SB515,20,3 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.

SB515,20,4 4(2) Subsection (1) does not apply with respect to any of the following:

SB515,20,85 (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.

SB515,20,129 (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.

SB515,20,14 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.”

SB515,20,15 15461.035 Expedited partner therapy. (1) In this section:

SB515,20,1616 (b) “Antimicrobial drug" has the meaning given in s. 448.035 (1) (b).

SB515,20,1717 (c) “Expedited partner therapy" has the meaning given in s. 448.035 (1) (c).

SB515,21,3 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."

SB515,21,7 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.

SB515,21,11 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.

SB515,21,1412 (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.

SB515,21,16 15461.037 Prescriptions for and delivery of opioid antagonists. (1) In this
16section:

SB515,21,1717 (a) “Administer" has the meaning given in s. 450.01 (1).

SB515,21,1818 (b) “Deliver" has the meaning given in s. 450.01 (5).

SB515,21,1919 (c) “Dispense" has the meaning given in s. 450.01 (7).

SB515,21,2020 (d) “Opioid antagonist" has the meaning given in s. 450.01 (13v).

SB515,21,2121 (e) “Opioid-related drug overdose" has the meaning given in s. 256.40 (1) (d).

SB515,21,2222 (f) “Standing order" has the meaning given in s. 450.01 (21p).

SB515,21,23 23(2) (a) A physician assistant may do any of the following:

SB515,22,424 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.

SB515,22,65 2. Issue a standing order to one or more persons authorizing the dispensing of
6an opioid antagonist.

SB515,22,137 (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.

SB515,22,19 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.