448.62 (7) A physician assistant who is acting under the supervision and direction of a podiatrist, subject to s. 448.21 (4) 448.975 (2) (a) 2m., or an individual to whom the physician assistant delegates a task or order under s. 448.975 (4).

448.695 (4) (a) Practice standards for a physician assistant practicing podiatry as provided in s. 448.21 (4) 448.975 (2) (a) 2m.

(b) Requirements for a podiatrist who is supervising a physician assistant as provided in s. 448.21 (4) 448.975 (2) (a) 2m.

448.971 Definitions. In this subchapter, unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) “Board" means the physician assistant affiliated credentialing board.

(2) “Physician assistant” means a person licensed under this subchapter.

(3) “Podiatrist” has the meaning given in s. 448.60 (3).

(4) “Podiatry” has the meaning given in s. 448.60 (4).

448.972 License required; exceptions. (1) Except as provided in subs. (2) and (3), no person may represent himself or herself as a “PA” or “physician assistant," use or assume the title “PA” or “physician assistant," or append to the person's name the words or letters “physician assistant," “PA," “PA-C,” or any other titles, letters, or designation that represents or may tend to represent the person as a physician assistant, unless he or she is licensed by the board under this subchapter.

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

(a) An individual employed and duly credentialed as a physician assistant or physician associate by the federal government while performing duties incident to that employment, unless a license under this subchapter is required by the federal government.

(b) A person who satisfies the requirement under s. 448.974 (1) (a) 3. but who is not licensed under this subchapter. This paragraph does not allow such a person to practice medicine and surgery in violation of s. 448.03 (1) (a) or to practice podiatry in violation of s. 448.61.

(3) A student who is enrolled in an accredited physician assistant educational program may use the title “physician assistant student,” “PA student,” or “PA-S.”

448.9725 Expedited partner therapy. (1) In this section:

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

(2) Notwithstanding the requirements of s. 448.9785, a physician assistant may provide expedited partner therapy if a 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 assistant 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 assistant 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."

(3) The physician assistant 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.

(4) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), a physician assistant 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.

(b) The immunity under par. (a) does not extend to the donation, distribution, furnishing, or dispensing of an antimicrobial drug by a physician assistant whose act or omission involves reckless, wanton, or intentional misconduct.