AB959,,202050.01 (2) “Nurse aide” means a person who performs routine patient care duties delegated by a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse who supervises the person, for the direct health care of a patient or resident. “Nurse aide” does not mean a feeding assistant, as defined in s. 146.40 (1) (aw); a person who is licensed, permitted, certified, or registered under ch. 441, 448, 449, 450, 451, 455, 459, or 460, or 465; or a person whose duties primarily involve skills that are different than those taught in instructional programs for nurse aides.

AB959,,222250.39 (3) Facilities governed by ss. 45.50, 48.62, 49.70, 49.72, 50.02, 51.09, and 252.10, juvenile correctional facilities as defined in s. 938.02 (10p), correctional institutions governed by the department of corrections under s. 301.02, and the offices and clinics of persons licensed to treat the sick under chs. 446, 447, and 448, and 465 are exempt from ss. 50.32 to 50.39. Sections 50.32 to 50.39 do not abridge the rights of the medical examining board, physician assistant affiliated credentialing board, physical therapy examining board, occupational therapy examining board, podiatry affiliated credentialing board, dentistry examining board, pharmacy examining board, chiropractic examining board, and board of nursing in carrying out their statutory duties and responsibilities.

AB959,,242450.50 (7m) “Occupational therapy” has the meaning given in s. 448.96 (5) 465.01 (8).

AB959,,2626146.40 (1) (d) “Nurse aide” means an individual who performs routine patient care duties delegated by a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse who supervises the individual, for the direct health care of a patient or resident. “Nurse aide” does not mean a feeding assistant, an individual who is licensed, permitted, certified, or registered under ch. 441, 448, 449, 450, 451, 455, 459, or 460, or 465 or an individual whose duties primarily involve skills that are different than those taught in instructional programs for nurse aides approved under sub. (3) or (3g) or evaluated by competency evaluation programs for nurse aides approved under sub. (3m).

AB959,,2828146.81 (1) (es) An occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant who is licensed under subch. VII I of ch. 448 465 or who holds a compact privilege under subch. XII II of ch. 448 465.

AB959,,3030146.997 (1) (d) 4. A physician, physician assistant, podiatrist, perfusionist, physical therapist, physical therapist assistant, occupational therapist, occupational therapy assistant, or genetic counselor licensed under ch. 448; a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant who holds a compact privilege under subch. XI of ch. 448; or an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant who is licensed under subch. I of ch. 465 or who holds a compact privilege under subch. XII II of ch. 448 465.

AB959,,3232154.07 (1) (a) (intro.) No health care professional, inpatient health care facility, or person who is licensed, certified, or registered under ch. 441, 448, or 455, or 465 or holds a compact privilege under subch. XI of ch. 448 or subch. II of ch. 465 and who is acting under the direction of a health care professional may be held criminally or civilly liable, or charged with unprofessional conduct, for any of the following:

AB959,,3434155.01 (7) “Health care provider” means a nurse licensed or permitted under ch. 441, a chiropractor licensed under ch. 446, a dentist licensed under ch. 447, a physician, physician assistant, perfusionist, podiatrist, physical therapist, physical therapist assistant, occupational therapist, occupational therapy assistant, or genetic counselor licensed under ch. 448, a naturopathic doctor licensed under ch. 466, a person practicing Christian Science treatment, an optometrist licensed under ch. 449, a psychologist who is licensed under ch. 455, who is exercising the temporary authorization to practice, as defined in s. 455.50 (2) (o), in this state, or who is practicing under the authority to practice interjurisdictional telepsychology, as defined in s. 455.50 (2) (b), a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant who holds a compact privilege under subch. XI of ch. 448, an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant who holds a compact privilege under subch. XII II of ch. 448 465, a partnership thereof, a corporation or limited liability company thereof that provides health care services, a cooperative health care association organized under s. 185.981 that directly provides services through salaried employees in its own facility, or a home health agency, as defined in s. 50.49 (1) (a).

AB959,,3636165.77 (1) (a) “Health care professional” means a person who is licensed, certified, or registered under ch. 441, 448, or 455, or 465; a person who holds a compact privilege under subch. XI of ch. 448 or subch. II of ch. 465; or a person who is exercising the temporary authorization to practice, as defined in s. 455.50 (2) (o), in this state, or who is practicing under the authority to practice interjurisdictional telepsychology, as defined in s. 455.50 (2) (b).

AB959,,3838180.1901 (1m) (gm) Occupational therapists affiliated credentialing therapy examining board under subch. VII of ch. 448 465.

AB959,,4040252.14 (1) (ar) 4p. An occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant who is licensed under subch. VII I of ch. 448 465 or who holds a compact privilege under subch. XII II of ch. 448 465.

AB959,,4242256.215 (2) (b) The emergency medical services provider establishes, submits to the department, and maintains patient care protocols corresponding to the appropriate service level to be used by a community paramedic or a community emergency medical services practitioner. The emergency medical services provider may include in a patient care protocol only those services that do not require a license, certificate, or other credential under subch. II, III, or IV, or VII of ch. 448 or ch. 441, 446, 447, 449, 450, 451, 455, 457, or 459, or 465 to provide.

AB959,,4444302.384 (1m) In this section, “health care professional” means a person licensed, certified, or registered under ch. 441, 448, or 455, or 465; or a person who holds a compact privilege under subch. XI of ch. 448 or subch. II of ch. 465; or a psychologist who is exercising the temporary authorization to practice, as defined in s. 455.50 (2) (o), in this state or who is practicing under the authority to practice interjurisdictional telepsychology, as defined in s. 455.50 (2) (b).

AB959,,4646440.03 (9) (a) (intro.) Subject to pars. (b) and (c) and s. 458.33 (2) (b) and (5), the department shall, biennially, determine each fee for an initial credential for which no examination is required, for a reciprocal credential, and for a credential renewal and any fees imposed under ss. 448.986 (2) and 448.9875 465.51 (2) by doing all of the following:

AB959,,4848440.03 (9) (a) 2. Not later than January 31 of each odd-numbered year, adjusting for the succeeding fiscal biennium each fee for an initial credential for which an examination is not required, for a reciprocal credential, and, subject to s. 440.08 (2) (a), for a credential renewal, and any fees imposed under ss. 448.986 (2) and 448.9875 465.51 (2), if an adjustment is necessary to reflect the approximate administrative and enforcement costs of the department that are attributable to the regulation of the particular occupation or business during the period in which the initial or reciprocal credential, credential renewal, or compact privilege is in effect and, for purposes of each fee for a credential renewal, to reflect an estimate of any additional moneys available for the department’s general program operations as a result of appropriation transfers that have been or are estimated to be made under s. 20.165 (1) (i) during the fiscal biennium in progress at the time of the deadline for an adjustment under this subdivision or during the fiscal biennium beginning on the July 1 immediately following the deadline for an adjustment under this subdivision.