440.93 Disciplinary actions and proceedings.
440.945 Cemetery monuments.
440.947 Disclosures and representations for certain sales.
440.955 Injunctive relief.
SUBCHAPTER XI
HOME INSPECTORS
440.971 Registry established.
440.9712 Registration required.
440.972 Registration of home inspectors.
440.975 Standards of practice.
440.976 Disclaimers or limitation of liability.
440.977 Liability of home inspectors.
440.978 Discipline; prohibited acts.
440.979 Report by department.
SUBCHAPTER XII
SANITARIANS
440.98 Sanitarians; qualifications, duties, registration.
SUBCHAPTER XIII
LICENSED MIDWIVES
440.981 Use of title; penalty.
440.983 Renewal of licensure.
440.985 Informed consent.
440.986 Disciplinary proceedings and actions.
440.987 Advisory committee.
440.988 Vicarious liability.
SUBCHAPTER XIV
UNIFORM ATHLETE AGENTS ACT
440.9905 Service of process.
440.991 Athlete agents: registration required; void contracts.
440.9915 Registration as athlete agent; form; requirements; reciprocal registration.
440.992 Certificate of registration; issuance or denial; renewal.
440.9925 Suspension, revocation, or refusal to renew registration.
440.993 Temporary registration.
440.994 Required form of contract.
440.9945 Notice to educational institution.
440.995 Student athlete's right to cancel.
440.9955 Required records.
440.996 Prohibited conduct.
440.9965 Criminal penalties.
440.9975 Administrative forfeiture.
440.998 Uniformity of application and construction.
440.9985 Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
Ch. 440 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also
SPS, Wis. adm. code.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
440.01(1)(ab)
(ab) “Asynchronous telehealth service” means telehealth that is used to transmit medical data about a patient to a health care provider when the transmission is not a 2-way, real-time interactive communication.
440.01(1)(ad)
(ad) “Automated external defibrillator" means a defibrillator device to which all of the following apply:
440.01(1)(ad)1.
1. It is approved for commercial distribution by the federal food and drug administration.
440.01(1)(ad)2.
2. It is capable of recognizing the presence or absence of ventricular fibrillation or rapid ventricular tachycardia and of determining without intervention by the user of the device whether defibrillation should be performed.
440.01(1)(ad)3.
3. After having determined that defibrillation should be performed, it is capable, either at the command of an operator or without intervention by an operator, of delivering an electrical shock to an individual.
440.01(1)(ag)
(ag) “Defibrillation" means administering an electrical impulse to an individual's heart in order to stop ventricular fibrillation or rapid ventricular tachycardia.
440.01(1)(aj)
(aj) “Department" means the department of safety and professional services.
440.01(1)(b)
(b) “Grant" means the substantive act of an examining board, section of an examining board, affiliated credentialing board or the department of approving the applicant for credentialing and the preparing, executing, signing or sealing of the credentialing.
440.01(1)(bm)
(bm) “Interactive telehealth” means telehealth delivered using multimedia communication technology that permits 2-way, real-time, interactive communications between a health care provider at a distant site and the patient or the patient's health care provider.
440.01(1)(c)
(c) “Issue" means the procedural act of the department of transmitting the credential to the person who is credentialed.
440.01(1)(d)
(d) “Limit," when used in reference to limiting a credential, means to impose conditions and requirements upon the holder of the credential, to restrict the scope of the holder's practice, or both.
440.01(1)(dg)
(dg) “Remote patient monitoring” means telehealth in which a patient's medical data is transmitted to a health care provider for monitoring and response if necessary.
440.01(1)(dm)
(dm) “Renewal date" means the date, specified in s.
440.08 (2), on which a credential expires and before which the credential holder must submit a complete renewal application under s.
440.08 (2m) (a) in order to maintain without interruption the rights, privileges and authority conferred by the credential.
440.01(1)(e)
(e) “Reprimand" means to publicly warn the holder of a credential.
440.01(1)(f)
(f) “Revoke," when used in reference to revoking a credential, means to completely and absolutely terminate the credential and all rights, privileges, and authority previously conferred by the credential.
440.01(1)(g)
(g) “Secretary" means the secretary of safety and professional services.
440.01(1)(h)
(h) “Suspend," when used in reference to suspending a credential, means to completely and absolutely withdraw and withhold for a period of time all rights, privileges, and authority previously conferred by the credential.
440.01(1)(hm)
(hm) “Telehealth” means a practice of health care delivery, diagnosis, consultation, treatment, or transfer of medically relevant data by means of audio, video, or data communications that are used either during a patient visit or a consultation or are used to transfer medically relevant data about a patient. “Telehealth” includes asynchronous telehealth services, interactive telehealth, and remote patient monitoring.
440.01(1)(i)
(i) “Ventricular fibrillation" means a disturbance in the normal rhythm of the heart that is characterized by rapid, irregular, and ineffective twitching of the ventricles of the heart.
440.01(2)(a)
(a) “Credential" means a license, permit, or certificate of certification or registration that is issued under chs.
440 to
480.
440.01(2)(b)
(b) “Credentialing" means the acts of an examining board, section of an examining board, affiliated credentialing board or the department that relate to granting, issuing, denying, limiting, suspending or revoking a credential.
440.01(2)(bm)
(bm) “Credentialing board" means an examining board or an affiliated credentialing board in the department.
440.01(2)(c)
(c) “Examining board" includes the board of nursing.
440.01(2)(d)
(d) “Reciprocal credential" means a credential granted by an examining board, section of an examining board, affiliated credentialing board or the department to an applicant who holds a credential issued by a governmental authority in a jurisdiction outside this state authorizing or qualifying the applicant to perform acts that are substantially the same as those acts authorized by the credential granted by the examining board, section of the examining board, affiliated credentialing board or department.
