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102.13
(1) (d) 1. Any physician, chiropractor, psychologist, dentist, podiatrist,
13physician assistant, advanced practice
registered nurse
prescriber, or vocational
14expert who is present at any examination under par. (a) or (am) may be required to
15testify as to the results of the examination.
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2. Any physician, chiropractor, psychologist, dentist, physician assistant,
17advanced practice
registered nurse
prescriber, or podiatrist who attended a worker's
18compensation claimant for any condition or complaint reasonably related to the
19condition for which the claimant claims compensation may be required to testify
20before the division when the division so directs.
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3. Notwithstanding any statutory provisions except par. (e), any physician,
22chiropractor, psychologist, dentist, physician assistant, advanced practice
registered 23nurse
prescriber, or podiatrist attending a worker's compensation claimant for any
24condition or complaint reasonably related to the condition for which the claimant
25claims compensation may furnish to the employee, employer, worker's compensation
1insurer, department, or division information and reports relative to a compensation
2claim.
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4. The testimony of any physician, chiropractor, psychologist, dentist,
4physician assistant, advanced practice
registered nurse
prescriber, or podiatrist who
5is licensed to practice where he or she resides or practices in any state and the
6testimony of any vocational expert may be received in evidence in compensation
7proceedings.
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102.13
(2) (a) An employee who reports an injury alleged to be work-related
11or files an application for hearing waives any physician-patient,
12psychologist-patient, or chiropractor-patient privilege with respect to any condition
13or complaint reasonably related to the condition for which the employee claims
14compensation. Notwithstanding ss. 51.30 and 146.82 and any other law, any
15physician, chiropractor, psychologist, dentist, podiatrist, physician assistant,
16advanced practice
registered nurse
prescriber, hospital, or health care provider
17shall, within a reasonable time after written request by the employee, employer,
18worker's compensation insurer, department, or division, or its representative,
19provide that person with any information or written material reasonably related to
20any injury for which the employee claims compensation. If the request is by a
21representative of a worker's compensation insurer for a billing statement, the
22physician, chiropractor, psychologist, dentist, podiatrist, physician assistant,
23advanced practice
registered nurse
prescriber, hospital, or health care provider
24shall, within 30 days after receiving the request, provide that person with a complete
1copy of an itemized billing statement or a billing statement in a standard billing
2format recognized by the federal government.
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3Section 27
. 102.13 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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102.13
(2) (b) A physician, chiropractor, podiatrist, psychologist, dentist,
5physician assistant, advanced practice
registered nurse
prescriber, hospital, or
6health service provider shall furnish a legible, certified duplicate of the written
7material requested under par. (a) in paper format upon payment of the actual costs
8of preparing the certified duplicate, not to exceed the greater of 45 cents per page or
9$7.50 per request, plus the actual costs of postage, or shall furnish a legible, certified
10duplicate of that material in electronic format upon payment of $26 per request. Any
11person who refuses to provide certified duplicates of written material in the person's
12custody that is requested under par. (a) shall be liable for reasonable and necessary
13costs and, notwithstanding s. 814.04 (1), reasonable attorney fees incurred in
14enforcing the requester's right to the duplicates under par. (a).
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15Section 28
. 102.17 (1) (d) 1. and 2. of the statutes are amended to read:
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102.17
(1) (d) 1. The contents of certified medical and surgical reports by
17physicians, podiatrists, surgeons, dentists, psychologists, physician assistants,
18advanced practice
nurse prescribers registered nurses, and chiropractors licensed in
19and practicing in this state, and of certified reports by experts concerning loss of
20earning capacity under s. 102.44 (2) and (3), presented by a party for compensation
21constitute prima facie evidence as to the matter contained in those reports, subject
22to any rules and limitations the division prescribes. Certified reports of physicians,
23podiatrists, surgeons, dentists, psychologists, physician assistants, advanced
24practice
nurse prescribers registered nurses, and chiropractors, wherever licensed
25and practicing, who have examined or treated the claimant, and of experts, if the
1practitioner or expert consents to being subjected to cross-examination, also
2constitute prima facie evidence as to the matter contained in those reports. Certified
3reports of physicians, podiatrists, surgeons, psychologists, and chiropractors are
4admissible as evidence of the diagnosis, necessity of the treatment, and cause and
5extent of the disability. Certified reports by doctors of dentistry, physician
6assistants, and advanced practice
nurse prescribers
registered nurses are
7admissible as evidence of the diagnosis and necessity of treatment but not of the
8cause and extent of disability. Any physician, podiatrist, surgeon, dentist,
9psychologist, chiropractor, physician assistant, advanced practice
registered nurse
10prescriber, or expert who knowingly makes a false statement of fact or opinion in a
11certified report may be fined or imprisoned, or both, under s. 943.395.
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2. The record of a hospital or sanatorium in this state that is satisfactory to the
13division, established by certificate, affidavit, or testimony of the supervising officer
14of the hospital or sanatorium, any other person having charge of the record, or a
15physician, podiatrist, surgeon, dentist, psychologist, physician assistant, advanced
16practice
registered nurse
prescriber, or chiropractor to be the record of the patient
17in question, and made in the regular course of examination or treatment of the
18patient, constitutes prima facie evidence as to the matter contained in the record, to
19the extent that the record is otherwise competent and relevant.
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20Section 29
. 102.29 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
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102.29
(3) Nothing in this chapter shall prevent an employee from taking the
22compensation that the employee may be entitled to under this chapter and also
23maintaining a civil action against any physician, chiropractor, psychologist, dentist,
24physician assistant, advanced practice
registered nurse
prescriber, or podiatrist for
25malpractice.
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1Section
30. 102.42 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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102.42
(2) (a) When the employer has notice of an injury and its relationship
3to the employment, the employer shall offer to the injured employee his or her choice
4of any physician, chiropractor, psychologist, dentist, physician assistant, advanced
5practice
registered nurse
prescriber, or podiatrist licensed to practice and practicing
6in this state for treatment of the injury. By mutual agreement, the employee may
7have the choice of any qualified practitioner not licensed in this state. In case of
8emergency, the employer may arrange for treatment without tendering a choice.
9After the emergency has passed the employee shall be given his or her choice of
10attending practitioner at the earliest opportunity. The employee has the right to a
112nd choice of attending practitioner on notice to the employer or its insurance carrier.
12Any further choice shall be by mutual agreement. Partners and clinics are
13considered to be one practitioner. Treatment by a practitioner on referral from
14another practitioner is considered to be treatment by one practitioner.
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15Section
31. 106.30 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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106.30
(1) Definition. In this section, “nurse" means a registered nurse
17licensed under s. 441.06 or permitted under s. 441.08, a licensed practical nurse
18licensed or permitted under s. 441.10,
or an advanced practice
registered nurse
19prescriber certified under s. 441.16 (2), or a nurse-midwife licensed under s.
441.15 20441.09.
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21Section 32
. 118.15 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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118.15
(3) (a) Any child who is excused by the school board because the child
23is temporarily not in proper physical or mental condition to attend a school program
24but who can be expected to return to a school program upon termination or
25abatement of the illness or condition. The school attendance officer may request the
1parent or guardian of the child to obtain a written statement from a licensed
2physician, dentist, chiropractor, optometrist, psychologist, physician assistant,
or
3nurse practitioner, as defined in s. 255.06 (1) (d), or certified advanced practice
4registered nurse
prescriber, or registered nurse described in s. 255.06 (1) (f) 1. or
5Christian Science practitioner living and residing in this state, who is listed in the
6Christian Science Journal, as sufficient proof of the physical or mental condition of
7the child. An excuse under this paragraph shall be in writing and shall state the time
8period for which it is valid, not to exceed 30 days.
AB396-ASA1,33
9Section 33
. 118.25 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB396-ASA1,18,1310
118.25
(1) (a) “Practitioner" means a person licensed as a physician or as a
11physician assistant in any state or licensed
as an advanced practice registered nurse 12or certified as an advanced practice
registered nurse prescriber in any state. In this
13paragraph, “physician” has the meaning given in s. 448.01 (5).
AB396-ASA1,34
14Section 34
. 118.29 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB396-ASA1,18,1715
118.29
(1) (e) “Practitioner" means any physician, dentist, optometrist,
16physician assistant, advanced practice
registered nurse
prescriber with prescribing
17authority, or podiatrist licensed in any state.
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18Section
35. 118.2925 (1) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
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19Section 36
. 118.2925 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB396-ASA1,18,2420
118.2925
(3) Prescriptions for schools. A physician, an advanced practice
21registered nurse
prescriber
who may issue prescription orders under s. 441.09 (2),
22or a physician assistant may prescribe epinephrine auto-injectors in the name of a
23school that has adopted a plan under sub. (2) (a), to be maintained by the school for
24use under sub. (4).
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25Section 37
. 118.2925 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB396-ASA1,19,13
1118.2925
(4) (c) Administer an epinephrine auto-injector to a pupil or other
2person who the school nurse or designated school personnel in good faith believes is
3experiencing anaphylaxis in accordance with a standing protocol from a physician,
4an advanced practice
registered nurse
prescriber who may issue prescription orders
5under s. 441.09 (2), or a physician assistant, regardless of whether the pupil or other
6person has a prescription for an epinephrine auto-injector. If the pupil or other
7person does not have a prescription for an epinephrine auto-injector, or the person
8who administers the epinephrine auto-injector does not know whether the pupil or
9other person has a prescription for an epinephrine auto-injector, the person who
10administers the epinephrine auto-injector shall, as soon as practicable, report the
11administration by dialing the telephone number “911" or, in an area in which the
12telephone number “911" is not available, the telephone number for an emergency
13medical service provider.
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14Section 38
. 118.2925 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
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118.2925
(5) Immunity from civil liability; exemption from practice of
16medicine. A school and its designated school personnel, and a physician,
an advanced
17practice
registered nurse
prescriber who may issue prescription orders under s.
18441.09 (2), or
a physician assistant who provides a prescription or standing protocol
19for school epinephrine auto-injectors, are not liable for any injury that results from
20the administration or self-administration of an epinephrine auto-injector under
21this section, regardless of whether authorization was given by the pupil's parent or
22guardian or by the pupil's physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice
23registered nurse
prescriber, unless the injury is the result of an act or omission that
24constitutes gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct. The immunity from
1liability provided under this subsection is in addition to and not in lieu of that
2provided under s. 895.48.
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3Section 39
. 146.343 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB396-ASA1,20,74
146.343
(1) (c) “Nurse-midwife" means an individual who is licensed
to engage
5in the practice of nurse-midwifery under s. 441.15 (3) (a) as an advanced practice
6registered nurse and possesses a certified nurse-midwife specialty designation
7under s. 441.09.
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146.82
(3) (a) Notwithstanding sub. (1), a physician, a physician assistant, or
11an advanced practice
registered nurse
prescriber certified under s. 441.16 (2) 12licensed under s. 441.09 who treats a patient whose physical or mental condition in
13the physician's, physician assistant's, or advanced practice
nurse prescriber's 14registered nurse's judgment affects the patient's ability to exercise reasonable and
15ordinary control over a motor vehicle may report the patient's name and other
16information relevant to the condition to the department of transportation without
17the informed consent of the patient.
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146.89
(1) (r) 1. Licensed as a physician under ch. 448, a dentist or dental
21hygienist under ch. 447, a registered nurse, practical nurse, or
nurse-midwife 22advanced practice registered nurse under ch. 441, an optometrist under ch. 449, a
23physician assistant under subch. VIII of ch. 448, a pharmacist under ch. 450, a
24chiropractor under ch. 446, a podiatrist under subch. IV of ch. 448, or a physical
25therapist under subch. III of ch. 448.
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1Section
42. 146.89 (1) (r) 3. of the statutes is renumbered 146.89 (1) (r) 5e. and
2amended to read:
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146.89
(1) (r) 5e. A
registered nurse
practitioner, as defined in s. 255.06 (1) (d) 4who holds a multistate license, as defined in s. 441.51 (2) (h), issued by a party state,
5as defined in s. 441.51 (2) (k), and whose practice of professional nursing under s.
6441.001 (4) includes performance of delegated medical services under the
7supervision of a physician, dentist, podiatrist, or advanced practice registered nurse.
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8Section
43. 146.89 (1) (r) 8. of the statutes is repealed.
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9Section 44
. 146.89 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
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146.89
(6) (a) While serving as a volunteer health care provider under this
11section, an advanced practice
registered nurse
who has a certificate to issue
12prescription orders under s. 441.16 (2) is considered to meet the requirements of s.
13655.23, if required to comply with s. 655.23.
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(b) While serving as a volunteer health care provider under this section, an
15advanced practice
registered nurse
who has a certificate to issue prescription orders
16under s. 441.16 (2) is not required to maintain in effect malpractice insurance.
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17Section 45
. 154.01 (1g) of the statutes is amended to read:
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154.01
(1g) “Advanced practice registered nurse” means
a nurse an individual
19licensed under
ch. 441 who is currently certified by a national certifying body
20approved by the board of nursing as a nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife,
21certified registered nurse anesthetist, or clinical nurse specialist s. 441.09.
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22Section 46
. 155.01 (1g) (b) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
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155.01
(1g) (b) An individual who is licensed as an advanced practice registered
24nurse and possesses a nurse practitioner specialty designation under s. 441.09.
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25Section
47. 252.01 (1c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB396-ASA1,48
1Section
48. 252.07 (8) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB396-ASA1,22,52
252.07
(8) (a) 2. The department or local health officer provides to the court a
3written statement from a physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice
4registered nurse
prescriber that the individual has infectious tuberculosis or suspect
5tuberculosis.
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6Section 49
. 252.07 (9) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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252.07
(9) (c) If the court orders confinement of an individual under this
8subsection, the individual shall remain confined until the department or local health
9officer, with the concurrence of a treating physician, physician assistant, or advanced
10practice
registered nurse
prescriber, determines that treatment is complete or that
11the individual is no longer a substantial threat to himself or herself or to the public
12health. If the individual is to be confined for more than 6 months, the court shall
13review the confinement every 6 months.
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14Section 50
. 252.10 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB396-ASA1,22,1915
252.10
(7) Drugs necessary for the treatment of mycobacterium tuberculosis
16shall be purchased by the department from the appropriation account under s.
1720.435 (1) (e) and dispensed to patients through the public health dispensaries, local
18health departments, physicians
, or advanced practice
nurse prescribers registered
19nurses who may issue prescription orders under s. 441.09 (2).
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20Section 51
. 252.11 (2), (4), (5), (7) and (10) of the statutes are amended to read:
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252.11
(2) An officer of the department or a local health officer having
22knowledge of any reported or reasonably suspected case or contact of a sexually
23transmitted disease for which no appropriate treatment is being administered, or of
24an actual contact of a reported case or potential contact of a reasonably suspected
25case, shall investigate or cause the case or contact to be investigated as necessary.
1If, following a request of an officer of the department or a local health officer, a person
2reasonably suspected of being infected with a sexually transmitted disease refuses
3or neglects examination by a physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice
4registered nurse
prescriber or treatment, an officer of the department or a local
5health officer may proceed to have the person committed under sub. (5) to an
6institution or system of care for examination, treatment, or observation.
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7(4) If a person infected with a sexually transmitted disease ceases or refuses
8treatment before reaching what in a physician's, physician assistant's, or advanced
9practice
nurse prescriber's registered nurse's opinion is the noncommunicable stage,
10the physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice
registered nurse
prescriber 11shall notify the department. The department shall without delay take the necessary
12steps to have the person committed for treatment or observation under sub. (5), or
13shall notify the local health officer to take these steps.
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14(5) Any court of record may commit a person infected with a sexually
15transmitted disease to any institution or may require the person to undergo a system
16of care for examination, treatment, or observation if the person ceases or refuses
17examination, treatment, or observation under the supervision of a physician,
18physician assistant, or advanced practice
registered nurse
prescriber. The court
19shall summon the person to appear on a date at least 48 hours, but not more than
2096 hours, after service if an officer of the department or a local health officer petitions
21the court and states the facts authorizing commitment. If the person fails to appear
22or fails to accept commitment without reasonable cause, the court may cite the
23person for contempt. The court may issue a warrant and may direct the sheriff, any
24constable, or any police officer of the county immediately to arrest the person and
25bring the person to court if the court finds that a summons will be ineffectual. The
1court shall hear the matter of commitment summarily. Commitment under this
2subsection continues until the disease is no longer communicable or until other
3provisions are made for treatment that satisfy the department. The certificate of the
4petitioning officer is prima facie evidence that the disease is no longer communicable
5or that satisfactory provisions for treatment have been made.
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6(7) Reports, examinations and inspections
, and all records concerning sexually
7transmitted diseases are confidential and not open to public inspection, and may not
8be divulged except as may be necessary for the preservation of the public health, in
9the course of commitment proceedings under sub. (5), or as provided under s. 938.296
10(4) or 968.38 (4). If a physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice
registered 11nurse
prescriber has reported a case of sexually transmitted disease to the
12department under sub. (4), information regarding the presence of the disease and
13treatment is not privileged when the patient, physician, physician assistant, or
14advanced practice
registered nurse
prescriber is called upon to testify to the facts
15before any court of record.
