* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication.”

  Date of enactment: January 31, 2024
2023 Senate Bill 692   Date of publication*: February 1, 2024

2023 WISCONSIN ACT 88

An Act to renumber and amend 440.03 (13) (c) 2.; to amend 15.405 (6) (a), 15.405 (6) (b), 36.60 (1) (ae), 45.40 (1g) (a), 77.54 (14) (f) 6., 146.81 (1) (c), 146.997 (1) (d) 3., 155.01 (7), 252.14 (1) (ar) 3., 440.03 (9) (a) (intro.), 440.03 (9) (a) 2., 440.03 (13) (b) (intro.), 440.15, 446.01 (1v) (b), chapter 447 (title), 447.01 (intro.), 447.01 (8) (bm), 447.01 (13), 447.02 (1) (e), 447.02 (2) (c), 447.02 (2) (d), 447.02 (2) (e), 447.02 (2) (j), 447.02 (4), 447.02 (5), 447.03 (1) (intro.), 447.03 (2) (intro.), 447.03 (3) (intro.), 447.06 (1), 447.06 (2) (b), 447.06 (2) (c) (intro.), 447.06 (2) (e) (intro.), 447.065 (1) (intro.), 447.065 (2), 447.07 (3) (intro.), 447.07 (3) (f), 447.07 (3) (j), 447.09, 447.10, 447.12 (1), 448.956 (4), 450.10 (3) (a) 4., 451.02 (1), 462.02 (2) (d), 462.04, 463.10 (5), 463.12 (5) and 895.48 (1m) (a) (intro.); and to create 14.875, 440.03 (11m) (c) 1t., 440.03 (13) (c) 1. L., subchapter I (title) of chapter 447 [precedes 447.01], 447.01 (1t), 447.01 (1u), 447.04 (1) (bm), 447.04 (2) (bm), subchapter II of chapter 447 [precedes 447.50] and 990.01 (6m) of the statutes; relating to: ratification of the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

88,1 Section 1. 14.875 of the statutes is created to read:

14.875 Dentist and dental hygienist compact. There is created a dentist and dental hygienist compact commission as specified in s. 447.50. The commissioner on the commission representing this state shall be appointed by the dentistry examining board as provided in s. 447.50 (7) (b) 1. and shall be an individual described in s. 447.50 (7) (b) 2. The commission has the powers and duties granted and imposed under s. 447.50.

88,2 Section 2. 15.405 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

15.405 (6) (a) Six dentists who are licensed under subch. I of ch. 447.

88,3 Section 3. 15.405 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

15.405 (6) (b) Three dental hygienists who are licensed under subch. I of ch. 447. Notwithstanding s. 15.08 (1m) (a), the dental hygienist members may participate in the preparation and grading of licensing examinations for dental hygienists.

88,4 Section 4. 36.60 (1) (ae) of the statutes is amended to read:

36.60 (1) (ae) “Dentist” means a dentist, as defined in s. 447.01 (7), who is licensed under subch. I of ch. 447 and who practices general or pediatric dentistry.

88,5 Section 5. 45.40 (1g) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act 56, is amended to read:

45.40 (1g) (a) “Health care provider” means an advanced practice nurse prescriber who is certified under s. 441.16 (2), an audiologist who is licensed under subch. II of ch. 459 or who holds a compact privilege under subch. III of ch. 459, a dentist who is licensed under subch. I of ch. 447 or who holds a compact privilege under subch. II of ch. 447, an optometrist who is licensed under ch. 449, a physician who is licensed under s. 448.02, or a podiatrist who is licensed under s. 448.63.

88,6 Section 6. 77.54 (14) (f) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:

77.54 (14) (f) 6. A dentist who is licensed under subch. I of ch. 447 or who holds a compact privilege under subch. II of ch. 447.

88,7 Section 7. 146.81 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

146.81 (1) (c) A dentist who is licensed under ch. 447 or who holds a compact privilege under subch. II of ch. 447.