AB50,2784 Section 2784. 447.055 (3) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read: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AB50,2786 Section 2786. 447.056 (2) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read: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AB50,2787 Section 2787. 447.056 (3) of the statutes is repealed.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.

AB50,2793 Section 2793. 448.035 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1366,10 448.035 (4) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), a physician or certified advanced practice nurse prescriber is immune from civil liability for injury to or the death of a person who takes any antimicrobial drug if the antimicrobial drug is prescribed, dispensed, or furnished under this section and if expedited partner therapy is provided as specified under this section.

AB50,1366,14 (b) The immunity under par. (a) does not extend to the donation, distribution, furnishing, or dispensing of an antimicrobial drug by a physician or certified advanced practice nurse prescriber whose act or omission involves reckless, wanton, or intentional misconduct.

AB50,2794 Section 2794. 448.07 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1367,5 448.07 (1) (a) Every person licensed or certified under this subchapter shall register on or before November 1 of each odd-numbered year following issuance of the license or certificate with the board on or before his or her renewal date determined by the department under s. 440.08 (2). Registration shall be completed in such manner as the board shall designate and upon forms the board shall provide, except that registration with respect to a compact license shall be governed by the renewal provisions in s. 448.980 (7). The secretary of the board, on or before October 1 of each odd-numbered year, shall mail or cause to be mailed to every person required to register a registration form. The board shall furnish to each person registered under this section a certificate of registration, and the person shall display the registration certificate conspicuously in the office at all times. No person may exercise the rights or privileges conferred by any license or certificate granted by the board unless currently registered as required under this subsection.

AB50,2795 Section 2795. 448.13 (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB50,1367,7 448.13 (title) Continuing education and professional development.

AB50,2796 Section 2796. 448.13 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1367,12 448.13 (1) (a) 1. Continuing education programs or courses of study approved for at least 30 hours of credit required by the board within the 2 calendar years preceding the calendar year for which the registration is effective by rule under s. 448.40 (2).

AB50,2797 Section 2797. 448.13 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1367,17 448.13 (1) (a) 2. Professional development and maintenance of certification or performance improvement or continuing medical education programs or courses of study required by the board by rule under s. 448.40 (1) and completed within the 2 calendar years preceding the calendar year for which the registration is effective.

AB50,2798 Section 2798. 448.13 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1368,2 448.13 (1m) The board shall, on a random basis, verify the accuracy of proof submitted by physicians under sub. (1) (a) and may, at any time during the 2 calendar years specified in sub. (1) (a), require a physician to submit proof of any continuing education, professional development, and maintenance of certification or performance improvement or continuing medical education programs or courses of study that he or she has attended and completed at that time during the 2 calendar years since he or she last registered under s. 448.07.