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SB534,19 10Section 19. 440.03 (11m) (c) 2s. of the statutes is created to read:
SB534,10,1311 440.03 (11m) (c) 2s. The coordinated licensure information system under s.
12455.50 (9), if such disclosure is required under the psychology interjurisdictional
13compact under s. 455.50.
SB534,20 14Section 20. 440.03 (13) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB534,10,2115 440.03 (13) (b) (intro.) The department may investigate whether an applicant
16for or holder of any of the following credentials has been charged with or convicted
17of a crime only pursuant to rules promulgated by the department under this
18paragraph, including rules that establish the criteria that the department will use
19to determine whether an investigation under this paragraph is necessary, except as
20provided in par. (c) and ss. 441.51 (5) (a) 5., 448.980 (5) (b) 3., and 448.985 (3) (a) 4.,
21and 455.50 (3) (e) 4. and (f) 4.
:
SB534,21 22Section 21. 440.03 (13) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB534,11,1923 440.03 (13) (c) The department shall require an applicant for a private
24detective license or a private security permit under s. 440.26, an applicant for a
25juvenile martial arts instructor permit under sub. (17), an applicant for a real estate

1appraiser certification under s. 458.06 or license under s. 458.08, an applicant for a
2multistate license under s. 441.06 (1c) or 441.10 (1c), an applicant for a compact
3license under s. 448.05 (2) (f), an applicant for a physical therapist license under s.
4448.53 or physical therapist assistant license under s. 448.535, an applicant for a
5psychologist license under s. 455.04,
and a person for whom the department conducts
6an investigation under par. (b), to be photographed and fingerprinted on 2
7fingerprint cards, each bearing a complete set of the person's fingerprints. The
8department of justice may submit the fingerprint cards, and the department of
9justice shall submit the fingerprint cards of all applicants for a real estate appraiser
10certification under s. 458.06 or license under s. 458.08, of all applicants for a
11multistate license under s. 441.06 (1c) or 441.10 (1c), of all applicants for a compact
12license under s. 448.05 (2) (f), and of all applicants for a physical therapist license
13under s. 448.53 or a physical therapist assistant license under s. 448.535, and of all
14applicants for a psychologist license under s. 455.04
, to the federal bureau of
15investigation for the purpose of verifying the identity of the persons fingerprinted
16and obtaining records of their criminal arrests and convictions. Information
17obtained from the federal bureau of investigation may be shared with the
18department or the appropriate credentialing board, but shall otherwise be kept
19confidential and is not subject to disclosure under s. 19.35.
SB534,22 20Section 22. 440.15 of the statutes, as affected by 2021 Wisconsin Act 25, is
21amended to read:
SB534,12,2 22440.15 No fingerprinting. Except as provided under ss. 440.03 (13) (c),
23441.51 (5) (a) 5., 448.980 (5) (b) 3., 448.985 (3) (a) 4., 450.071 (3) (c) 9., and 450.075
24(3) (c) 9., and 455.50 (3) (e) 4. and (f) 4., the department or a credentialing board may
25not require that an applicant for a credential or a credential holder be fingerprinted

1or submit fingerprints in connection with the department's or the credentialing
2board's credentialing.
SB534,23 3Section 23. 446.01 (1v) (L) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB534,12,84 446.01 (1v) (L) Psychology examining board under ch. 455. “Health care
5professional" also includes an individual who is exercising the temporary
6authorization to practice, as defined in s. 455.50 (2) (o), in this state or practicing
7under the authority to practice interjurisdictional telepsychology, as defined in s.
8455.50 (2) (b).
SB534,24 9Section 24. 450.10 (3) (a) 9. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB534,12,1310 450.10 (3) (a) 9. A psychologist who is licensed under ch. 455, who is exercising
11the temporary authorization to practice, as defined in s. 455.50 (2) (o), in this state,
12or who is practicing under the authority to practice interjurisdictional
13telepsychology, as defined in s. 455.50 (2) (b)
.
