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AB575,49
1Section 49. 448.035 (2) to (4) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB575,14,152 448.035 (2) Notwithstanding the requirements of s. 448.30, a physician,
3physician assistant,
or certified advanced practice nurse prescriber may provide
4expedited partner therapy if the patient is diagnosed as infected with a chlamydial
5infection, gonorrhea, or trichomoniasis and the patient has had sexual contact with
6a sexual partner during which the chlamydial infection, gonorrhea, or
7trichomoniasis may have been transmitted to or from the sexual partner. The
8physician, physician assistant, or certified advanced practice nurse prescriber shall
9attempt to obtain the name of the patient's sexual partner. A prescription order for
10an antimicrobial drug prepared under this subsection shall include the name and
11address of the patient's sexual partner, if known. If the physician , physician
12assistant,
or certified advanced practice nurse prescriber is unable to obtain the
13name of the patient's sexual partner, the prescription order shall include, in ordinary
14bold-faced capital letters, the words, “expedited partner therapy" or the letters
15“EPT."
AB575,14,20 16(3) The physician, physician assistant, or certified advanced practice nurse
17prescriber shall provide the patient with a copy of the information sheet prepared by
18the department of health services under s. 46.03 (44) and shall request that the
19patient give the information sheet to the person with whom the patient had sexual
20contact.
AB575,14,25 21(4) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), a physician , physician assistant, or
22certified advanced practice nurse prescriber is immune from civil liability for injury
23to or the death of a person who takes any antimicrobial drug if the antimicrobial drug
24is prescribed, dispensed, or furnished under this section and if expedited partner
25therapy is provided as specified under this section.
AB575,15,4
1(b) The immunity under par. (a) does not extend to the donation, distribution,
2furnishing, or dispensing of an antimicrobial drug by a physician , physician
3assistant,
or certified advanced practice nurse prescriber whose act or omission
4involves reckless, wanton, or intentional misconduct.
AB575,50 5Section 50 . 448.037 (2) (a) (intro.) and (b) and (3) of the statutes are amended
6to read:
AB575,15,87 448.037 (2) (a) (intro.) A physician or physician assistant may do any of the
8following:
AB575,15,159 (b) A physician or physician assistant who prescribes or delivers an opioid
10antagonist under par. (a) 1. shall ensure that the person to whom the opioid
11antagonist is prescribed has or has the capacity to provide the knowledge and
12training necessary to safely administer the opioid antagonist to an individual
13undergoing an opioid-related overdose and that the person demonstrates the
14capacity to ensure that any individual to whom the person further delivers the opioid
15antagonist has or receives that knowledge and training.
AB575,15,21 16(3) A physician or physician assistant who, acting in good faith, prescribes or
17delivers an opioid antagonist in accordance with sub. (2), or who, acting in good faith,
18otherwise lawfully prescribes or dispenses an opioid antagonist, shall be immune
19from criminal or civil liability and may not be subject to professional discipline under
20s. 448.02 for any outcomes resulting from prescribing, delivering, or dispensing the
21opioid antagonist.
AB575,51 22Section 51 . 448.038 of the statutes is renumbered 461.038.
AB575,52 23Section 52. 448.04 (1) (f) of the statutes is repealed.
AB575,53 24Section 53. 448.05 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
AB575,54 25Section 54. 448.20 of the statutes is repealed.
AB575,55
1Section 55. 448.21 of the statutes is repealed.
AB575,56 2Section 56. 448.40 (2) (f) of the statutes is repealed.
AB575,57 3Section 57 . 448.62 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB575,16,74 448.62 (7) A physician assistant who is acting under the supervision and
5direction of
in collaboration with a podiatrist , subject to s. 448.21 (4) as described in
6s. 461.10 (2) (a) 1. c. or an individual to whom the physician assistant delegates a task
7or order under s. 461.10 (4)
.
AB575,58 8Section 58 . 448.695 (4) of the statutes is repealed.
AB575,59 9Section 59. 450.01 (15r) of the statutes is repealed.
AB575,60 10Section 60 . 450.01 (16) (hm) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB575,16,1211 450.01 (16) (hm) 3. The patient's physician assistant , if the physician assistant
12is under the supervision of the patient's personal attending physician
.
AB575,61 13Section 61 . 450.10 (3) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB575,16,1614 450.10 (3) (a) 5. A physician, physician assistant, podiatrist, physical
15therapist, physical therapist assistant, occupational therapist, or occupational
16therapy assistant licensed under ch. 448.
AB575,62 17Section 62. 450.10 (3) (a) 12. of the statutes is created to read:
AB575,16,1818 450.10 (3) (a) 12. A physician assistant licensed under ch. 461.
AB575,63 19Section 63 . 450.11 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB575,17,1020 450.11 (1) Dispensing. Except as provided in sub. (1i) (b) 2., no person may
21dispense any prescribed drug or device except upon the prescription order of a
22practitioner. All prescription orders shall, except as provided in sub. (1a), specify the
23date of issue, the name and address of the practitioner, the name and quantity of the
24drug product or device prescribed, directions for the use of the drug product or device,
25the symptom or purpose for which the drug is being prescribed if required under sub.

1(4) (a) 8., and, if the order is written by the practitioner, the signature of the
2practitioner. Except as provided in ss. 118.2925 (3), 255.07 (2), 441.18 (2) (a) 1.,
3448.035 (2), and 448.037 (2) (a) 1., 461.035 (2), and 461.037 (2) (a) 1. and except for
4standing orders issued under s. 441.18 (2) (a) 2. or , 448.037 (2) (a) 2., or 461.037 (2)
5(a) 2.
, all prescription orders shall also specify the name and address of the patient.
6A prescription order issued under s. 118.2925 (3) shall specify the name and address
7of the school. A prescription order issued under s. 255.07 (2) shall specify the name
8and address of the authorized entity or authorized individual. Any oral prescription
9order shall be immediately reduced to writing by the pharmacist and filed according
10to sub. (2).
AB575,64 11Section 64 . 450.11 (1g) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB575,17,2512 450.11 (1g) (b) A pharmacist may, upon the prescription order of a practitioner
13providing expedited partner therapy, as specified in s. 448.035 or 461.035, that
14complies with the requirements of sub. (1), dispense an antimicrobial drug as a
15course of therapy for treatment of chlamydial infections, gonorrhea, or
16trichomoniasis to the practitioner's patient or a person with whom the patient has
17had sexual contact for use by the person with whom the patient has had sexual
18contact. The pharmacist shall provide a consultation in accordance with rules
19promulgated by the board for the dispensing of a prescription to the person to whom
20the antimicrobial drug is dispensed. A pharmacist providing a consultation under
21this paragraph shall ask whether the person for whom the antimicrobial drug has
22been prescribed is allergic to the antimicrobial drug and advise that the person for
23whom the antimicrobial drug has been prescribed must discontinue use of the
24antimicrobial drug if the person is allergic to or develops signs of an allergic reaction
25to the antimicrobial drug.
AB575,65
1Section 65. 450.11 (1i) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB575,18,132 450.11 (1i) (a) 1. A pharmacist may, upon and in accordance with the
3prescription order of an advanced practice nurse prescriber under s. 441.18 (2) (a) 1.,
4or of a physician or physician assistant under s. 448.037 (2) (a) 1., or of a physician
5assistant under s. 461.037 (2) (a) 1.
that complies with the requirements of sub. (1),
6deliver an opioid antagonist to a person specified in the prescription order and may,
7upon and in accordance with the standing order of an advanced practice nurse
8prescriber under s. 441.18 (2) (a) 2., or of a physician or physician assistant under
9s. 448.037 (2) (a) 2., or of a physician assistant under s. 461.037 (2) (a) 2. that complies
10with the requirements of sub. (1), deliver an opioid antagonist to an individual in
11accordance with the order. The pharmacist shall provide a consultation in
12accordance with rules promulgated by the board for the delivery of a prescription to
13the person to whom the opioid antagonist is delivered.
AB575,66 14Section 66 . 450.11 (1i) (b) 2. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB575,18,1715 450.11 (1i) (b) 2. c. A physician or physician assistant may only deliver or
16dispense an opioid antagonist in accordance with s. 448.037 (2) or in accordance with
17his or her other legal authority to dispense prescription drugs.
AB575,67 18Section 67 . 450.11 (1i) (b) 2. cm. of the statutes is created to read:
AB575,18,2119 450.11 (1i) (b) 2. cm. A physician assistant may only deliver or dispense an
20opioid antagonist in accordance with s. 461.037 (2) or in accordance with his or her
21other legal authority to dispense prescription drugs.
