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SB158-AA1,5,1816 252.15 (1) (er) “Social worker" means an individual who is certified or licensed
17as
a social worker, advanced practice social worker, independent social worker, or
18clinical social worker, as those terms are defined under subch. I of ch. 457.
SB158-AA1,22 19Section 22. 253.10 (2) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB158-AA1,5,2420 253.10 (2) (f) “Qualified person assisting the physician" means a social worker
21certified under ch. 457, as defined in s. 457.01 (10), a registered nurse or a physician
22assistant to whom a physician who is to perform or induce an abortion has delegated
23the responsibility, as the physician's agent, for providing the information required
24under sub. (3) (c) 2.
SB158-AA1,23 25Section 23. 256.215 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1256.215 (2) (b) The emergency medical services provider establishes, submits
2to the department, and maintains patient care protocols corresponding to the
3appropriate service level to be used by a community paramedic or a community
4emergency medical services practitioner. The emergency medical services provider
5may include in a patient care protocol only those services that do not require a
6license, certificate, or other credential under subch. II, III, IV, or VII of ch. 448, subch.
7I of ch. 457,
or ch. 441, 446, 447, 449, 450, 451, 455, 457, or 459 to provide.
SB158-AA1,24 8Section 24. 257.01 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB158-AA1,6,119 257.01 (1) (a) An individual who, under ch. 455, is licensed as a psychologist
10or, under subch. I of ch. 457, is certified as a social worker or licensed as a clinical
11social worker, a marriage and family therapist, or a professional counselor.
SB158-AA1,25 12Section 25. 257.01 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB158-AA1,6,1713 257.01 (1) (b) An individual who was at any time within the previous 10 years,
14but is not currently, licensed as a psychologist under ch. 455 or certified as a social
15worker or licensed as a clinical social worker, a marriage and family therapist, or a
16professional counselor under subch. I of ch. 457, if the individual's license or
17certification was never revoked, limited, suspended, or denied renewal.
SB158-AA1,26 18Section 26. 303.08 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB158-AA1,6,2519 303.08 (1) (f) Obtaining counseling or therapy from an approved public
20treatment facility, as defined in s. 51.45 (2) (c), an approved private treatment
21facility, as defined in s. 51.45 (2) (b), a psychiatrist, a psychologist, a licensed clinical
22social worker, as defined in s. 457.01 (1r), a professional counselor licensed under ch.
23457, or a certified
, as defined in s. 457.01 (7), an independent social worker, as defined
24in s. 457.01 (2g),
or an advanced practice social worker, as defined in s. 457.01 (1c),
25who is authorized to practice psychotherapy under subch. I of ch. 457.
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1Section 27. 440.03 (11m) (c) 2u. of the statutes is created to read:
SB158-AA1,7,32 440.03 (11m) (c) 2u. The coordinated data system under s. 457.70 (11), if such
3disclosure is required under the social work licensure compact under s. 457.70.
SB158-AA1,28 4Section 28. 440.03 (13) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB158-AA1,7,125 440.03 (13) (b) (intro.) The department may investigate whether an applicant
6for or holder of any of the following credentials has been charged with or convicted
7of a crime only pursuant to rules promulgated by the department under this
8paragraph, including rules that establish the criteria that the department will use
9to determine whether an investigation under this paragraph is necessary, except as
10provided in par. (c) and ss. 441.51 (5) (a) 5., 448.980 (5) (b) 3., 448.985 (3) (a) 4.,
11448.987 (3) (a) 5. a. and (5) (b) 2. a., and 455.50 (3) (e) 4. and (f) 4., and 457.70 (3) (b)
124. and (7) (b) 3.
:
SB158-AA1,29 13Section 29. 440.03 (13) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 440.03 (13) (c) 1.
14(intro.) and amended to read:
SB158-AA1,7,1715 440.03 (13) (c) 1. (intro.) The department shall require an all of the following
16to be photographed and fingerprinted on 2 fingerprint cards, each bearing a complete
17set of the person's fingerprints:
SB158-AA1,7,19 18a. An applicant for a private detective license or a private security permit under
19s. 440.26, an.
SB158-AA1,7,21 20b. An applicant for a juvenile martial arts instructor permit under sub. (17),
21an
.
SB158-AA1,7,23 22c. An applicant for a real estate appraiser certification under s. 458.06 or
23license under s. 458.08, an.
SB158-AA1,7,24 24d. An applicant for a multistate license under s. 441.06 (1c) or 441.10 (1c), an.
SB158-AA1,7,25 25e. An applicant for a compact license under s. 448.05 (2) (f), an.
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1f. An applicant for a physical therapist license under s. 448.53 or physical
2therapist assistant license under s. 448.535, an.
SB158-AA1,8,6 3g. An applicant for an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant
4compact privilege under s. 448.987 (4), and an applicant for an occupational
5therapist or occupational therapy assistant license described in s. 448.987 (5) (b) 2.
6a., an
SB158-AA1,8,7 7h. An applicant for a psychologist license under s. 455.04, and a.
SB158-AA1,8,10 8z. A person for whom the department conducts an investigation under par. (b),
9to be photographed and fingerprinted on 2 fingerprint cards, each bearing a complete
10set of the person's fingerprints
.
SB158-AA1,8,20 112. The department of justice may submit the fingerprint cards, and the
12department of justice shall submit the fingerprint cards of all applicants for a real
13estate appraiser certification under s. 458.06 or license under s. 458.08, of all
14applicants for a multistate license under s. 441.06 (1c) or 441.10 (1c), of all applicants
15for a compact license under s. 448.05 (2) (f), of all applicants for a physical therapist
16license under s. 448.53 or a physical therapist assistant license under s. 448.535, and
17of all applicants for a psychologist license under s. 455.04
identified in subd. 1. c. to
18id.
, to the federal bureau of investigation for the purpose of verifying the identity of
19the persons fingerprinted and obtaining records of their criminal arrests and
20convictions.
SB158-AA1,8,23 213. Information obtained from the federal bureau of investigation may be shared
22with the department or the appropriate credentialing board, but shall otherwise be
23kept confidential and is not subject to disclosure under s. 19.35.
SB158-AA1,30 24Section 30. 440.03 (13) (c) 1. id. of the statutes is created to read:
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1440.03 (13) (c) 1. id. An applicant for any category of social worker multistate
2license under s. 457.08 (4m) when required pursuant to the social work licensure
3compact under s. 457.70.
SB158-AA1,31 4Section 31. 440.03 (14) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB158-AA1,9,145 440.03 (14) (am) The department may promulgate rules that establish
6requirements for granting a license to practice psychotherapy to a person who is
7registered under par. (a). Rules promulgated under this paragraph shall establish
8requirements for obtaining such a license that are comparable to the requirements
9for obtaining a clinical social worker, marriage and family therapist, or professional
10counselor license under subch. I of ch. 457. If the department promulgates rules
11under this paragraph, the department shall grant a license under this paragraph to
12a person registered under par. (a) who pays the initial credential fee determined by
13the department under s. 440.03 (9) (a) and provides evidence satisfactory to the
14department that he or she satisfies the requirements established in the rules.
SB158-AA1,32 15Section 32. 440.043 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB158-AA1,9,2016 440.043 (1) The secretary shall appoint an advisory committee under s.
17440.042 to provide advice concerning behavioral health. The advisory committee
18shall semiannually conduct a review of the requirements for obtaining a credential
19under s. 440.88 or subch. I of ch. 457 or for other credentials related to behavioral
20health.”.
SB158-AA1,9,21 213. Page 3, line 3: after that line insert:
SB158-AA1,9,22 22 Section 33. 440.094 (1) (c) 14. of the statutes is amended to read:
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1440.094 (1) (c) 14. A social worker, marriage and family therapist, or
2professional counselor certified or licensed under subch. I of ch. 457 or a clinical
3substance abuse counselor certified under s. 440.88.”.
SB158-AA1,10,5 44. Page 6, line 11: after that line, after the material inserted by senate
5amendment 1, insert:
SB158-AA1,10,6 6 Section 34. 440.15 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB158-AA1,10,13 7440.15 No fingerprinting. Except as provided under ss. 440.03 (13) (c),
8441.51 (5) (a) 5., 448.980 (5) (b) 3., 448.985 (3) (a) 4., 448.987 (3) (a) 5. a. and (5) (b)
92. a., 450.071 (3) (c) 9., 450.075 (3) (c) 9., and 455.50 (3) (e) 4. and (f) 4., and 457.70
10(3) (b) 4. and (7) (b) 3.
, the department or a credentialing board may not require that
11an applicant for a credential or a credential holder be fingerprinted or submit
12fingerprints in connection with the department's or the credentialing board's
13credentialing.
SB158-AA1,35 14Section 35. 446.01 (1v) (m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB158-AA1,10,1915 446.01 (1v) (m) Marriage and family therapy, professional counseling, and
16social work examining board under subch. I of ch. 457. “Health care professional"
17also includes an individual who is exercising a multistate authorization to practice,
18as defined in s. 457.70 (2) (q), under any category of social worker multistate license,
19as defined in s. 457.70 (2) (r), in this state.
SB158-AA1,36 20Section 36. 448.08 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB158-AA1,11,521 448.08 (4) Professional partnerships and corporations permitted.
