SB145: Bill Text

SB145,,267 d. Use the title “nurse practitioner,” the title “N.P.,” or anything else to indicate that he or she is a nurse practitioner unless he or she has been granted a nurse practitioner specialty designation under sub. (1) (b) 1.

SB145,,268 (3m) Practice requirements and limitations. (a) 1. An advanced practice registered nurse licensed under this section may, except as provided in subd. 2. and par. (b), practice advanced practice registered nursing only in collaboration with a physician or dentist.

SB145,,269 2. Subdivision 1. does not apply to an advanced practice registered nurse with a certified nurse-midwife specialty designation.

SB145,,270 (b) 1. An advanced practice registered nurse to whom par. (a) 1. applies may, except as provided in pars. (bg) 1. and (c), practice advanced practice registered nursing in a recognized role without being supervised by or collaborating with, and independent of, a physician or dentist if the board verifies, upon application of the advanced practice registered nurse, that the advanced practice registered nurse has completed 3,840 clinical hours of advanced practice registered nursing practice in that recognized role while working with a physician or dentist during those 3,840 hours of practice. For purposes of this subdivision, during the completion of these hours, the advanced practice registered nurse must have continuously satisfied all of the following requirements:

SB145,,271 a. Maintained a mutual, professional relationship with at least one physician or dentist.

SB145,,272 b. Maintained, and provided to the board upon request, documentation indicating the relationships the advanced practice registered nurse had with one or more physicians or dentists to deal with issues outside of his or her licensed scope of practice.

SB145,,273 c. Maintained evidence that he or she was subject to a quality assurance program, peer review process, or other similar program or process that was implemented for and designed to ensure the provision of competent and quality patient care and that also included participation by a physician or dentist. Such a program or process may include a program or process administered through the advanced practice registered nurse’s employer, hospital, ambulatory surgery center, clinic, or other outpatient facility.

SB145,,274 2. For purposes of subd. 1., hours of advanced practice registered nursing practice may include the lawful practice of advanced practice registered nursing outside this state or the lawful practice of advanced practice registered nursing in this state prior to the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB inserts date].

SB145,,275 (bg) 1. An advanced practice registered nurse may provide pain management services only while working in a collaborative relationship with a physician. Except as provided in subd. 2., this subdivision applies regardless of whether the advanced practice registered nurse has qualified for independent practice under par. (b).

SB145,,276 2. Except as provided in par. (c), subd. 1. does not apply to an advanced practice registered nurse who is providing pain management services in a hospital, as defined in s. 50.33 (2), or a clinic associated with a hospital, and who has qualified for independent practice under par. (b).

SB145,,277 (bm) For purposes of pars. (a) 1. and (bg) 1., a collaborative relationship is a process in which an advanced practice registered nurse is working with a physician or dentist, in each other’s presence when necessary, to deliver health care services within the scope of the advanced practice registered nurse’s training, education, and experience. The advanced practice registered nurse shall document such a collaborative relationship.

SB145,,278 (c) Nothing in this section prohibits an entity employing or with a relationship with an advanced practice registered nurse from establishing additional requirements for an advanced practice registered nurse as a condition of employment or relationship.

SB145,,279 (d) An advanced practice registered nurse shall adhere to professional standards when managing situations that are beyond the advanced practice registered nurse’s expertise. If a particular patient’s needs are beyond the advanced practice registered nurse’s expertise, the advanced practice registered nurse shall, as warranted by the patient’s needs, consult or collaborate with or refer the patient to at least one of the following:

SB145,,280 1. A physician licensed under ch. 448.

SB145,,281 2. Another health care provider for whom the advanced practice registered nurse has reasonable evidence of having a scope of practice that includes the authorization to address the patient’s needs.

SB145,,282 (e) An advanced practice registered nurse licensed under this section may delegate a task or order to another clinically trained health care worker if the task or order is within the scope of the advanced practice registered nurse’s practice, the advanced practice registered nurse is competent to perform the task or issue the order, and the advanced practice registered nurse has reasonable evidence that the health care worker is minimally competent to perform the task or issue the order under the circumstances.

SB145,,283 (f) An advanced practice registered nurse with a certified nurse-midwife specialty designation may not offer to deliver babies outside of a hospital setting unless the advanced practice registered nurse files with the board, and the board approves, a proactive plan for ensuring appropriate care or care transitions conforming with professional standards for patients with higher acuity or emergency care needs that exceed the advanced practice registered nurse’s scope of practice. An advanced practice registered nurse who offers to deliver babies outside of a hospital setting shall file a plan under this paragraph when applying for an initial license under this section or a renewal of a license under this section, shall keep the plan current with the board, and shall follow the plan.

SB145,,284 (4) Continuing education. Every advanced practice registered nurse shall submit to the board evidence of having completed at least 16 contact hours per biennium in clinical pharmacology or therapeutics relevant to the advanced practice registered nurse’s area of practice. The board may promulgate rules regarding the continuing education requirements under this subsection.

SB145,,285 (5) Malpractice liability insurance. Except for a person whose employer has in effect malpractice liability insurance that provides coverage for the person in the amounts specified under s. 655.23 (4), no person may practice advanced practice registered nursing unless he or she at all times has in effect malpractice liability insurance coverage in the minimum amounts required by the rules of the board. An advanced practice registered nurse shall submit evidence of that coverage to the board when applying for an initial license under this section or a renewal of a license under this section. An advanced practice registered nurse shall also submit such evidence to the board upon request of the board.

SB145,,286 (6) Rules. (a) The board shall promulgate rules necessary to administer this section, including rules for all of the following:

SB145,,287 1. Further defining the scope of practice of an advanced practice registered nurse, practice of a certified nurse-midwife, practice of a certified registered nurse anesthetist, practice of a nurse practitioner, and practice of a clinical nurse specialist and defining the scope of practice within which an advanced practice registered nurse may issue prescription orders under sub. (2).

SB145,,288 2. Determining acceptable national certification for purposes of sub. (1) (a) 2. a.

SB145,,289 3. Establishing the appropriate education, training, or experience requirements that a registered nurse must satisfy in order to be an advanced practice registered nurse and to obtain each specialty designation corresponding to the recognized roles.

SB145,,290 4. Specifying the classes of drugs, individual drugs, or devices that may not be prescribed by an advanced practice registered nurse under sub. (2).

SB145,,291 5. Specifying the conditions to be met for registered nurses to do the following:

SB145,,292 a. Administer a drug prescribed by an advanced practice registered nurse.

SB145,,293 b. Administer a drug at the direction of an advanced practice registered nurse.

SB145,,294 6. Establishing the minimum amount of malpractice liability insurance coverage that an advanced practice registered nurse must at all times have in effect for purposes of sub. (5). The board shall promulgate rules under this subdivision in consultation with the commissioner of insurance.

SB145,,295 7. Establishing standards of professional conduct for advanced practice registered nurses generally and for practicing in each recognized role.

SB145,,296 (am) The board may promulgate rules to implement sub. (3m) (b).

SB145,,297 (b) The board may not promulgate rules that expand the scope of practice of an advanced practice registered nurse beyond the practices within advanced practice registered nursing.

SB145,104 Section 104. 441.092 of the statutes is created to read:

SB145,,299 441.092 Expedited partner therapy. (1) In this section:

SB145,,300 (b) “Antimicrobial drug” has the meaning given in s. 448.035 (1) (b).

SB145,,301 (c) “Expedited partner therapy” has the meaning given in s. 448.035 (1) (c).

SB145,,302 (2) Notwithstanding the requirements of s. 448.9785, an advanced practice registered nurse who may issue prescription orders under s. 441.09 (2) may provide expedited partner therapy if a patient is diagnosed as infected with a chlamydial infection, gonorrhea, or trichomoniasis and the patient has had sexual contact with a sexual partner during which the chlamydial infection, gonorrhea, or trichomoniasis may have been transmitted to or from the sexual partner. The advanced practice registered nurse shall attempt to obtain the name of the patient’s sexual partner. A prescription order for an antimicrobial drug prepared under this subsection shall include the name and address of the patient’s sexual partner, if known. If the advanced practice registered nurse is unable to obtain the name of the patient’s sexual partner, the prescription order shall include, in ordinary, bold-faced capital letters, the words, “expedited partner therapy” or the letters “EPT.”

SB145,,303 (3) The advanced practice registered nurse shall provide the patient with a copy of the information sheet prepared by the department of health services under s. 46.03 (44) and shall request that the patient give the information sheet to the person with whom the patient had sexual contact.

SB145,,304 (4) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), an advanced practice registered nurse is immune from civil liability for injury to or the death of a person who takes any antimicrobial drug if the antimicrobial drug is prescribed, dispensed, or furnished under this section and if expedited partner therapy is provided as specified under this section.

SB145,,305 (b) The immunity under par. (a) does not extend to the donation, distribution, furnishing, or dispensing of an antimicrobial drug by an advanced practice registered nurse whose act or omission involves reckless, wanton, or intentional misconduct.

SB145,105 Section 105. 441.10 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB145,,307 441.10 (7) No license is required for practical nursing, but, except as provided in s. 257.03, no person without a license may hold himself or herself out as a licensed practical nurse or licensed attendant, use the title or letters “Trained Practical Nurse” or “T.P.N.”, “Licensed Practical Nurse” or “L.P.N.”, “Licensed Attendant” or “L.A.”, “Trained Attendant” or “T.A.”, or otherwise seek to indicate that he or she is a licensed practical nurse or licensed attendant. No licensed practical nurse or licensed attendant may use the title, or otherwise seek to act as a registered, licensed, graduate or professional nurse. Anyone violating this subsection shall be subject to the penalties prescribed by s. 441.13. The board shall grant without examination a license as a licensed practical nurse to any person who was on July 1, 1949, a licensed attendant. This subsection does not apply to any licensed practical nurse who holds a multistate license, as defined in s. 441.51 (2) (h), issued by a jurisdiction, other than this state, that has adopted the nurse licensure compact under s. 441.51.

SB145,106 Section 106. 441.11 (title) of the statutes is repealed.

SB145,107 Section 107. 441.11 (1) of the statutes is repealed.

SB145,108 Section 108. 441.11 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 441.09 (5m) and amended to read:

SB145,,311 441.09 (5m) Licensure exemption. The provisions of s. 448.04 (1) (g) 448.03 (1) (d) do not apply to a an advanced practice registered nurse licensed under this section who possesses a certified registered nurse anesthetist specialty designation under sub. (1) (b) 1. or to a person who engages in the practice of a nurse anesthetist while performing official duties for the armed services or federal health services of the United States.

SB145,109 Section 109. 441.11 (3) of the statutes is repealed.

SB145,110 Section 110. 441.15 of the statutes is repealed.

SB145,111 Section 111. 441.16 of the statutes is repealed.

SB145,112 Section 112. 441.18 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB145,,316 441.18 (2) (a) (intro.) An advanced practice registered nurse certified to who may issue prescription orders under s. 441.16 441.09 (2) may do any of the following:

SB145,113 Section 113. 441.18 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB145,,318 441.18 (2) (b) An advanced practice registered nurse who prescribes or delivers an opioid antagonist under par. (a) 1. shall ensure that the person to whom the opioid antagonist is prescribed has or has the capacity to provide the knowledge and training necessary to safely administer the opioid antagonist to an individual undergoing an opioid-related overdose and that the person demonstrates the capacity to ensure that any individual to whom the person further delivers the opioid antagonist has or receives that knowledge and training.

SB145,114 Section 114. 441.18 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB145,,320 441.18 (3) An advanced practice registered nurse who, acting in good faith, prescribes or delivers an opioid antagonist in accordance with sub. (2), or who, acting in good faith, otherwise lawfully prescribes or dispenses an opioid antagonist, shall be immune from criminal or civil liability and may not be subject to professional discipline under s. 441.07 for any outcomes resulting from prescribing, delivering, or dispensing the opioid antagonist.

SB145,115 Section 115. 441.19 of the statutes is repealed.

SB145,116 Section 116. 448.03 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB145,,323 448.03 (2) (a) Any person lawfully practicing within the scope of a license, permit, registration, certificate, or certification granted to practice midwifery under subch. XIII of ch. 440, to practice professional or, practical, or advanced practice registered nursing or nurse-midwifery under ch. 441, to practice chiropractic under ch. 446, to practice dentistry or dental hygiene or as an expanded function dental auxiliary under ch. 447, to practice optometry under ch. 449, to practice as a physician assistant under subch. IX, to practice acupuncture under ch. 451 or under any other statutory provision, to practice naturopathic medicine under ch. 466, or as otherwise provided by statute.