AB575,68 22Section 68 . 450.11 (1i) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB575,19,223 450.11 (1i) (c) 2. Subject to par. (a) 2. and ss. 441.18 (3) and, 448.037 (3), and
24461.037 (3),
any person who, acting in good faith, delivers or dispenses an opioid

1antagonist to another person shall be immune from civil or criminal liability for any
2outcomes resulting from delivering or dispensing the opioid antagonist.
AB575,69 3Section 69. 450.11 (8) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB575,19,54 450.11 (8) (b) The medical examining board, insofar as this section applies to
5physicians and physician assistants.
AB575,70 6Section 70. 450.11 (8) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
AB575,19,87 450.11 (8) (f) The physician assistant examining board, insofar as this section
8applies to physician assistants.
AB575,71 9Section 71 . Chapter 461 of the statutes is created to read:
AB575,19,1010 CHAPTER 461
AB575,19,1111 Physician assistants
AB575,19,12 12461.01 Definitions. In this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:
AB575,19,13 13(1) “Board" means the physician assistant examining board.
AB575,19,16 14(2) “Disease” means any pain, injury, deformity, or physical or mental illness
15or departure from complete health or the proper condition of the human body or any
16of its parts.
AB575,19,17 17(3) “Physician assistant” means a person licensed under this chapter.
AB575,19,18 18(4) “Podiatrist” has the meaning given in s. 448.60 (3).
AB575,19,19 19(5) “Podiatry” has the meaning given in s. 448.60 (4).
AB575,19,20 20(6) “Practice of medicine and surgery” has the meaning given in s. 448.01 (9).
AB575,20,3 21461.03 License required; exceptions. (1) Except as provided in subs. (2)
22and (3), no person may represent himself or herself as a “PA,” “ physician assistant,"
23“physician associate,” or “associate physician,” use or assume the title “PA,”
24“physician assistant," “physician associate,” or “associate physician,” or append to
25the person's name the words or letters “physician assistant," “physician associate,”

1“associate physician,” “PA," “PA-C,” or any other titles, letters, or designation that
2represents or may tend to represent the person as a physician assistant, unless he
3or she is licensed by the board under this chapter.
AB575,20,4 4(2) Subsection (1) does not apply with respect to any of the following:
AB575,20,85 (a) An individual employed and duly credentialed as a physician assistant or
6physician associate by the federal government while performing duties incident to
7that employment, unless a license under this chapter is required by the federal
8government.
AB575,20,129 (b) A person who satisfies the requirement under s. 461.07 (1) (a) 3. but who
10is not licensed under this chapter. This paragraph does not allow such a person to
11practice medicine and surgery in violation of s. 448.03 (1) (a) or to practice podiatry
12in violation of s. 448.61.
AB575,20,14 13(3) A student who is enrolled in an accredited physician assistant educational
14program may use the title “physician assistant student,” “PA student,” or “PA-S.”
AB575,20,15 15461.035 Expedited partner therapy. (1) In this section:
AB575,20,1616 (b) “Antimicrobial drug" has the meaning given in s. 448.035 (1) (b).
AB575,20,1717 (c) “Expedited partner therapy" has the meaning given in s. 448.035 (1) (c).
AB575,21,3 18(2) Notwithstanding the requirements of s. 461.40, a physician assistant may
19provide expedited partner therapy if a patient is diagnosed as infected with a
20chlamydial infection, gonorrhea, or trichomoniasis and the patient has had sexual
21contact with a sexual partner during which the chlamydial infection, gonorrhea, or
22trichomoniasis may have been transmitted to or from the sexual partner. The
23physician assistant shall attempt to obtain the name of the patient's sexual partner.
24A prescription order for an antimicrobial drug prepared under this subsection shall
25include the name and address of the patient's sexual partner, if known. If the

1physician assistant is unable to obtain the name of the patient's sexual partner, the
2prescription order shall include, in ordinary, bold-faced capital letters, the words,
3“expedited partner therapy" or the letters “EPT."
AB575,21,7 4(3) The physician assistant shall provide the patient with a copy of the
5information sheet prepared by the department of health services under s. 46.03 (44)
6and shall request that the patient give the information sheet to the person with
7whom the patient had sexual contact.
AB575,21,11 8(4) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), a physician assistant is immune from civil
9liability for injury to or the death of a person who takes any antimicrobial drug if the
10antimicrobial drug is prescribed, dispensed, or furnished under this section and if
11expedited partner therapy is provided as specified under this section.
