who treats a patient whose physical or mental condition in the physician's,
19physician assistant's, or advanced practice nurse prescriber's judgment affects the
20patient's ability to exercise reasonable and ordinary control over a motor vehicle may
21report the patient's name and other information relevant to the condition to the
22department of transportation without the informed consent of the patient.
SB515-SSA1,22 23Section 22. 146.89 (1) (r) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB515-SSA1,8,324 146.89 (1) (r) 1. Licensed as a physician under ch. 448, a dentist or dental
25hygienist under ch. 447, a registered nurse, practical nurse, or nurse-midwife under

1ch. 441, an optometrist under ch. 449, a physician assistant under subch. VIII of ch.
2448, a pharmacist under ch. 450, a chiropractor under ch. 446, a podiatrist under
3subch. IV of ch. 448, or a physical therapist under subch. III of ch. 448.
SB515-SSA1,23 4Section 23. 146.997 (1) (d) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB515-SSA1,8,75 146.997 (1) (d) 5. An occupational therapist, occupational therapy assistant,
6physician assistant or respiratory care practitioner licensed or certified under ch.
7448.
SB515-SSA1,24 8Section 24. 252.01 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
SB515-SSA1,25 9Section 25. 255.07 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB515-SSA1,8,1210 255.07 (1) (d) “Health care practitioner" means a physician, a physician
11assistant licensed under s. 448.04 (1) (f), or an advanced practice nurse who is
12certified to issue prescription orders under s. 441.16.
SB515-SSA1,26 13Section 26. 343.16 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB515-SSA1,9,1114 343.16 (5) (a) The secretary may require any applicant for a license or any
15licensed operator to submit to a special examination by such persons or agencies as
16the secretary may direct to determine incompetency, physical or mental disability,
17disease, or any other condition that might prevent such applicant or licensed person
18from exercising reasonable and ordinary control over a motor vehicle. If the
19department requires the applicant to submit to an examination, the applicant shall
20pay for the examination. If the department receives an application for a renewal or
21duplicate license after voluntary surrender under s. 343.265 or receives a report from
22a physician, physician assistant, as defined in s. 448.01 (6), advanced practice nurse
23prescriber certified under s. 441.16 (2), or optometrist under s. 146.82 (3), or if the
24department has a report of 2 or more arrests within a one-year period for any
25combination of violations of s. 346.63 (1) or (5) or a local ordinance in conformity with

1s. 346.63 (1) or (5) or a law of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band
2in this state in conformity with s. 346.63 (1) or (5), or s. 346.63 (1m), 1985 stats., or
3s. 346.63 (2) or (6) or 940.25, or s. 940.09 where the offense involved the use of a
4vehicle, the department shall determine, by interview or otherwise, whether the
5operator should submit to an examination under this section. The examination may
6consist of an assessment. If the examination indicates that education or treatment
7for a disability, disease or condition concerning the use of alcohol, a controlled
8substance or a controlled substance analog is appropriate, the department may order
9a driver safety plan in accordance with s. 343.30 (1q). If there is noncompliance with
10assessment or the driver safety plan, the department shall revoke the person's
11operating privilege in the manner specified in s. 343.30 (1q) (d).
SB515-SSA1,27 12Section 27. 440.035 (2m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB515-SSA1,9,1813 440.035 (2m) (b) The medical examining board, the physician assistant
14affiliated credentialing board,
the podiatry affiliated credentialing board, the board
15of nursing, the dentistry examining board, or the optometry examining board may
16issue guidelines regarding best practices in prescribing controlled substances for
17persons credentialed by that board who are authorized to prescribe controlled
18substances.
SB515-SSA1,28 19Section 28 . 440.035 (2m) (c) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB515-SSA1,9,2420 440.035 (2m) (c) 1. (intro.) The medical examining board, the physician
21assistant affiliated credentialing board,
the podiatry affiliated credentialing board,
22the board of nursing, the dentistry examining board, and the optometry examining
23board shall, by November 1, 2018, and annually thereafter of each year, submit a
24report to the persons specified in subd. 2. that does all of the following:
SB515-SSA1,29 25Section 29. 448.01 (6) of the statutes is repealed.
