SB184,19,5 5(1) “Board" means the physician assistant affiliated credentialing board.
SB184,19,6 6(2) “Physician assistant” means a person licensed under this subchapter.
SB184,19,7 7(3) “Podiatrist” has the meaning given in s. 448.60 (3).
SB184,19,8 8(4) “Podiatry” has the meaning given in s. 448.60 (4).
SB184,19,14 9448.972 License required; exceptions. (1) Except as provided in subs. (2)
10and (3), no person may represent himself or herself as a “PA” or “physician assistant,"
11use or assume the title “PA” or “physician assistant," or append to the person's name
12the words or letters “physician assistant," “PA," “PA-C,” or any other titles, letters,
13or designation that represents or may tend to represent the person as a physician
14assistant, unless he or she is licensed by the board under this subchapter.
SB184,19,15 15(2) Subsection (1) does not apply with respect to any of the following:
SB184,19,1916 (a) An individual employed and duly credentialed as a physician assistant or
17physician associate by the federal government while performing duties incident to
18that employment, unless a license under this subchapter is required by the federal
19government.
SB184,19,2320 (b) A person who satisfies the requirement under s. 448.974 (1) (a) 3. but who
21is not licensed under this subchapter. This paragraph does not allow such a person
22to practice medicine and surgery in violation of s. 448.03 (1) (a) or to practice podiatry
23in violation of s. 448.61.
SB184,19,25 24(3) A student who is enrolled in an accredited physician assistant educational
25program may use the title “physician assistant student,” “PA student,” or “PA-S.”
SB184,20,1
1448.9725 Expedited partner therapy. (1) In this section:
SB184,20,22 (b) “Antimicrobial drug" has the meaning given in s. 448.035 (1) (b).
SB184,20,33 (c) “Expedited partner therapy" has the meaning given in s. 448.035 (1) (c).
SB184,20,14 4(2) Notwithstanding the requirements of s. 448.9785, a physician assistant
5may provide expedited partner therapy if a patient is diagnosed as infected with a
6chlamydial infection, gonorrhea, or trichomoniasis and the patient has had sexual
7contact with a sexual partner during which the chlamydial infection, gonorrhea, or
8trichomoniasis may have been transmitted to or from the sexual partner. The
9physician assistant shall attempt to obtain the name of the patient's sexual partner.
10A prescription order for an antimicrobial drug prepared under this subsection shall
11include the name and address of the patient's sexual partner, if known. If the
12physician assistant is unable to obtain the name of the patient's sexual partner, the
13prescription order shall include, in ordinary, bold-faced capital letters, the words,
14“expedited partner therapy" or the letters “EPT."
SB184,20,18 15(3) The physician assistant shall provide the patient with a copy of the
16information sheet prepared by the department of health services under s. 46.03 (44)
17and shall request that the patient give the information sheet to the person with
18whom the patient had sexual contact.
SB184,20,22 19(4) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), a physician assistant is immune from civil
20liability for injury to or the death of a person who takes any antimicrobial drug if the
21antimicrobial drug is prescribed, dispensed, or furnished under this section and if
22expedited partner therapy is provided as specified under this section.
SB184,20,2523 (b) The immunity under par. (a) does not extend to the donation, distribution,
24furnishing, or dispensing of an antimicrobial drug by a physician assistant whose act
25or omission involves reckless, wanton, or intentional misconduct.
SB184,21,2
1448.9727 Prescriptions for and delivery of opioid antagonists. (1) In
2this section:
SB184,21,33 (a) “Administer" has the meaning given in s. 450.01 (1).
SB184,21,44 (b) “Deliver" has the meaning given in s. 450.01 (5).
SB184,21,55 (c) “Dispense" has the meaning given in s. 450.01 (7).
SB184,21,66 (d) “Opioid antagonist" has the meaning given in s. 450.01 (13v).
SB184,21,77 (e) “Opioid-related drug overdose" has the meaning given in s. 256.40 (1) (d).
SB184,21,88 (f) “Standing order" has the meaning given in s. 450.01 (21p).
SB184,21,9 9(2) (a) A physician assistant may do any of the following:
SB184,21,1510 1. Prescribe an opioid antagonist to a person in a position to assist an individual
11at risk of undergoing an opioid-related drug overdose and may deliver the opioid
12antagonist to that person. A prescription order under this subdivision need not
13specify the name and address of the individual to whom the opioid antagonist will
14be administered, but shall instead specify the name of the person to whom the opioid
15antagonist is prescribed.
SB184,21,1716 2. Issue a standing order to one or more persons authorizing the dispensing of
17an opioid antagonist.
SB184,21,2418 (b) A physician assistant who prescribes or delivers an opioid antagonist under
19par. (a) 1. shall ensure that the person to whom the opioid antagonist is prescribed
20has or has the capacity to provide the knowledge and training necessary to safely
21administer the opioid antagonist to an individual undergoing an opioid-related
22overdose and that the person demonstrates the capacity to ensure that any
23individual to whom the person further delivers the opioid antagonist has or receives
24that knowledge and training.
SB184,22,6
1(3) A physician assistant who, acting in good faith, prescribes or delivers an
2opioid antagonist in accordance with sub. (2) or who, acting in good faith, otherwise
3lawfully prescribes or dispenses an opioid antagonist shall be immune from criminal
4or civil liability and may not be subject to professional discipline under s. 448.978 for
5any outcomes resulting from prescribing, delivering, or dispensing the opioid
6antagonist.
SB184,22,8 7448.973 Powers and duties of board. (1) (a) The board shall promulgate
8rules implementing s. 448.9785.