22Notwithstanding any other provision in this section, it is lawful for 2 or more
23physicians, who have entered into a bona fide partnership for the practice of
24medicine, to render a single bill for such services in the name of such partnership,

1and it also is lawful for a service corporation to render a single bill for services in the
2name of the corporation, provided that each individual licensed, registered or
3certified under this chapter, subch. I of ch. 457, or ch. 446, 449, 450, 455, 457 or 459
4that renders billed services is individually identified as having rendered such
5services.
SB158-AA1,37 6Section 37. 448.67 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB158-AA1,11,137 448.67 (4) Billing by professional partnerships and corporations. If 2 or
8more podiatrists have entered into a bona fide partnership or formed a service
9corporation for the practice of podiatry, the partnership or corporation may not
10render a single bill for podiatry services provided in the name of the partnership or
11corporation unless each individual licensed, registered or certified under this
12chapter, subch. I of ch. 457, or ch. 446, 449, 450, 455, 457 or 459, who provided
13services is individually identified on the bill as having rendered those services.
SB158-AA1,38 14Section 38. 450.10 (3) (a) 10. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB158-AA1,11,1715 450.10 (3) (a) 10. A social worker, marriage and family therapist, or
16professional counselor certified or licensed under ch. 457, as those terms are defined
17under subch. I of ch. 457
.
SB158-AA1,39 18Section 39. Chapter 457 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB158-AA1,11,2219 CHAPTER 457
20 MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY,
21 PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING, AND
22 SOCIAL WORK EXAMINING BOARD
SB158-AA1,40 23Section 40. Subchapter I (title) of chapter 457 [precedes 457.01] of the statutes
24is created to read:
SB158-AA1,11,2525 chapter 457
SB158-AA1,12,1
1Subchapter I
SB158-AA1,12,42 REGULATION OF MARRIAGE AND
3 FAMILY THERAPY, PROFESSIONAL
4 COUNSELING, AND SOCIAL WORK
SB158-AA1,41 5Section 41. 457.01 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB158-AA1,12,6 6457.01 Definitions. (intro.) In this chapter subchapter:
SB158-AA1,42 7Section 42. 457.01 (1c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB158-AA1,12,118 457.01 (1c) “Advanced practice social worker" means an individual who holds
9an advanced practice social worker certificate granted by the social worker section
10or who is exercising a multistate authorization to practice under a master's-category
11multistate license
.
SB158-AA1,43 12Section 43. 457.01 (1g) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB158-AA1,12,1413 457.01 (1g) “Certificate holder" means an individual who is certified under this
14chapter subchapter.
SB158-AA1,44 15Section 44. 457.01 (1r) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB158-AA1,12,1916 457.01 (1r) “Clinical social worker" means an individual who holds a license
17to practice clinical social work granted by the social worker section or who is
18exercising a multistate authorization to practice under a clinical-category
19multistate license
.
SB158-AA1,45 20Section 45. 457.01 (1w) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB158-AA1,12,2221 457.01 (1w) “Credential" means a license or certificate granted under this
22chapter subchapter.
SB158-AA1,46 23Section 46. 457.01 (2r) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB158-AA1,12,2524 457.01 (2r) “Licensee" means a person who is licensed under this chapter
25subchapter.
SB158-AA1,47
1Section 47. 457.01 (5g) of the statutes is created to read:
SB158-AA1,13,52 457.01 (5g) “Multistate authorization to practice” means the multistate
3authorization to practice, as defined in s. 457.70 (2) (q), of an individual to practice
4the appropriate category of social work in this state under a multistate license
5granted by another state that is a party to the social work licensure compact.
SB158-AA1,48 6Section 48. 457.01 (5r) of the statutes is created to read:
SB158-AA1,13,77 457.01 (5r) “Multistate license” has the meaning given in s. 457.70 (2) (r).
SB158-AA1,49 8Section 49. 457.01 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB158-AA1,13,119 457.01 (10) “Social worker" means an individual who holds a social worker
10certificate granted by the social worker section or who is exercising a multistate
11authorization to practice under a bachelor's-category multistate license
.
SB158-AA1,50 12Section 50. 457.01 (12) of the statutes is created to read:
SB158-AA1,13,1413 457.01 (12) “Social work licensure compact” means the social work licensure
14compact under s. 457.70.