SB534,25 14Section 25. Chapter 455 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB534,12,1615 CHAPTER 455
16 PSYCHOLOGY EXAMINING BOARD
SB534,26 17Section 26 . Subchapter I (title) of chapter 455 [precedes 455.01] of the statutes
18is created to read:
SB534,12,1919 chapter 455
SB534,12,2020 Subchapter I
SB534,12,2121 REGULATION OF PSYCHOLOGY
SB534,27 22Section 27. 455.01 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB534,12,23 23455.01 Definitions. (intro.) In this chapter subchapter:
SB534,28 24Section 28. 455.01 (1) of the statutes is created to read:
SB534,13,2
1455.01 (1) “Authority to practice interjurisdictional telepsychology" has the
2meaning given in s. 455.50 (2) (b).
SB534,29 3Section 29. 455.01 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB534,13,44 455.01 (2m) “E.Passport” has the meaning given in s. 455.50 (2) (g).
SB534,30 5Section 30. 455.01 (3r) of the statutes is created to read:
SB534,13,76 455.01 (3r) “Interjurisdictional practice certificate” has the meaning given in
7s. 455.50 (2) (im).
SB534,31 8Section 31. 455.01 (9) of the statutes is created to read:
SB534,13,109 455.01 (9) “Temporary authorization to practice” has the meaning given in s.
10455.50 (2) (o).
SB534,32 11Section 32. 455.02 (2m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB534,13,1312 455.02 (2m) Exceptions. (intro.) A license under this chapter subchapter is
13not required for any of the following:
SB534,33 14Section 33. 455.02 (2m) (f) of the statutes, as affected by 2021 Wisconsin Act
1522
, is amended to read:
SB534,13,2316 455.02 (2m) (f) A person providing psychological services as part of a
17psychology training program, if his or her activities and services constitute a part of
18the supervised course of study and are performed under the supervision of a
19psychologist licensed under this chapter subchapter and the person does not provide
20or offer to provide psychological services to the public for a fee over and above the
21salary that he or she may receive for the performance of the official duties with the
22employing agency or organization. A person providing services under this paragraph
23may use the title “psychology student,” “psychology intern,” or “psychology resident.”
SB534,34 24Section 34. 455.02 (2m) (p) of the statutes, as created by 2021 Wisconsin Act
2522
, is amended to read:
SB534,14,5
1455.02 (2m) (p) A person providing psychological services under the
2supervision of a psychologist licensed under this chapter subchapter as part of a
3formal psychology fellowship program that meets the program standards of an
4organization as determined by the examining board. A person providing services
5under this paragraph may use the title “psychology fellow.”
SB534,35 6Section 35. 455.03 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB534,14,7 7455.03 (title) Temporary practice ; telepsychology.
SB534,36 8Section 36. 455.03 of the statutes, as affected by 2021 Wisconsin Act 22, is
9renumbered 455.03 (1) (b) and amended to read:
SB534,14,1710 455.03 (1) (b) A psychologist who is licensed or certified by a similar examining
11board of another state or territory of the United States or of a foreign country or
12province whose standards, in the opinion of the examining board, are equivalent to
13or higher than the requirements for licensure as a psychologist in s. 455.04 (1) may
14provide psychological services in this state on not more than 60 days in any year
15without holding a license issued under s. 455.04 (1). The psychologist shall report
16to the examining board the nature and extent of his or her practice in this state if it
17exceeds 20 days within a year.
SB534,14,19 18(a) In this section subsection, “day” means any part of a day during which
19psychological services are rendered.
SB534,37 20Section 37. 455.03 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
SB534,14,2321 455.03 (2) An individual who holds a valid interjurisdictional practice
22certificate may exercise the temporary authorization to practice in this state, subject
23to ss. 455.50 (5) and 455.51 (2) (a) 1. and (b) 1.