SB515-SSA1,30
1Section 30. 448.015 (4) (am) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB515-SSA1,10,32 448.015 (4) (am) 2. Any act by a physician or physician assistant in violation
3of ch. 450 or 961.
SB515-SSA1,31 4Section 31. 448.02 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB515-SSA1,10,85 448.02 (1) License. The board may grant licenses, including various classes
6of temporary licenses, to practice medicine and surgery, to practice as an
7administrative physician, to practice perfusion, and to practice as an
8anesthesiologist assistant, and to practice as a physician assistant.
SB515-SSA1,32 9Section 32. 448.03 (1) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
SB515-SSA1,33 10Section 33. 448.03 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB515-SSA1,10,1711 448.03 (2) (a) Any person lawfully practicing within the scope of a license,
12permit, registration, certificate or certification granted to practice midwifery under
13subch. XIII of ch. 440, to practice professional or practical nursing or
14nurse-midwifery under ch. 441, to practice chiropractic under ch. 446, to practice
15dentistry or dental hygiene under ch. 447, to practice optometry under ch. 449, to
16practice as a physician assistant under subch. VIII,
to practice acupuncture under
17ch. 451 or under any other statutory provision, or as otherwise provided by statute.
SB515-SSA1,34 18Section 34. 448.03 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB515-SSA1,10,2219 448.03 (2) (e) Any person other than a physician assistant or an
20anesthesiologist assistant who is providing patient services as directed, supervised
21and inspected by a physician who has the power to direct, decide and oversee the
22implementation of the patient services rendered.
SB515-SSA1,35 23Section 35. 448.03 (2) (k) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB515-SSA1,10,2524 448.03 (2) (k) Any persons, other than physician assistants, anesthesiologist
25assistants, or perfusionists, who assist physicians.
SB515-SSA1,36
1Section 36. 448.03 (3) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
SB515-SSA1,37 2Section 37 . 448.03 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB515-SSA1,11,43 448.03 (5) (b) No physician or physician assistant shall be liable for any civil
4damages for either of the following:
SB515-SSA1,11,85 1. Reporting in good faith to the department of transportation under s. 146.82
6(3) a patient's name and other information relevant to a physical or mental condition
7of the patient which in the physician's or physician assistant's judgment impairs the
8patient's ability to exercise reasonable and ordinary control over a motor vehicle.
SB515-SSA1,11,139 2. In good faith, not reporting to the department of transportation under s.
10146.82 (3) a patient's name and other information relevant to a physical or mental
11condition of the patient which in the physician's or physician assistant's judgment
12does not impair the patient's ability to exercise reasonable and ordinary control over
13a motor vehicle.
SB515-SSA1,38 14Section 38 . 448.035 (2) to (4) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB515-SSA1,12,315 448.035 (2) Notwithstanding the requirements of s. 448.30, a physician,
16physician assistant,
or certified advanced practice nurse prescriber may provide
17expedited partner therapy if the patient is diagnosed as infected with a chlamydial
18infection, gonorrhea, or trichomoniasis and the patient has had sexual contact with
19a sexual partner during which the chlamydial infection, gonorrhea, or
20trichomoniasis may have been transmitted to or from the sexual partner. The
21physician, physician assistant, or certified advanced practice nurse prescriber shall
22attempt to obtain the name of the patient's sexual partner. A prescription order for
23an antimicrobial drug prepared under this subsection shall include the name and
24address of the patient's sexual partner, if known. If the physician , physician
25assistant,
or certified advanced practice nurse prescriber is unable to obtain the

1name of the patient's sexual partner, the prescription order shall include, in ordinary
2bold-faced capital letters, the words, “expedited partner therapy" or the letters
3“EPT."
SB515-SSA1,12,8 4(3) The physician, physician assistant, or certified advanced practice nurse
5prescriber shall provide the patient with a copy of the information sheet prepared by
6the department of health services under s. 46.03 (44) and shall request that the
7patient give the information sheet to the person with whom the patient had sexual
8contact.