AB575,21,1412 (b) The immunity under par. (a) does not extend to the donation, distribution,
13furnishing, or dispensing of an antimicrobial drug by a physician assistant whose act
14or omission involves reckless, wanton, or intentional misconduct.
AB575,21,16 15461.037 Prescriptions for and delivery of opioid antagonists. (1) In this
16section:
AB575,21,1717 (a) “Administer" has the meaning given in s. 450.01 (1).
AB575,21,1818 (b) “Deliver" has the meaning given in s. 450.01 (5).
AB575,21,1919 (c) “Dispense" has the meaning given in s. 450.01 (7).
AB575,21,2020 (d) “Opioid antagonist" has the meaning given in s. 450.01 (13v).
AB575,21,2121 (e) “Opioid-related drug overdose" has the meaning given in s. 256.40 (1) (d).
AB575,21,2222 (f) “Standing order" has the meaning given in s. 450.01 (21p).
AB575,21,23 23(2) (a) A physician assistant may do any of the following:
AB575,22,424 1. Prescribe an opioid antagonist to a person in a position to assist an individual
25at risk of undergoing an opioid-related drug overdose and may deliver the opioid

1antagonist to that person. A prescription order under this subdivision need not
2specify the name and address of the individual to whom the opioid antagonist will
3be administered, but shall instead specify the name of the person to whom the opioid
4antagonist is prescribed.
AB575,22,65 2. Issue a standing order to one or more persons authorizing the dispensing of
6an opioid antagonist.
AB575,22,137 (b) A physician assistant who prescribes or delivers an opioid antagonist under
8par. (a) 1. shall ensure that the person to whom the opioid antagonist is prescribed
9has or has the capacity to provide the knowledge and training necessary to safely
10administer the opioid antagonist to an individual undergoing an opioid-related
11overdose and that the person demonstrates the capacity to ensure that any
12individual to whom the person further delivers the opioid antagonist has or receives
13that knowledge and training.
AB575,22,19 14(3) A physician assistant who, acting in good faith, prescribes or delivers an
15opioid antagonist in accordance with sub. (2) or who, acting in good faith, otherwise
16lawfully prescribes or dispenses an opioid antagonist shall be immune from criminal
17or civil liability and may not be subject to professional discipline under s. 461.30 for
18any outcomes resulting from prescribing, delivering, or dispensing the opioid
19antagonist.
AB575,22,21 20461.05 Powers and duties of board. (1) (a) The board shall promulgate
21rules implementing s. 461.40.
AB575,22,2322 (b) The board shall promulgate rules establishing continuing education
23requirements for physician assistants.
AB575,22,2524 (c) The board may promulgate other rules to carry out the purposes of this
25chapter, including any of the following:
AB575,23,2
11. Rules defining what constitutes unprofessional conduct for physician
2assistants for purposes of s. 461.30 (2) (d).
AB575,23,33 2. Rules under s. 461.12 (2).
AB575,23,7 4(2) The board shall include in the register the board maintains under s. 440.035
5(1m) (d) the names of all persons whose licenses issued under this chapter were
6suspended or revoked within the past 2 years. The register shall be available for
7purchase at cost.
AB575,23,11 8461.07 License; renewal. (1) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), the board
9shall grant an initial license to practice as a physician assistant to any applicant who
10is found qualified by three-fourths of the members of the board and satisfies all of
11the following requirements, as determined by the board:
AB575,23,1412 1. The applicant submits an application on a form provided by the department
13and pays the initial credential fee determined by the department under s. 440.03 (9)
14(a).
AB575,23,1515 2. The applicant is at least 18 years of age.
AB575,23,1616 3. The applicant provides evidence of one of the following:
AB575,23,2117 a. That the applicant has successfully completed an educational program for
18physician assistants or physician associates that is accredited by the Accreditation
19Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant or its successor or,
20prior to 2001, by the Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation or the
21Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs.
AB575,23,2522 b. If the applicant does not satisfy subd. 3. a., that the applicant, prior to
23January 1, 1986, successfully passed the Physician Assistant National Certifying
24Examination administered by the National Commission on Certification of
25Physician Assistants.
AB575,24,2
14. The applicant passes the National Commission on Certification of Physician
2Assistants examination or an equivalent national examination adopted by the board.
AB575,24,43 5. The applicant provides a listing with all employers, practice settings,
4internships, residencies, fellowships, and other employment for the past 7 years.
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