SB534,38 24Section 38. 455.03 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
SB534,15,3
1455.03 (3) An individual who holds a valid E.Passport may practice under the
2authority to practice interjurisdictional telepsychology as provided in and subject to
3ss. 455.50 (4) and (6) and 455.51 (2) (a) 2. and (b) 2.
SB534,39 4Section 39. 455.06 (1) (a) and (2) of the statutes, as affected by 2021 Wisconsin
5Act 22
, are amended to read:
SB534,15,96 455.06 (1) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), the renewal dates for licenses
7issued under this chapter subchapter or under s. 455.04 (4), 2019 stats., are specified
8under s. 440.08 (2) (a), and the renewal fee for such licenses is determined by the
9department under s. 440.03 (9) (a).
SB534,15,13 10(2) An applicant for renewal of a license issued under this chapter subchapter
11or under s. 455.04 (4), 2019 stats., shall include with his or her application proof in
12the form specified by the examining board that he or she has completed the hours of
13continuing education required under s. 455.065.
SB534,40 14Section 40. 455.09 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB534,15,2115 455.09 (1) (intro.) Subject to the rules promulgated under s. 440.03 (1), the
16examining board may deny an application for a license, or may by order suspend for
17a period not exceeding one year, limit, revoke or impose probationary conditions upon
18a license, authority to practice interjurisdictional telepsychology, or temporary
19authorization to practice
or reprimand a licensee or a holder of authority to practice
20interjurisdictional telepsychology or temporary authorization to practice
if the
21applicant or, licensee, or holder does any of the following:
SB534,41 22Section 41. 455.09 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB534,16,223 455.09 (1) (c) Impersonates another person holding a license under this chapter
24subchapter or allows another person to use his or her license, E.Passport,

1interjurisdictional practice certificate, authority to practice interjurisdictional
2telepsychology, or temporary authorization to practice
.
SB534,42 3Section 42. 455.09 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB534,16,54 455.09 (1) (d) Uses fraud or deception in applying for a license under this
5chapter subchapter, an E.Passport, or an interjurisdictional practice certificate.
SB534,43 6Section 43. 455.09 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB534,16,87 455.09 (1) (g) Violates this chapter subchapter or any rule of professional
8conduct promulgated under this chapter subchapter.
SB534,44 9Section 44. 455.09 (3) of the statutes, as affected by 2021 Wisconsin Act 22,
10is amended to read:
SB534,16,1611 455.09 (3) A revoked license may not be renewed. An individual may, no sooner
12than one year after the date of revocation, apply for reinstatement of a license under
13this chapter subchapter. The examining board may accept or reject an application
14for reinstatement. If reinstatement is granted under this subsection, the licensee
15shall pay a reinstatement fee in an amount equal to the renewal fee. This subsection
16does not apply to a license that is revoked under s. 440.12.
SB534,45 17Section 45. 455.11 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB534,16,19 18455.11 Penalty. Any person who violates this chapter subchapter may be fined
19not more than $200 or imprisoned not exceeding 6 months or both.
SB534,46 20Section 46 . Subchapter II of chapter 455 [precedes 455.50] of the statutes is
21created to read:
