SB806,9,9 440.52 (10) (a) Authority. All proprietary schools shall be examined and approved by the department before operating in this state. Approval shall be granted to schools meeting the criteria established by the department for a period not to exceed one year. No school may advertise in this state unless approved by the department. All approved schools shall submit quarterly reports, including information on enrollment, number of teachers and their qualifications, course offerings programs, number of graduates, number of graduates successfully employed, and such other information as the department considers necessary. If a school closure results in losses to students, parents, or sponsors, the department may authorize the full or partial payment of those losses from the appropriation under s. 20.165 (1) (jt).

Note: This Section replaces “course offerings” with “programs.”

SB806,24 Section 24 . 440.52 (10) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB806,9,17 440.52 (10) (b) Application. Application for initial approval of a school or a course of instruction program, approval of a teaching location, change of ownership, or control of a school, renewal of approval of a school or reinstatement of approval of a school or course of instruction program that has been revoked shall be made on a form furnished by the department and shall be accompanied by a fee set by the department under par. (c) and any other information as the department considers necessary to evaluate the school in carrying out the purpose of this section.

SB806,25 Section 25 . 440.52 (13) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB806,9,22 440.52 (13) (a) 1. “Academic credential" means a degree, transcript, certificate, or other similar document that indicates the completion of a program , course, or course of instruction leading to, or the earning of academic credit toward, the granting of an associate, baccalaureate, or graduate degree.

SB806,26 Section 26 . 448.05 (5r) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB806,10,8 448.05 (5r) Certificate as respiratory care practitioner. An applicant for a certificate or a temporary certificate to practice respiratory care shall submit evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant is a graduate of a school with a course of instruction in respiratory care approved by the commission on accreditation of allied health education programs of the American Medical Association Joint Review Committee on Education in Respiratory Care or the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care or the successor organization of any of the foregoing.

Note: This Section changes the names of the bodies that approve courses of instruction in respiratory care.

SB806,27 Section 27 . 458.43 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB806,10,14 458.43 (1) (intro.) Except within the first 60 days after a licensed appraisal management company adds an independent appraiser to the licensed appraisal management company's appraiser panel, a A licensed appraisal management company may not remove an independent appraiser from its appraiser panel unless the licensed appraisal management company does the following:

Note: This Section deletes an exception to the requirement that a licensed appraisal management company follow certain steps to remove an independent appraiser from its appraiser panel. The exception provides that the steps do not apply within the first 60 days after a company adds an independent appraiser to its appraiser panel.

SB806,28 Section 28 . 458.44 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB806,10,19 458.44 (3) (d) Had a license or other credential to act as an appraiser appraisal management company in any state denied, refused, canceled, revoked, or surrendered in lieu of a revocation, unless that license or other credential was later granted or reinstated.

Note: This Section replaces “appraiser” with “appraisal management company” in one of the provisions for denying a license for, or disciplining, an appraisal management company.

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