SB145,117 Section 117. 448.035 (1) (a) of the statutes is repealed.

SB145,118 Section 118. 448.035 (2) to (4) of the statutes are amended to read:

SB145,,326 448.035 (2) Notwithstanding the requirements of s. 448.30, a physician or certified advanced practice nurse prescriber may provide expedited partner therapy if the patient is diagnosed as infected with a chlamydial infection, gonorrhea, or trichomoniasis and the patient has had sexual contact with a sexual partner during which the chlamydial infection, gonorrhea, or trichomoniasis may have been transmitted to or from the sexual partner. The physician or certified advanced practice nurse prescriber shall attempt to obtain the name of the patient’s sexual partner. A prescription order for an antimicrobial drug prepared under this subsection shall include the name and address of the patient’s sexual partner, if known. If the physician or certified advanced practice nurse prescriber is unable to obtain the name of the patient’s sexual partner, the prescription order shall include, in ordinary bold-faced capital letters, the words, “expedited partner therapy” or the letters “EPT.”

SB145,,327 (3) The physician or certified advanced practice nurse prescriber shall provide the patient with a copy of the information sheet prepared by the department of health services under s. 46.03 (44) and shall request that the patient give the information sheet to the person with whom the patient had sexual contact.

SB145,,328 (4) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), a physician or certified advanced practice nurse prescriber is immune from civil liability for injury to or the death of a person who takes any antimicrobial drug if the antimicrobial drug is prescribed, dispensed, or furnished under this section and if expedited partner therapy is provided as specified under this section.

SB145,,329 (b) The immunity under par. (a) does not extend to the donation, distribution, furnishing, or dispensing of an antimicrobial drug by a physician or certified advanced practice nurse prescriber whose act or omission involves reckless, wanton, or intentional misconduct.

SB145,119 Section 119. 448.56 (1) and (1m) (b) of the statutes are amended to read:

SB145,,331 448.56 (1) Written referral. Except as provided in this subsection and s. 448.52, a person may practice physical therapy only upon the written referral of a physician, naturopathic doctor, physician assistant, chiropractor, dentist, podiatrist, or advanced practice registered nurse prescriber certified under s. 441.16 (2). Written referral is not required if a physical therapist provides services in schools to children with disabilities, as defined in s. 115.76 (5), pursuant to rules promulgated by the department of public instruction; provides services as part of a home health care agency; provides services to a patient in a nursing home pursuant to the patient’s plan of care; provides services related to athletic activities, conditioning, or injury prevention; or provides services to an individual for a previously diagnosed medical condition after informing the individual’s physician, naturopathic doctor, physician assistant, chiropractor, dentist, podiatrist, or advanced practice registered nurse prescriber certified under s. 441.16 (2) who made the diagnosis. The examining board may promulgate rules establishing additional services that are excepted from the written referral requirements of this subsection.

SB145,,332 (1m) (b) The examining board shall promulgate rules establishing the requirements that a physical therapist must satisfy if a physician, naturopathic doctor, physician assistant, chiropractor, dentist, podiatrist, or advanced practice registered nurse prescriber makes a written referral under sub. (1). The purpose of the rules shall be to ensure continuity of care between the physical therapist and the health care practitioner.

SB145,120 Section 120. 448.62 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB145,,334 448.62 (2m) An advanced practice registered nurse who is certified to issue prescription orders under s. 441.16 and who is providing nonsurgical patient services as directed, supervised, and inspected by a podiatrist who has the power to direct, decide, and oversee the implementation of the patient services rendered.

SB145,121 Section 121. 448.67 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB145,,336 448.67 (2) Separate billing required. Except as provided in sub. (4), a licensee who renders any podiatric service or assistance, or gives any podiatric advice or any similar advice or assistance, to any patient, podiatrist, physician, physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse prescriber certified under s. 441.16 (2), partnership, or corporation, or to any other institution or organization, including a hospital, for which a charge is made to a patient, shall, except as authorized by Title 18 or Title 19 of the federal Social Security Act, render an individual statement or account of the charge directly to the patient, distinct and separate from any statement or account by any other podiatrist, physician, physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse prescriber, or other person.

SB145,122 Section 122. 448.956 (1m) of the statutes, as affected by 2021 Wisconsin Act 251, is amended to read:

SB145,,338 448.956 (1m) Subject to sub. (1) (a), a licensee may provide athletic training to an individual without a referral, except that a licensee may not provide athletic training as described under s. 448.95 (5) (d) or (e) in an outpatient rehabilitation setting unless the licensee has obtained a written referral for the individual from a practitioner licensed or certified under subch. II, III, IV, V, or VII of this chapter; under ch. 446; or under s. 441.16 (2) 441.09 or from a practitioner who holds a compact privilege under subch. XI or XII of ch. 448.

SB145,123 Section 123. 450.01 (1m) of the statutes is repealed.

SB145,124 Section 124. 450.01 (16) (h) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB145,,341 450.01 (16) (h) 2. The patient’s advanced practice registered nurse prescriber, if the advanced practice registered nurse prescriber has entered into a written agreement to collaborate with a physician may issue prescription orders under s. 441.09 (2).

SB145,125 Section 125. 450.01 (16) (hr) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB145,,343 450.01 (16) (hr) 2. An advanced practice registered nurse prescriber who may issue prescription orders under s. 441.09 (2).

SB145,126 Section 126. 450.03 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB145,,345 450.03 (1) (e) Any person lawfully practicing within the scope of a license, permit, registration, certificate, or certification granted to practice as a pharmacy technician under s. 450.068, to provide home medical oxygen under s. 450.076, to practice professional or, practical, or advanced practice registered nursing or nurse-midwifery under ch. 441, to practice dentistry or dental hygiene or as an expanded function dental auxiliary under ch. 447, to practice medicine and surgery under ch. 448, to practice optometry under ch. 449, to practice naturopathic medicine under ch. 466, or to practice veterinary medicine under ch. 89, or as otherwise provided by statute.

SB145,127 Section 127. 450.11 (1g) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB145,,347 450.11 (1g) (b) A pharmacist may, upon the prescription order of a practitioner providing expedited partner therapy, as specified in s. 441.092, 448.035, or 448.9725, that complies with the requirements of sub. (1), dispense an antimicrobial drug as a course of therapy for treatment of chlamydial infections, gonorrhea, or trichomoniasis to the practitioner’s patient or a person with whom the patient has had sexual contact for use by the person with whom the patient has had sexual contact. The pharmacist shall provide a consultation in accordance with rules promulgated by the board for the dispensing of a prescription to the person to whom the antimicrobial drug is dispensed. A pharmacist providing a consultation under this paragraph shall ask whether the person for whom the antimicrobial drug has been prescribed is allergic to the antimicrobial drug and advise that the person for whom the antimicrobial drug has been prescribed must discontinue use of the antimicrobial drug if the person is allergic to or develops signs of an allergic reaction to the antimicrobial drug.

SB145,128 Section 128. 450.11 (1i) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB145,,349 450.11 (1i) (a) 1. A pharmacist may, upon and in accordance with the prescription order of an advanced practice registered nurse prescriber under s. 441.18 (2) (a) 1., of a physician under s. 448.037 (2) (a) 1., or of a physician assistant under s. 448.9727 (2) (a) 1. that complies with the requirements of sub. (1), deliver an opioid antagonist to a person specified in the prescription order and may, upon and in accordance with the standing order of an advanced practice registered nurse prescriber under s. 441.18 (2) (a) 2., of a physician under s. 448.037 (2) (a) 2., or of a physician assistant under s. 448.9727 (2) (a) 2. that complies with the requirements of sub. (1), deliver an opioid antagonist to an individual in accordance with the order. The pharmacist shall provide a consultation in accordance with rules promulgated by the board for the delivery of a prescription to the person to whom the opioid antagonist is delivered.

SB145,129 Section 129. 450.11 (1i) (b) 2. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB145,,351 450.11 (1i) (b) 2. b. An advanced practice registered nurse prescriber may only deliver or dispense an opioid antagonist in accordance with s. 441.18 (2) or in accordance with his or her other legal authority to dispense prescription drugs.

SB145,130 Section 130. 450.11 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB145,,353 450.11 (7) (b) Information communicated to a physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse prescriber in an effort to procure unlawfully a prescription drug or the administration of a prescription drug is not a privileged communication.

SB145,131 Section 131. 450.11 (8) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB145,,355 450.11 (8) (e) The board of nursing, insofar as this section applies to advanced practice nurse prescribers registered nurses.