SB534,16,2222 chapter 455
SB534,16,2323 Subchapter II
SB534,16,2524 PSYCHOLOGY INTERJURISDICTIONAL
25 COMPACT (PSYPACT)
SB534,17,1
1455.50 Psychology interjurisdictional compact. (1) Article I — Purpose.
SB534,17,42 Whereas, states license psychologists, in order to protect the public through
3verification of education, training and experience and ensure accountability for
4professional practice; and
SB534,17,85 Whereas, this compact is intended to regulate the day to day practice of
6telepsychology (i.e. the provision of psychological services using telecommunication
7technologies) by psychologists across state boundaries in the performance of their
8psychological practice as assigned by an appropriate authority; and
SB534,17,129 Whereas, this compact is intended to regulate the temporary in-person,
10face-to-face practice of psychology by psychologists across state boundaries for 30
11days within a calendar year in the performance of their psychological practice as
12assigned by an appropriate authority;
SB534,17,1513 Whereas, this compact is intended to authorize state psychology regulatory
14authorities to afford legal recognition, in a manner consistent with the terms of the
15compact, to psychologists licensed in another state;
SB534,17,1916 Whereas, this compact recognizes that states have a vested interest in
17protecting the public's health and safety through their licensing and regulation of
18psychologists and that such state regulation will best protect public health and
19safety;
SB534,17,2120 Whereas, this compact does not apply when a psychologist is licensed in both
21the home and receiving states; and
SB534,17,2322 Whereas, this compact does not apply to permanent in-person, face-to-face
23practice, it does allow for authorization of temporary psychological practice.
SB534,17,2524 Consistent with these principles, this compact is designed to achieve the
25following purposes and objectives:
SB534,18,4
1(a) Increase public access to professional psychological services by allowing for
2telepsychological practice across state lines as well as temporary in-person,
3face-to-face services into a state which the psychologist is not licensed to practice
4psychology;
SB534,18,65 (b) Enhance the states' ability to protect the public's health and safety,
6especially client/patient safety;
SB534,18,87 (c) Encourage the cooperation of compact states in the areas of psychology
8licensure and regulation;
SB534,18,109 (d) Facilitate the exchange of information between compact states regarding
10psychologist licensure, adverse actions and disciplinary history;
SB534,18,1211 (e) Promote compliance with the laws governing psychological practice in each
12compact state; and
SB534,18,1413 (f) Invest all compact states with the authority to hold licensed psychologists
14accountable through the mutual recognition of compact state licenses.
SB534,18,18 15(2) Article II — Definitions. (a) “Adverse action" means: Any action taken
16by a state psychology regulatory authority which finds a violation of a statute or
17regulation that is identified by the state psychology regulatory authority as
18discipline and is a matter of public record.
SB534,18,2219 (am) “Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB)" means:
20the recognized membership organization composed of state and provincial
21psychology regulatory authorities responsible for the licensure and registration of
22psychologists throughout the United States and Canada.
SB534,18,2523 (b) “Authority to practice interjurisdictional telepsychology" means: a licensed
24psychologist's authority to practice telepsychology, within the limits authorized
25under this compact, in another compact state.
SB534,19,3
1(bm) “Bylaws" means: those bylaws established by the Psychology
2Interjurisdictional Compact Commission pursuant to sub. (10) for its governance, or
3for directing and controlling its actions and conduct.
SB534,19,64 (c) “Client/patient" means: the recipient of psychological services, whether
5psychological services are delivered in the context of healthcare, corporate,
6supervision, and/or consulting services.
SB534,19,87 (cm) “Commissioner" means: the voting representative appointed by each state
8psychology regulatory authority pursuant to sub. (10).
SB534,19,119 (d) “Compact state" means: a state, the District of Columbia, or United States
10territory that has enacted this compact legislation and which has not withdrawn
11pursuant to sub. (13) (c) or been terminated pursuant to sub. (12) (b).
SB534,19,1612 (dm) “Coordinated licensure information system" also referred to as
13“coordinated database" means: an integrated process for collecting, storing, and
14sharing information on psychologists' licensure and enforcement activities related
15to psychology licensure laws, which is administered by the recognized membership
16organization composed of state and provincial psychology regulatory authorities.
SB534,19,1817 (e) “Confidentiality" means: the principle that data or information is not made
18available or disclosed to unauthorized persons and/or processes.
SB534,19,1919 (em) “Day" means: any part of a day in which psychological work is performed.
SB534,19,2220 (f) “Distant state" means: the compact state where a psychologist is physically
21present (not through the use of telecommunications technologies), to provide
22temporary in-person, face-to-face psychological services.
SB534,20,223 (g) “E.Passport" means: a certificate issued by the Association of State and
24Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB) that promotes the standardization in the

1criteria of interjurisdictional telepsychology practice and facilitates the process for
2licensed psychologists to provide telepsychological services across state lines.
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