AB959,,60 440.15 No fingerprinting. Except as provided under ss. 440.03 (13) (c), 441.51 (5) (a) 5., 448.980 (5) (b) 3., 448.985 (3) (a) 4., 448.987 (3) (a) 5. a. and (5) (b) 2. a., 450.071 (3) (c) 9., 450.075 (3) (c) 9., and 455.50 (3) (e) 4. and (f) 4., and 465.50 (3) (a) 5. a. and (5) (b) 2. a., the department or a credentialing board may not require that an applicant for a credential or a credential holder be fingerprinted or submit fingerprints in connection with the department’s or the credentialing board’s credentialing.

AB959,28 Section 28. 446.01 (1v) (h) of the statutes is renumbered 446.01 (1v) (p) and amended to read:

AB959,,62 446.01 (1v) (p) Occupational therapists affiliated credentialing therapy examining board under subch. VII I of ch. 448 465. “Health care professional” also includes an individual who holds a compact privilege under subch. XII II of ch. 448 465.

AB959,29 Section 29. 448.956 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB959,,64 448.956 (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, or V, or VII of this chapter; under ch. 446; under subch. I of ch. 465; or under s. 441.16 (2) or from a practitioner who holds a compact privilege under subch. XI or XII of ch. 448 or subch. II of ch. 465.

AB959,30 Section 30. Subchapter VII (title) of chapter 448 [precedes 448.96] of the statutes is renumbered subchapter I (title) of chapter 465 [precedes 465.01] and amended to read:

AB959,,66 CHAPTER 465

AB959,,67 SUBCHAPTER I

AB959,,70 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS AFFILIATED CREDENTIALING THERAPY EXAMINING BOARD

AB959,31 Section 31. 448.96 (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 465.01 (intro.).

AB959,32 Section 32. 448.96 (1) of the statutes is repealed.

AB959,33 Section 33. 448.96 (1n) of the statutes is renumbered 465.01 (3) and amended to read:

AB959,,74 465.01 (3) “Compact” means the occupational therapy licensure compact under s. 448.987 465.50.

AB959,34 Section 34. 448.96 (1o) of the statutes is renumbered 465.01 (4) and amended to read:

AB959,,76 465.01 (4) “Compact privilege” means a compact privilege, as defined in s. 448.987 465.50 (2) (d), that is granted under the compact to an individual to practice in this state.

AB959,35 Section 35. 448.96 (2) and (3) of the statutes are renumbered 465.01 (5) and (6).

AB959,36 Section 36. 448.96 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 465.01 (7) and amended to read:

AB959,,79 465.01 (7) “Occupational therapist” means an individual who is licensed by the affiliated credentialing board to practice occupational therapy or who holds an occupational therapist compact privilege.

AB959,37 Section 37. 448.96 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 465.01 (8).

AB959,38 Section 38. 448.96 (6) of the statutes is renumbered 465.01 (9) and amended to read:

AB959,,82 465.01 (9) “Occupational therapy assistant” means an individual who is licensed by the affiliated credentialing board to assist in the practice of occupational therapy under the supervision of an occupational therapist or who holds an occupational therapy assistant compact privilege.

AB959,39 Section 39. 448.961 of the statutes is renumbered 465.03 and amended to read:

AB959,,84 465.03 License required. (1) Except as provided in s. 448.962 465.05 (1), no person may practice occupational therapy, designate himself or herself as an occupational therapist, claim to render occupational therapy services, or use the abbreviation “O.T.” or “O.T.R.” after the person’s name unless the person is licensed as an occupational therapist or holds a valid occupational therapist compact privilege.

AB959,,85 (2) Except as provided in s. 448.962 465.05 (2), no person may assist in the practice of occupational therapy, describe himself or herself as an occupational therapy assistant, claim to render occupational therapy services as an occupational therapy assistant, or use the abbreviation “O.T.A.” or “C.O.T.A.” after the person’s name unless the person is licensed as an occupational therapy assistant or holds a valid occupational therapy assistant compact privilege.

AB959,40 Section 40. 448.962 of the statutes is renumbered 465.05, and 465.05 (1) (c) (intro.) and (2) (c) (intro.), as renumbered, are amended to read:

AB959,,87 465.05 (1) (c) (intro.) Any person performing occupational therapy services in this state under a limited permit, as provided under s. 448.963 465.07 (4), if at least one of the following applies:

AB959,,88 (2) (c) (intro.) Any person performing occupational therapy services in this state under a limited permit, as provided under s. 448.963 465.07 (4), if at least one of the following applies:

AB959,41 Section 41. 448.963 of the statutes is renumbered 465.07, and 465.07 (2) (intro.), (b) (intro.), 1. and 3. and (c), (3) (intro.), (b) (intro.), 1. and 3. and (c) and (4) (intro.), (a) and (b), as renumbered, are amended to read:

AB959,,90 465.07 (2) (intro.) The affiliated credentialing board shall grant a license as an occupational therapist to a person who does all of the following: