AB50,2778 Section 2778. 446.026 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,1362,3 446.026 (3) (a) 2. The renewal fees for a certificate issued under this section are determined by the department under s. 440.03 (9) (a).

AB50,2779 Section 2779. 446.026 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1362,9 446.026 (3) (b) A chiropractic technician shall, at the time that he or she applies for renewal of a certificate under par. (a), submit evidence satisfactory to the examining board that he or she has completed at least 6 continuing educational credit hours in programs established by rules promulgated by the examining board, which shall require at least 6 credit hours per 2-year period.

AB50,2780 Section 2780. 447.05 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1362,15 447.05 (1) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), renewal applications shall be submitted to the department on a form provided by the department on or before the applicable renewal date specified determined by the department under s. 440.08 (2) (a) and shall include the applicable renewal fee determined by the department under s. 440.03 (9) (a).

AB50,2781 Section 2781. 447.055 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1363,2 447.055 (1) (a) 1. Except as provided in subs. (3) and (4), a person is not eligible for renewal of a license to practice dental hygiene, other than a permit issued under s. 447.02 (3), unless the person has taught, prepared, attended, or otherwise completed, during the 2-year period immediately preceding the renewal date specified under s. 440.08 (2) (a), 12 credit hours of satisfied the applicable continuing education relating to the clinical practice of dental hygiene that is sponsored or recognized by a local, state, regional, national, or international dental, dental hygiene, dental assisting, or medical-related professional organization. requirements established under subd. 2.

AB50,1363,9 2. Notwithstanding subd. 1., the The examining board may shall promulgate a rule rules requiring not more than 20 nor less than 12 credit hours of continuing education for eligibility for renewal of a license to practice dental hygiene to be taught, prepared, attended, or otherwise completed per 2-year period. The rules shall require that continuing education be sponsored or recognized by a local, state, regional, national, or international dental, dental hygiene, dental assisting, or medical-related professional organization in order to qualify under this paragraph.

AB50,2782 Section 2782. 447.055 (1) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1363,13 447.055 (1) (b) 1. Basic life support or cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Not more than 2 of the credit hours required under par. (a) per 2-year period may be satisfied by such training.

AB50,2783 Section 2783. 447.055 (1) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1363,16 447.055 (1) (b) 2. Infection control. Not less than 2 of the credit hours required under par. (a) per 2-year period must be satisfied by such training.

AB50,2784 Section 2784. 447.055 (3) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB50,1363,19 447.055 (3) The examining board shall, for up to a 2-year period, exempt new licensees from the requirements under this section.

AB50,2785 Section 2785. 447.056 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1364,11 447.056 (1) (intro.) Except as provided in subs. (2) to and (4), a person is not eligible for renewal of a license to practice dentistry, other than a permit issued under s. 447.02 (3), unless the person has taught, attended, or otherwise completed, during the 2-year period immediately preceding the renewal date specified under s. 440.08 (2) (a), 30 credit hours of satisfied the applicable continuing education related to the practice of dentistry or the practice of medicine, including requirements established under this subsection. The examining board shall promulgate rules requiring 30 credit hours of continuing education to be taught, prepared, attended, or otherwise completed per 2-year period. The rules shall require that not less than 25 credit hours of instruction per 2-year period be in clinical dentistry or clinical medicine. Not The rules may not allow more than 4 of the 30 hours may per 2-year period to be from teaching. Continuing education does not satisfy the requirements under this subsection unless the continuing education is one of the following:

AB50,2786 Section 2786. 447.056 (2) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB50,1364,14 447.056 (2) The examining board shall, for up to a 2-year period, exempt new licensees from the requirements under this section.

AB50,2787 Section 2787. 447.056 (3) of the statutes is repealed.

AB50,2788 Section 2788. 447.058 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1364,21 447.058 (2) (b) A mobile dentistry program registrant shall submit an application for renewal, and the applicable renewal fee determined by the department under s. 440.03 (9) (a), to the department on a form provided by the department on or before the applicable renewal date specified determined by the department under s. 440.08 (2) (a).

AB50,2789 Section 2789. 448.03 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1365,8 448.03 (2) (a) Any person lawfully practicing within the scope of a license, permit, registration, certificate, or certification granted to practice midwifery under subch. XIII of ch. 440, to practice professional or, practical, or advanced practice registered nursing or nurse-midwifery under ch. 441, to practice chiropractic under ch. 446, to practice dentistry, dental therapy, or dental hygiene or as an expanded function dental auxiliary under ch. 447, to practice optometry under ch. 449, to practice as a physician assistant under subch. IX, to practice acupuncture under ch. 451 or under any other statutory provision, to practice naturopathic medicine under ch. 466, or as otherwise provided by statute.

AB50,2790 Section 2790. 448.035 (1) (a) of the statutes is repealed.

AB50,2791 Section 2791. 448.035 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1365,23 448.035 (2) Notwithstanding the requirements of s. 448.30, a physician or certified advanced practice nurse prescriber may provide expedited partner therapy if the patient is diagnosed as infected with a chlamydial infection, gonorrhea, or trichomoniasis and the patient has had sexual contact with a sexual partner during which the chlamydial infection, gonorrhea, or trichomoniasis may have been transmitted to or from the sexual partner. The physician or certified advanced practice nurse prescriber shall attempt to obtain the name of the patient’s sexual partner. A prescription order for an antimicrobial drug prepared under this subsection shall include the name and address of the patient’s sexual partner, if known. If the physician or certified advanced practice nurse prescriber is unable to obtain the name of the patient’s sexual partner, the prescription order shall include, in ordinary bold-faced capital letters, the words, “expedited partner therapy” or the letters “EPT.”

AB50,2792 Section 2792. 448.035 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1366,4 448.035 (3) The physician or certified advanced practice nurse prescriber shall provide the patient with a copy of the information sheet prepared by the department of health services under s. 46.03 (44) and shall request that the patient give the information sheet to the person with whom the patient had sexual contact.