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16(10) The state laboratory of hygiene shall examine specimens for the diagnosis
17of sexually transmitted diseases for any physician, physician assistant, advanced
18practice
registered nurse
prescriber, or local health officer in the state, and shall
19report the positive results of the examinations to the local health officer and to the
20department. All laboratories performing tests for sexually transmitted diseases
21shall report all positive results to the local health officer and to the department, with
22the name of the physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice
registered nurse
23prescriber to whom reported.
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24Section 52
. 252.15 (3m) (d) 11. b. and 13., (5g) (c), (5m) (d) 2. and (e) 2. and 3.
25and (7m) (intro.) and (b) of the statutes are amended to read:
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1252.15
(3m) (d) 11. b. The coroner, medical examiner, or appointed assistant
2is investigating the cause of death of the subject of the HIV test and has contact with
3the body fluid of the subject of the HIV test that constitutes a significant exposure,
4if a physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice
registered nurse
prescriber,
5based on information provided to the physician, physician assistant, or advanced
6practice
registered nurse
prescriber, determines and certifies in writing that the
7coroner, medical examiner, or appointed assistant has had a contact that constitutes
8a significant exposure and if the certification accompanies the request for disclosure.
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13. If the subject of the HIV test has a positive HIV test result and is deceased,
10by the subject's attending physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice
11registered nurse
prescriber, to persons, if known to the physician, physician
12assistant, or advanced practice
registered nurse
prescriber, with whom the subject
13had sexual contact or shared intravenous drug use paraphernalia.
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14(5g) (c) A physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice
registered nurse
15prescriber, based on information provided to the physician, physician assistant, or
16advanced practice
registered nurse
prescriber, determines and certifies in writing
17that the person has had contact that constitutes a significant exposure. The
18certification shall accompany the request for HIV testing and disclosure. If the
19person is a physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice
registered nurse
20prescriber, he or she may not make this determination or certification. The
21information that is provided to a physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice
22registered nurse
prescriber to document the occurrence of the contact that
23constitutes a significant exposure and the physician's, physician assistant's, or
24advanced practice
nurse prescriber's registered nurse's certification that the person
25has had contact that constitutes a significant exposure, shall be provided on a report
1form that is developed by the department of safety and professional services under
2s. 101.02 (19) (a) or on a report form that the department of safety and professional
3services determines, under s. 101.02 (19) (b), is substantially equivalent to the report
4form that is developed under s. 101.02 (19) (a).
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5(5m) (d) 2. A physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice
registered 6nurse
prescriber, based on information provided to the physician, physician
7assistant, or advanced practice
registered nurse
prescriber, determines and certifies
8in writing that the contact under subd. 1. constitutes a significant exposure. A health
9care provider who has a contact under subd. 1. c. may not make the certification
10under this subdivision for himself or herself.
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(e) 2. If the contact occurs as provided under par. (d) 1. b., the attending
12physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice
registered nurse
prescriber of
13the funeral director, coroner, medical examiner, or appointed assistant.
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3. If the contact occurs as provided under par. (d) 1. c., the physician, physician
15assistant, or advanced practice
registered nurse
prescriber who makes the
16certification under par. (d) 2.
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17(7m) Reporting of persons significantly exposed. (intro.) If a positive,
18validated HIV test result is obtained from a test subject, the test subject's physician,
19physician assistant, or advanced practice
registered nurse
prescriber who maintains
20a record of the HIV test result under sub. (4) (c) may report to the state epidemiologist
21the name of any person known to the physician, physician assistant, or advanced
22practice
registered nurse
prescriber to have had contact with body fluid of the test
23subject that constitutes a significant exposure, only after the physician, physician
24assistant, or advanced practice
registered nurse
prescriber has done all of the
25following:
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1(b) Notified the HIV test subject that the name of any person known to the
2physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice
registered nurse
prescriber to
3have had contact with body fluid of the test subject that constitutes a significant
4exposure will be reported to the state epidemiologist.
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5Section 53
. 252.16 (3) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB396-ASA1,27,86
252.16
(3) (c) (intro.) Has submitted to the department a certification from a
7physician, as defined in s. 448.01 (5), physician assistant, or advanced practice
8registered nurse
prescriber of all of the following:
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9Section 54
. 252.17 (3) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB396-ASA1,27,1210
252.17
(3) (c) (intro.) Has submitted to the department a certification from a
11physician, as defined in s. 448.01 (5), physician assistant, or advanced practice
12registered nurse
prescriber of all of the following:
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13Section 55
. 253.07 (4) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB396-ASA1,27,1714
253.07
(4) (d) In each fiscal year, $31,500 as grants for employment in
15communities of licensed registered nurses, licensed practical nurses,
certified
16nurse-midwives licensed advanced practice registered nurses, or licensed physician
17assistants who are members of a racial minority.
AB396-ASA1,56
18Section 56
. 253.115 (1) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
AB396-ASA1,27,2119
253.115
(1) (f) “Nurse-midwife" means an individual who is licensed as an
20advanced practice registered nurse and possesses a certified nurse-midwife
21specialty designation under s. 441.09.
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22Section 57
. 253.115 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB396-ASA1,28,223
253.115
(4) Screening required. Except as provided in sub. (6), the physician,
24nurse-midwife
licensed under s. 441.15, or certified professional midwife licensed
25under s. 440.982 who attended the birth shall ensure that the infant is screened for
1hearing loss before being discharged from a hospital, or within 30 days of birth if the
2infant was not born in a hospital.
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3Section 58
. 253.115 (7) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB396-ASA1,28,64
253.115
(7) (a) (intro.) The physician, nurse-midwife
licensed under s. 441.15,
5or certified professional midwife licensed under s. 440.982 who is required to ensure
6that the infant is screened for hearing loss under sub. (4) shall do all of the following:
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7Section 59
. 253.13 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 253.13 (1) (b) and
8amended to read:
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253.13
(1) (b) The attending physician or
nurse licensed under s. 441.15 10nurse-midwife shall cause every infant born in each hospital or maternity home,
11prior to its discharge therefrom, to be subjected to tests for congenital and metabolic
12disorders, as specified in rules promulgated by the department. If the infant is born
13elsewhere than in a hospital or maternity home, the attending physician,
nurse
14licensed under s. 441.15 nurse-midwife, or birth attendant who attended the birth
15shall cause the infant, within one week of birth, to be subjected to these tests.
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16Section 60
. 253.13 (1) (a) of the statutes is created to read:
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253.13
(1) (a) In this subsection, “nurse-midwife" means an individual who is
18licensed as an advanced practice registered nurse and possesses a certified
19nurse-midwife specialty designation under s. 441.09.
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20Section 61
. 253.15 (1) (em) of the statutes is created to read:
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253.15
(1) (em) “Nurse-midwife" means an individual who is licensed as an
22advanced practice registered nurse and possesses a certified nurse-midwife
23specialty designation under s. 441.09.
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24Section 62
. 253.15 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1253.15
(2) Informational materials. The board shall purchase or prepare or
2arrange with a nonprofit organization to prepare printed and audiovisual materials
3relating to shaken baby syndrome and impacted babies. The materials shall include
4information regarding the identification and prevention of shaken baby syndrome
5and impacted babies, the grave effects of shaking or throwing on an infant or young
6child, appropriate ways to manage crying, fussing, or other causes that can lead a
7person to shake or throw an infant or young child, and a discussion of ways to reduce
8the risks that can lead a person to shake or throw an infant or young child. The
9materials shall be prepared in English, Spanish, and other languages spoken by a
10significant number of state residents, as determined by the board. The board shall
11make those written and audiovisual materials available to all hospitals, maternity
12homes, and nurse-midwives
licensed under s. 441.15 that are required to provide or
13make available materials to parents under sub. (3) (a) 1., to the department and to
14all county departments and nonprofit organizations that are required to provide the
15materials to child care providers under sub. (4) (d), and to all school boards and
16nonprofit organizations that are permitted to provide the materials to pupils in one
17of grades 5 to 8 and in one of grades 10 to 12 under sub. (5). The board shall also make
18those written materials available to all county departments and Indian tribes that
19are providing home visitation services under s. 48.983 (4) (b) 1. and to all providers
20of prenatal, postpartum, and young child care coordination services under s. 49.45
21(44). The board may make available the materials required under this subsection
22to be made available by making those materials available at no charge on the board's
23Internet site.
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24Section 63
. 255.06 (1) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 255.06 (1) (f) (intro.)
25and amended to read: