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448.03
(5) (b) No physician
or physician assistant shall be liable for any civil
16damages for either of the following:
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1. Reporting in good faith to the department of transportation under s. 146.82
18(3) a patient's name and other information relevant to a physical or mental condition
19of the patient which in the physician's
or physician assistant's judgment impairs the
20patient's ability to exercise reasonable and ordinary control over a motor vehicle.
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2. In good faith, not reporting to the department of transportation under s.
22146.82 (3) a patient's name and other information relevant to a physical or mental
23condition of the patient which in the physician's
or physician assistant's judgment
24does not impair the patient's ability to exercise reasonable and ordinary control over
25a motor vehicle.
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1Section
49. 448.035 (2) to (4) of the statutes are amended to read:
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448.035
(2) Notwithstanding the requirements of s. 448.30, a physician
,
3physician assistant, or certified advanced practice nurse prescriber may provide
4expedited partner therapy if the patient is diagnosed as infected with a chlamydial
5infection, gonorrhea, or trichomoniasis and the patient has had sexual contact with
6a sexual partner during which the chlamydial infection, gonorrhea, or
7trichomoniasis may have been transmitted to or from the sexual partner. The
8physician
, physician assistant, or certified advanced practice nurse prescriber shall
9attempt to obtain the name of the patient's sexual partner. A prescription order for
10an antimicrobial drug prepared under this subsection shall include the name and
11address of the patient's sexual partner, if known. If the physician
, physician
12assistant, or certified advanced practice nurse prescriber is unable to obtain the
13name of the patient's sexual partner, the prescription order shall include, in ordinary
14bold-faced capital letters, the words, “expedited partner therapy" or the letters
15“EPT."
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16(3) The physician
, physician assistant, or certified advanced practice nurse
17prescriber shall provide the patient with a copy of the information sheet prepared by
18the department of health services under s. 46.03 (44) and shall request that the
19patient give the information sheet to the person with whom the patient had sexual
20contact.
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21(4) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), a physician
, physician assistant, or
22certified advanced practice nurse prescriber is immune from civil liability for injury
23to or the death of a person who takes any antimicrobial drug if the antimicrobial drug
24is prescribed, dispensed, or furnished under this section and if expedited partner
25therapy is provided as specified under this section.
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1(b) The immunity under par. (a) does not extend to the donation, distribution,
2furnishing, or dispensing of an antimicrobial drug by a physician
, physician
3assistant, or certified advanced practice nurse prescriber whose act or omission
4involves reckless, wanton, or intentional misconduct.
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5Section 50
. 448.037 (2) (a) (intro.) and (b) and (3) of the statutes are amended
6to read:
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448.037
(2) (a) (intro.) A physician
or physician assistant may do any of the
8following:
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(b) A physician
or physician assistant who prescribes or delivers an opioid
10antagonist under par. (a) 1. shall ensure that the person to whom the opioid
11antagonist is prescribed has or has the capacity to provide the knowledge and
12training necessary to safely administer the opioid antagonist to an individual
13undergoing an opioid-related overdose and that the person demonstrates the
14capacity to ensure that any individual to whom the person further delivers the opioid
15antagonist has or receives that knowledge and training.
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16(3) A physician
or physician assistant who, acting in good faith, prescribes or
17delivers an opioid antagonist in accordance with sub. (2), or who, acting in good faith,
18otherwise lawfully prescribes or dispenses an opioid antagonist, shall be immune
19from criminal or civil liability and may not be subject to professional discipline under
20s. 448.02 for any outcomes resulting from prescribing, delivering, or dispensing the
21opioid antagonist.
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22Section 51
. 448.038 of the statutes is renumbered 461.038.
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23Section
52. 448.04 (1) (f) of the statutes is repealed.
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24Section
53. 448.05 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
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25Section
54. 448.20 of the statutes is repealed.
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1Section
55. 448.21 of the statutes is repealed.
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2Section
56. 448.40 (2) (f) of the statutes is repealed.
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3Section 57
. 448.62 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
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448.62
(7) A physician assistant who is acting
under the supervision and
5direction of in collaboration with a podiatrist
, subject to s. 448.21 (4) as described in
6s. 461.10 (2) (a) 1. c. or an individual to whom the physician assistant delegates a task
7or order under s. 461.10 (4).
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8Section 58
. 448.695 (4) of the statutes is repealed.
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9Section
59. 450.01 (15r) of the statutes is repealed.
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10Section 60
. 450.01 (16) (hm) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
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450.01
(16) (hm) 3. The patient's physician assistant
, if the physician assistant
12is under the supervision of the patient's personal attending physician.
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13Section 61
. 450.10 (3) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
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450.10
(3) (a) 5. A physician,
physician assistant, podiatrist, physical
15therapist, physical therapist assistant, occupational therapist, or occupational
16therapy assistant licensed under ch. 448.
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17Section
62. 450.10 (3) (a) 12. of the statutes is created to read:
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450.10
(3) (a) 12. A physician assistant licensed under ch. 461.
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19Section 63
. 450.11 (1) of the statutes is amended to read: