2021 WISCONSIN ACT 23
An Act to repeal 15.407 (2), 50.01 (4p), 252.01 (5), 448.01 (6), 448.03 (1) (b), 448.03 (3) (e), 448.04 (1) (f), 448.05 (5), 448.20, 448.21, 448.40 (2) (f) and 450.01 (15r); to renumber 448.970, subchapter VIII of chapter 448 [precedes 448.980] and subchapter IX of chapter 448 [precedes 448.985]; to amend 15.08 (1m) (b), 15.085 (1m) (b), 16.417 (1) (e) 3m., 46.03 (44), 48.981 (2m) (b) 1., 49.45 (9r) (a) 7. a., 50.08 (2), 50.39 (3), 55.14 (8) (b), 69.01 (6g), 70.47 (8) (intro.), 97.67 (5m) (a) 3., 118.2925 (1) (f), 146.81 (1) (d), 146.82 (3) (a), 146.89 (1) (r) 1., 146.997 (1) (d) 5., 154.01 (3) (intro.), 154.03 (2), 154.07 (1) (a) (intro.), 165.77 (1) (a), 255.07 (1) (d), 343.16 (5) (a), 440.035 (2m) (b), 440.035 (2m) (c) 1. (intro.), 448.015 (4) (am) 2., 448.02 (1), 448.03 (2) (a), 448.03 (2) (e), 448.03 (2) (k), 448.03 (5) (b), 448.035 (2) to (4), 448.037 (2) (a) (intro.) and (b) and (3), 448.62 (7), 448.695 (4) (a) and (b), 450.01 (16) (hm) 3., 450.11 (1), 450.11 (1g) (b), 450.11 (1i) (a) 1., 450.11 (1i) (b) 2. c., 450.11 (1i) (c) 2., 450.11 (8) (b), 462.02 (2) (e), 462.04, 961.01 (19) (a) and 971.14 (4) (a); and to create 15.406 (7), 49.45 (9r) (a) 7. e., 69.18 (1) (ck), 146.81 (1) (eu), subchapter VIII of chapter 448 [precedes 448.971], 450.11 (1i) (b) 2. cm., 450.11 (8) (f) and 990.01 (27s) of the statutes; relating to: regulation of physician assistants, creating a Physician Assistant Affiliated Credentialing Board, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
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Section 1
. 15.08 (1m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
15.08 (1m) (b) The public members of the chiropractic examining board, the dentistry examining board, the hearing and speech examining board, the medical examining board, the physical therapy examining board, the perfusionists examining council, the respiratory care practitioners examining council and council on physician assistants, the board of nursing, the nursing home administrator examining board, the veterinary examining board, the optometry examining board, the pharmacy examining board, the marriage and family therapy, professional counseling, and social work examining board, the psychology examining board, and the radiography examining board shall not be engaged in any profession or occupation concerned with the delivery of physical or mental health care.
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Section 2
. 15.085 (1m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
15.085 (1m) (b) The public members of the podiatry affiliated credentialing board or, the occupational therapists affiliated credentialing board, and the physician assistant affiliated credentialing board shall not be engaged in any profession or occupation concerned with the delivery of physical or mental health care.
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Section 3
. 15.406 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
15.406 (7) Physician assistant affiliated credentialing board. There is created in the department of safety and professional services, attached to the medical examining board, a physician assistant affiliated credentialing board consisting of the following members appointed for staggered 4-year terms:
(a) Eight physician assistants licensed under subch. VIII of ch. 448.
(b) One public member.
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Section 4
. 15.407 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
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Section 5
. 16.417 (1) (e) 3m. of the statutes is amended to read:
16.417 (1) (e) 3m. A physician assistant who is licensed under s. 448.04 (1) (f) 448.974.
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Section 6
. 46.03 (44) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.03 (44) Sexually transmitted disease treatment information. Prepare and keep current an information sheet to be distributed to a patient by a physician, physician assistant, or certified advanced practice nurse prescriber providing expedited partner therapy to that patient under s. 448.035 or 448.9725. The information sheet shall include information about sexually transmitted diseases and their treatment and about the risk of drug allergies. The information sheet shall also include a statement advising a person with questions about the information to contact his or her physician, pharmacist, or local health department, as defined in s. 250.01 (4).
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Section 7
. 48.981 (2m) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
48.981 (2m) (b) 1. “Health care provider" means a physician, as defined under s. 448.01 (5), a physician assistant, as defined under s. 448.01 (6) 448.971 (2), or a nurse holding a license under s. 441.06 (1) or a license under s. 441.10.
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Section 8
. 49.45 (9r) (a) 7. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
49.45 (9r) (a) 7. a. A physician or physician assistant licensed under subch. II of ch. 448.