448.037 (2) (a) (intro.) A physician or physician assistant may do any of the following:
(b) A physician or physician assistant 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.
(3) A physician or physician assistant 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. 448.02 for any outcomes resulting from prescribing, delivering, or dispensing the opioid antagonist.
23,44 Section 44 . 448.04 (1) (f) of the statutes is repealed.
23,45 Section 45 . 448.05 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
23,46 Section 46 . 448.20 of the statutes is repealed.
23,47 Section 47 . 448.21 of the statutes is repealed.
23,48 Section 48 . 448.40 (2) (f) of the statutes is repealed.
23,49 Section 49 . 448.62 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
448.62 (7) A physician assistant who is acting under the supervision and direction of a podiatrist, subject to s. 448.21 (4) 448.975 (2) (a) 2m., or an individual to whom the physician assistant delegates a task or order under s. 448.975 (4).
23,50 Section 50 . 448.695 (4) (a) and (b) of the statutes are amended to read:
448.695 (4) (a) Practice standards for a physician assistant practicing podiatry as provided in s. 448.21 (4) 448.975 (2) (a) 2m.
(b) Requirements for a podiatrist who is supervising a physician assistant as provided in s. 448.21 (4) 448.975 (2) (a) 2m.
23,51 Section 51 . 448.970 of the statutes is renumbered 448.9695.
23,52 Section 52 . Subchapter VIII of chapter 448 [precedes 448.971] of the statutes is created to read:
chapter 448
subchapter viii
physician assistant affiliated
credentialing board
448.971 Definitions. In this subchapter, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) “Board" means the physician assistant affiliated credentialing board.
(2) “Physician assistant” means a person licensed under this subchapter.
(3) “Podiatrist” has the meaning given in s. 448.60 (3).
(4) “Podiatry” has the meaning given in s. 448.60 (4).
448.972 License required; exceptions. (1) Except as provided in subs. (2) and (3), no person may represent himself or herself as a “PA” or “physician assistant," use or assume the title “PA” or “physician assistant," or append to the person's name the words or letters “physician assistant," “PA," “PA-C,” or any other titles, letters, or designation that represents or may tend to represent the person as a physician assistant, unless he or she is licensed by the board under this subchapter.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply with respect to any of the following:
(a) An individual employed and duly credentialed as a physician assistant or physician associate by the federal government while performing duties incident to that employment, unless a license under this subchapter is required by the federal government.
(b) A person who satisfies the requirement under s. 448.974 (1) (a) 3. but who is not licensed under this subchapter. This paragraph does not allow such a person to practice medicine and surgery in violation of s. 448.03 (1) (a) or to practice podiatry in violation of s. 448.61.
(3) A student who is enrolled in an accredited physician assistant educational program may use the title “physician assistant student,” “PA student,” or “PA-S.”