(b) The department shall promulgate rules under subs. (8) (b), (c) and (e) and (8m).
(c) The department shall promulgate rules that specify actions that emergency medical services practitioners may undertake after December 31, 1995, including rules that specify the required involvement of physicians in actions undertaken by emergency medical services practitioners.
c. Statute/s or rule/s that will affect the proposed rule or be affected by it
There do not appear to be any other statutes or rules affected by the proposed administrative rule.
5. Estimates of the amount of time that state employees will spend to develop the rule and other necessary resources
The estimated time for state employees to develop the rule is 40 hours.
6. Description of all of the entities that may be affected by the rule, including any local governmental units, businesses, economic sectors, or public utility ratepayers who may reasonably be anticipated to be affected by the rule
The proposed emergency rule is anticipated to affect many of the 18,000 practitioners in the state who have a CPR card and at the advanced levels of care, advanced cardiac life support cards (ACLS). A recent survey of agencies indicate that almost 30% of practitioners have a CPR card expiring between May 1 and September 30 and 24% with an expiring ACLS card.
7. Summary and preliminary comparison of any existing or proposed federal regulation that is intended to address the activities to be regulated by the rule
There appear to be no existing or proposed federal regulations that address the activities to be regulated by the proposed rule.
8. Anticipated economic impact, locally or statewide
The proposed rule will have minimal or no economic impact.
Agency contacts
Mark R. Thompson, Admin. Rules Attorney
Office of Legal Counsel
(608) 266-1279
Jackson Keuler, Admin. Rules Officer
Office of Legal Counsel
(608) 266-0387
