SB259,3,8 (b) Two members who are licensed to practice medicine and surgery under subch. II of ch. 448, at least one of whom is a clinical geneticist.

SB259,3,9 (c) One public member.

SB259,3 Section 3. 48.981 (2) (a) 20m. of the statutes is created to read:

SB259,3,11 48.981 (2) (a) 20m. A genetic counselor.

SB259,4 Section 4. 49.45 (9r) (a) 7. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB259,3,14 49.45 (9r) (a) 7. b. A physical therapist who is licensed under subch. III of ch. 448 or who holds a compact privilege under subch. IX X of ch. 448.

SB259,5 Section 5. 146.81 (1) (dg) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB259,3,18 146.81 (1) (dg) A physical therapist or physical therapist assistant who is licensed under subch. III of ch. 448 or who holds a compact privilege under subch. IX X of ch. 448.

SB259,6 Section 6. 146.81 (1) (eu) of the statutes is created to read:

SB259,3,20 146.81 (1) (eu) A genetic counselor licensed under subch. VIII of ch. 448.

SB259,7 Section 7. 146.997 (1) (d) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB259,3,25 146.997 (1) (d) 4. A physician, podiatrist, or perfusionist, physical therapist, or physical therapist assistant, or genetic counselor licensed under ch. 448 or a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant who holds a compact privilege under subch. IX X of ch. 448.

SB259,8 Section 8. 155.01 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB259,4,13 155.01 (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, or occupational therapy assistant, or genetic counselor licensed under ch. 448, a person practicing Christian Science treatment, an optometrist licensed under ch. 449, a psychologist licensed under ch. 455, a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant who holds a compact privilege under subch. IX X of ch. 448, 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).

SB259,9 Section 9. 252.14 (1) (ar) 4e. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB259,4,17 252.14 (1) (ar) 4e. A physical therapist or physical therapist assistant who is licensed under subch. III of ch. 448 or who holds a compact privilege under subch. IX X of ch. 448.

SB259,10 Section 10. 252.14 (1) (ar) 4q. of the statutes is renumbered 252.14 (1) (ar) 4n.

SB259,11 Section 11. 252.14 (1) (ar) 4s. of the statutes is created to read:

SB259,4,20 252.14 (1) (ar) 4s. A genetic counselor licensed under subch. VIII of ch. 448.

SB259,12 Section 12. 440.03 (13) (b) 30m. of the statutes is created to read:

SB259,4,22 440.03 (13) (b) 30m. Genetic counselor.

SB259,13 Section 13. 440.08 (2) (a) 37m. of the statutes is created to read:

SB259,4,24 440.08 (2) (a) 37m. Genetic counselor: November 1 of each odd-numbered year.

SB259,14 Section 14. 446.01 (1v) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB259,5,3 446.01 (1v) (d) Physical therapy examining board under subch. III of ch. 448. “Health care professional” also includes an individual who holds a compact privilege under subch. IX X of ch. 448.

SB259,15 Section 15. 448.956 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB259,5,11 448.956 (1m) Subject to sub. (1) (a), a licensee may provide athletic training to an individual without a referral, except that a licensee may not provide athletic training as described under s. 448.95 (5) (d) or (e) in an outpatient rehabilitation setting unless the licensee has obtained a written referral for the individual from a practitioner licensed or certified under subch. II, III, IV, V, or VII of this chapter; under ch. 446; or under s. 441.16 (2) or from a practitioner who holds a compact privilege under subch. IX X of ch. 448.

SB259,16 Section 16. 448.956 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB259,5,18 448.956 (4) If a licensee or the consulting physician of the licensee determines that a patient's medical condition is beyond the scope of practice of the licensee, the licensee shall, in accordance with the protocol established under sub. (1) (a), refer the patient to a health care practitioner who is licensed under ch. 446 or 447 or subch. II, III or IV of ch. 448; or who holds a compact privilege under subch. IX X of ch. 448 and who can provide appropriate treatment to the patient.