SB515-SSA1,12,13 9(4) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), a physician , physician assistant, or
10certified advanced practice nurse prescriber is immune from civil liability for injury
11to or the death of a person who takes any antimicrobial drug if the antimicrobial drug
12is prescribed, dispensed, or furnished under this section and if expedited partner
13therapy is provided as specified under this section.
SB515-SSA1,12,1714 (b) The immunity under par. (a) does not extend to the donation, distribution,
15furnishing, or dispensing of an antimicrobial drug by a physician , physician
16assistant,
or certified advanced practice nurse prescriber whose act or omission
17involves reckless, wanton, or intentional misconduct.
SB515-SSA1,39 18Section 39 . 448.037 (2) (a) (intro.) and (b) and (3) of the statutes are amended
19to read:
SB515-SSA1,12,2120 448.037 (2) (a) (intro.) A physician or physician assistant may do any of the
21following:
SB515-SSA1,13,322 (b) A physician or physician assistant who prescribes or delivers an opioid
23antagonist under par. (a) 1. shall ensure that the person to whom the opioid
24antagonist is prescribed has or has the capacity to provide the knowledge and
25training necessary to safely administer the opioid antagonist to an individual

1undergoing an opioid-related overdose and that the person demonstrates the
2capacity to ensure that any individual to whom the person further delivers the opioid
3antagonist has or receives that knowledge and training.
SB515-SSA1,13,9 4(3) A physician or physician assistant who, acting in good faith, prescribes or
5delivers an opioid antagonist in accordance with sub. (2), or who, acting in good faith,
6otherwise lawfully prescribes or dispenses an opioid antagonist, shall be immune
7from criminal or civil liability and may not be subject to professional discipline under
8s. 448.02 for any outcomes resulting from prescribing, delivering, or dispensing the
9opioid antagonist.
SB515-SSA1,40 10Section 40. 448.04 (1) (f) of the statutes is repealed.
SB515-SSA1,41 11Section 41. 448.05 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
SB515-SSA1,42 12Section 42. 448.20 of the statutes is repealed.
SB515-SSA1,43 13Section 43. 448.21 of the statutes is repealed.
SB515-SSA1,44 14Section 44. 448.40 (2) (f) of the statutes is repealed.
SB515-SSA1,45 15Section 45 . 448.62 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB515-SSA1,13,1816 448.62 (7) A physician assistant who is acting under the supervision and
17direction of a podiatrist, subject to s. 448.21 (4) 448.975 (2) (a) 2m., or an individual
18to whom the physician assistant delegates a task or order under s. 448.975 (4)
.
SB515-SSA1,46 19Section 46 . 448.695 (4) (a) and (b) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB515-SSA1,13,2120 448.695 (4) (a) Practice standards for a physician assistant practicing podiatry
21as provided in s. 448.21 (4) 448.975 (2) (a) 2m.
SB515-SSA1,13,2322 (b) Requirements for a podiatrist who is supervising a physician assistant as
23provided in s. 448.21 (4) 448.975 (2) (a) 2m.
SB515-SSA1,47 24Section 47 . 448.970 of the statutes is renumbered 448.9695.
SB515-SSA1,48
1Section 48. Subchapter VIII of chapter 448 [precedes 448.971] of the statutes
2is created to read:
SB515-SSA1,14,33 CHAPTER 448
SB515-SSA1,14,44 SUBCHAPTER VIII
SB515-SSA1,14,55 Physician assistant affiliated
SB515-SSA1,14,66 credentialing board
SB515-SSA1,14,8 7448.971 Definitions. In this subchapter, unless the context requires
8otherwise:
SB515-SSA1,14,9 9(1) “Board" means the physician assistant affiliated credentialing board.
SB515-SSA1,14,12 10(2) “Disease” means any pain, injury, deformity, or physical or mental illness
11or departure from complete health or the proper condition of the human body or any
12of its parts.
SB515-SSA1,14,13 13(3) “Physician assistant” means a person licensed under this subchapter.
SB515-SSA1,14,14 14(4) “Podiatrist” has the meaning given in s. 448.60 (3).
SB515-SSA1,14,15 15(5) “Podiatry” has the meaning given in s. 448.60 (4).
