AB396-ASA1,53,18 441.18 (2) (a) (intro.) An advanced practice registered nurse certified to who may issue prescription orders under s. 441.16 441.09 (2) may do any of the following:

AB396-ASA1,110 Section 110 . 441.18 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB396-ASA1,54,2 441.18 (2) (b) An advanced practice registered nurse 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.

AB396-ASA1,111 Section 111 . 441.18 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB396-ASA1,54,9 441.18 (3) An advanced practice registered nurse 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. 441.07 for any outcomes resulting from prescribing, delivering, or dispensing the opioid antagonist.

AB396-ASA1,112 Section 112 . 441.19 of the statutes is repealed.

AB396-ASA1,113 Section 113 . Subchapter II (title) of chapter 441 [precedes 441.51] of the statutes is amended to read:

AB396-ASA1,54,13 Chapter 441

AB396-ASA1,54,14 SUBCHAPTER II

AB396-ASA1,54,15 ENHANCED NURSE LICENSURE COMPACT

AB396-ASA1,114 Section 114 . 441.51 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB396-ASA1,54,17 441.51 (title) Enhanced nurse Nurse licensure compact.

AB396-ASA1,115 Section 115 . 448.03 (2) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2021 Wisconsin Act 23, is amended to read:

AB396-ASA1,55,2 448.03 (2) (a) Any person lawfully practicing within the scope of a license, permit, registration, certificate or certification granted to practice midwifery under subch. XIII of ch. 440, to practice professional or , practical, or advanced practice registered nursing or nurse-midwifery under ch. 441, to practice chiropractic under ch. 446, to practice dentistry or dental hygiene under ch. 447, to practice optometry under ch. 449, to practice as a physician assistant under subch. VIII, to practice acupuncture under ch. 451 or under any other statutory provision, or as otherwise provided by statute.

AB396-ASA1,116 Section 116. 448.035 (1) (a) of the statutes is repealed.

AB396-ASA1,117 Section 117 . 448.035 (2) to (4) of the statutes, as affected by 2021 Wisconsin Act 23, are amended to read:

AB396-ASA1,55,18 448.035 (2) Notwithstanding the requirements of s. 448.30, a physician or certified advanced practice nurse prescriber may provide expedited partner therapy if the patient is diagnosed as infected with a chlamydial infection, gonorrhea, or trichomoniasis and the patient has had sexual contact with a sexual partner during which the chlamydial infection, gonorrhea, or trichomoniasis may have been transmitted to or from the sexual partner. The physician or certified advanced practice nurse prescriber shall attempt to obtain the name of the patient's sexual partner. A prescription order for an antimicrobial drug prepared under this subsection shall include the name and address of the patient's sexual partner, if known. If the physician or certified advanced practice nurse prescriber is unable to obtain the name of the patient's sexual partner, the prescription order shall include, in ordinary bold-faced capital letters, the words, “expedited partner therapy" or the letters “EPT."

AB396-ASA1,55,22 (3) The physician or certified advanced practice nurse prescriber shall provide the patient with a copy of the information sheet prepared by the department of health services under s. 46.03 (44) and shall request that the patient give the information sheet to the person with whom the patient had sexual contact.

AB396-ASA1,56,2 (4) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), a physician or certified advanced practice nurse prescriber is immune from civil liability for injury to or the death of a person who takes any antimicrobial drug if the antimicrobial drug is prescribed, dispensed, or furnished under this section and if expedited partner therapy is provided as specified under this section.

AB396-ASA1,56,6 (b) The immunity under par. (a) does not extend to the donation, distribution, furnishing, or dispensing of an antimicrobial drug by a physician or certified advanced practice nurse prescriber whose act or omission involves reckless, wanton, or intentional misconduct.

AB396-ASA1,118 Section 118 . 448.56 (1) and (1m) (b) of the statutes are amended to read:

AB396-ASA1,56,22 448.56 (1) Written referral. Except as provided in this subsection and s. 448.52, a person may practice physical therapy only upon the written referral of a physician, physician assistant, chiropractor, dentist, podiatrist, or advanced practice registered nurse prescriber certified under s. 441.16 (2). Written referral is not required if a physical therapist provides services in schools to children with disabilities, as defined in s. 115.76 (5), pursuant to rules promulgated by the department of public instruction; provides services as part of a home health care agency; provides services to a patient in a nursing home pursuant to the patient's plan of care; provides services related to athletic activities, conditioning, or injury prevention; or provides services to an individual for a previously diagnosed medical condition after informing the individual's physician, physician assistant, chiropractor, dentist, podiatrist, or advanced practice registered nurse prescriber certified under s. 441.16 (2) who made the diagnosis. The examining board may promulgate rules establishing additional services that are excepted from the written referral requirements of this subsection.

AB396-ASA1,57,3 (1m) (b) The examining board shall promulgate rules establishing the requirements that a physical therapist must satisfy if a physician, physician assistant, chiropractor, dentist, podiatrist, or advanced practice registered nurse prescriber makes a written referral under sub. (1). The purpose of the rules shall be to ensure continuity of care between the physical therapist and the health care practitioner.

AB396-ASA1,119 Section 119 . 448.62 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB396-ASA1,57,8 448.62 (2m) An advanced practice registered nurse who is certified to issue prescription orders under s. 441.16 and who is providing nonsurgical patient services as directed, supervised, and inspected by a podiatrist who has the power to direct, decide, and oversee the implementation of the patient services rendered.

AB396-ASA1,120 Section 120 . 448.67 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB396-ASA1,57,19 448.67 (2) Separate billing required. Except as provided in sub. (4), a licensee who renders any podiatric service or assistance, or gives any podiatric advice or any similar advice or assistance, to any patient, podiatrist, physician, physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse prescriber certified under s. 441.16 (2), partnership, or corporation, or to any other institution or organization, including a hospital, for which a charge is made to a patient, shall, except as authorized by Title 18 or Title 19 of the federal Social Security Act, render an individual statement or account of the charge directly to the patient, distinct and separate from any statement or account by any other podiatrist, physician, physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse prescriber, or other person.

AB396-ASA1,121 Section 121 . 448.956 (1m) of the statutes, as affected by 2021 Wisconsin Act 23, is amended to read:

AB396-ASA1,58,3 448.956 (1m) Subject to sub. (1) (a), a licensee may provide athletic training to an individual without a referral, except that a licensee may not provide athletic training as described under s. 448.95 (5) (d) or (e) in an outpatient rehabilitation setting unless the licensee has obtained a written referral for the individual from a practitioner licensed or certified under subch. II, III, IV, V, or VII of this chapter; under ch. 446; or under s. 441.16 (2) 441.09 or from a practitioner who holds a compact privilege under subch. X of ch. 448.