SB158-AA1,51 15Section 51. 457.02 (intro.), (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (5m) and (6) (c) of the statutes
16are amended to read:
SB158-AA1,13,18 17457.02 Applicability. (intro.) This chapter subchapter does not do any of the
18following:
SB158-AA1,14,2 19(1) Require any individual to be certified or licensed under this chapter
20subchapter in order to use the title “pastoral counselor," “investment counselor,"
21“vocational counselor," “career counselor," “alcohol and drug counselor," “chemical
22dependency counselor," or “employee assistance counselor," or to engage in such
23counseling, if the individual does not use any other title or designation that
24represents or may tend to represent that he or she is certified or licensed under this
25chapter subchapter, and does not represent himself or herself as an individual who

1engages in social work, advanced practice social work, independent social work,
2clinical social work, marriage and family therapy, or professional counseling.
SB158-AA1,14,6 3(2) Require any individual who is licensed as a school social worker or school
4counselor by the department of public instruction to be certified or licensed under
5this chapter subchapter in order to use the title “school social worker" or “school
6counselor."
SB158-AA1,14,12 7(3) Require a person who is a psychologist or a psychiatrist to be licensed under
8this chapter subchapter in order to use the title “marriage and family therapist,"
9“marriage and family counselor," or “professional counselor" if the psychologist or
10psychiatrist does not use the term “licensed," “certified," or “registered" or any
11similar term in connection with the title “marriage and family therapist," “marriage
12and family counselor," or “professional counselor."
SB158-AA1,14,16 13(4) Authorize any individual who is certified or licensed under this chapter
14subchapter to use the title “school social worker" or “school counselor" unless the
15individual is licensed as a school social worker or school counselor by the department
16of public instruction.
SB158-AA1,14,21 17(5) Authorize any individual who is certified under s. 457.08 (1), 457.09 (1), or
18457.14 (1) (a) to (c) or who is exercising a multistate authorization to practice to use
19the title “alcohol and drug counselor" or “chemical dependency counselor" unless the
20individual is certified as an alcohol and drug counselor or as a chemical dependency
21counselor through a process recognized by the department.
SB158-AA1,15,5 22(5m) Authorize any individual who is certified under s. 457.08 (1), 457.09 (1),
23or 457.14 (1) (a) to (c) or who is exercising a multistate authorization to practice to
24treat substance use disorder as a specialty unless the individual is a certified
25substance abuse counselor, clinical supervisor, or prevention specialist under s.

1440.88, or unless the individual satisfies educational and supervised training
2requirements established in rules promulgated by the examining board. In
3promulgating rules under this subsection, the examining board shall consider the
4requirements for qualifying as a certified substance abuse counselor, clinical
5supervisor, or prevention specialist under s. 440.88.
SB158-AA1,15,9 6(6) (c) Provide a consultation or demonstration with an individual licensed
7under this chapter subchapter if the person providing the consultation or
8demonstration is licensed to practice marriage and family therapy, professional
9counseling, or clinical social work in another state or territory of the United States.
SB158-AA1,52 10Section 52. 457.03 (1), (1m) and (2) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB158-AA1,15,1811 457.03 (1) Upon the advice of the social worker section, marriage and family
12therapist section, and professional counselor section, promulgate rules establishing
13minimum standards for educational programs that must be completed for
14certification or licensure under this chapter subchapter and for supervised clinical
15training that must be completed for licensure as a clinical social worker, marriage
16and family therapist, or professional counselor under this chapter subchapter and
17approve educational programs and supervised clinical training programs in
18accordance with those standards.
SB158-AA1,15,22 19(1m) Upon the advice of the social worker section, marriage and family
20therapist section, and professional counselor section, and consistent with s. 457.16,
21promulgate rules establishing examination requirements for certification and
22licensure under this chapter subchapter.
SB158-AA1,16,6 23(2) Upon the advice of the social worker section, marriage and family therapist
24section, and professional counselor section, promulgate rules establishing a code of
25ethics to govern the professional conduct of certificate holders and, licensees, and

1individuals exercising a multistate authorization to practice
. The rules shall specify
2the services included within the practice of social work, advanced practice social
3work, or independent social work that an individual who is certified under this
4chapter as
a social worker, advanced practice social worker, or independent social
5worker may perform and the degree of supervision, if any, required to perform those
6services.
SB158-AA1,53 7Section 53. 457.033 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB158-AA1,16,17 8457.033 Psychometric testing. The marriage and family therapy,
9professional counseling, and social work examining board and the psychology
10examining board shall jointly promulgate rules that specify the different levels of
11psychometric testing that an individual who is certified or licensed under this
12chapter subchapter, or an individual who is exercising a multistate authorization to
13practice,
is qualified to perform. Such rules shall be consistent with the guidelines
14of the American Psychological Association, or other nationally recognized guidelines,
15for performing psychometric testing. A certificate holder or, licensee, or holder of a
16multistate license
may not engage in psychometric testing except as provided under
17the rules promulgated under this section.
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