SB515-SSA1,14,16 16(6) “Practice of medicine and surgery” has the meaning given in s. 448.01 (9).
SB515-SSA1,14,22 17448.972 License required; exceptions. (1) Except as provided in subs. (2)
18and (3), no person may represent himself or herself as a “PA” or “physician assistant,"
19use or assume the title “PA” or “physician assistant," or append to the person's name
20the words or letters “physician assistant," “PA," “PA-C,” or any other titles, letters,
21or designation that represents or may tend to represent the person as a physician
22assistant, unless he or she is licensed by the board under this subchapter.
SB515-SSA1,14,23 23(2) Subsection (1) does not apply with respect to any of the following:
SB515-SSA1,15,224 (a) An individual employed and duly credentialed as a physician assistant or
25physician associate by the federal government while performing duties incident to

1that employment, unless a license under this subchapter is required by the federal
2government.
SB515-SSA1,15,63 (b) A person who satisfies the requirement under s. 448.974 (1) (a) 3. but who
4is not licensed under this subchapter. This paragraph does not allow such a person
5to practice medicine and surgery in violation of s. 448.03 (1) (a) or to practice podiatry
6in violation of s. 448.61.
SB515-SSA1,15,8 7(3) A student who is enrolled in an accredited physician assistant educational
8program may use the title “physician assistant student,” “PA student,” or “PA-S.”
SB515-SSA1,15,9 9448.9725 Expedited partner therapy. (1) In this section:
SB515-SSA1,15,1010 (b) “Antimicrobial drug" has the meaning given in s. 448.035 (1) (b).
SB515-SSA1,15,1111 (c) “Expedited partner therapy" has the meaning given in s. 448.035 (1) (c).
SB515-SSA1,15,22 12(2) Notwithstanding the requirements of s. 448.9785, a physician assistant
13may provide expedited partner therapy if a patient is diagnosed as infected with a
14chlamydial infection, gonorrhea, or trichomoniasis and the patient has had sexual
15contact with a sexual partner during which the chlamydial infection, gonorrhea, or
16trichomoniasis may have been transmitted to or from the sexual partner. The
17physician assistant shall attempt to obtain the name of the patient's sexual partner.
18A prescription order for an antimicrobial drug prepared under this subsection shall
19include the name and address of the patient's sexual partner, if known. If the
20physician assistant is unable to obtain the name of the patient's sexual partner, the
21prescription order shall include, in ordinary, bold-faced capital letters, the words,
22“expedited partner therapy" or the letters “EPT."
SB515-SSA1,16,2 23(3) The physician assistant shall provide the patient with a copy of the
24information sheet prepared by the department of health services under s. 46.03 (44)

1and shall request that the patient give the information sheet to the person with
2whom the patient had sexual contact.
SB515-SSA1,16,6 3(4) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), a physician assistant is immune from civil
4liability for injury to or the death of a person who takes any antimicrobial drug if the
5antimicrobial drug is prescribed, dispensed, or furnished under this section and if
6expedited partner therapy is provided as specified under this section.
SB515-SSA1,16,97 (b) The immunity under par. (a) does not extend to the donation, distribution,
8furnishing, or dispensing of an antimicrobial drug by a physician assistant whose act
9or omission involves reckless, wanton, or intentional misconduct.
SB515-SSA1,16,11 10448.9727 Prescriptions for and delivery of opioid antagonists. (1) In
11this section:
SB515-SSA1,16,1212 (a) “Administer" has the meaning given in s. 450.01 (1).
SB515-SSA1,16,1313 (b) “Deliver" has the meaning given in s. 450.01 (5).
SB515-SSA1,16,1414 (c) “Dispense" has the meaning given in s. 450.01 (7).
SB515-SSA1,16,1515 (d) “Opioid antagonist" has the meaning given in s. 450.01 (13v).
SB515-SSA1,16,1616 (e) “Opioid-related drug overdose" has the meaning given in s. 256.40 (1) (d).
SB515-SSA1,16,1717 (f) “Standing order" has the meaning given in s. 450.01 (21p).
SB515-SSA1,16,18 18(2) (a) A physician assistant may do any of the following:
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