AB163,16 4Section 16. 15.185 (7) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 15.175 (16m) and
5amended to read:
AB163,10,156 15.175 (16m) Office of credit unions ; creation. There is created in the
7department of financial institutions and professional standards
an office of credit
8unions which is attached to the department of financial institutions under s. 15.03.
9The director shall be appointed by the governor to serve at the pleasure of the
10governor. No person may be appointed director who has not had at least 3 years of
11actual experience either in the operation of a credit union, or serving in a credit union
12supervisory capacity, or a combination of both. Notwithstanding s. 15.03, all
13personnel and budget requests by the office of credit unions shall be processed and
14forwarded by the department of financial institutions without change except as
15requested and concurred in by the office of credit unions.
AB163,17 16Section 17. 15.185 (7) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 15.175 (16r) and
17amended to read:
AB163,10,2218 15.175 (16r) Credit union review board. There is created in the office of credit
19unions
department of financial institutions and professional standards a credit
20union review board consisting of 5 persons, appointed for staggered 5-year terms.
21All members shall have at least 5 years' experience in the operations of a credit union.
22The office of credit unions may call special meetings of the review board.
AB163,18 23Section 18. 15.40 of the statutes is repealed.
AB163,19 24Section 19. 15.405 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 15.175 (title) and
25amended to read:
AB163,11,2
115.175 (title) Same; attached boards and, examining boards, and
2offices
.
AB163,20 3Section 20. 15.405 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 15.175 (1) and amended
4to read:
AB163,11,105 15.175 (1) Accounting examining board. There is created an accounting
6examining board in the department of safety and professional services financial
7institutions and professional standards
. The examining board shall consist of 7
8members, appointed for staggered 4-year terms. Five members shall hold
9certificates as certified public accountants and be eligible for licensure to practice in
10this state. Two members shall be public members.
AB163,21 11Section 21. 15.405 (1m) of the statutes is renumbered 15.175 (1m), and 15.175
12(1m) (a) (intro.) and 5., as renumbered, are amended to read:
AB163,11,1613 15.175 (1m) (a) (intro.) There is created a building inspector review board
14which is attached to the department of safety and professional services financial
15institutions and professional standards
under s. 15.03 that consists of the following
16members:
AB163,11,1917 5. A building inspector certified by the department of safety and professional
18services
financial institutions and professional standards, to inspect public
19buildings, places of employment, or one-family and two-family dwellings.
AB163,22 20Section 22. 15.405 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 15.175 (2), and 15.175 (2)
21(intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB163,12,722 15.175 (2) Examining board of architects, landscape architects,
23professional engineers, designers, and professional land surveyors.
(intro.)
24There is created an examining board of architects, landscape architects, professional
25engineers, designers, and professional land surveyors in the department of safety

1and professional services
financial institutions and professional standards. Any
2professional member appointed to the examining board shall be registered or
3licensed to practice architecture, landscape architecture, professional engineering,
4the design of engineering systems, or professional land surveying under ch. 443. The
5examining board shall consist of the following members appointed for 4-year terms:
63 architects, 3 landscape architects, 3 professional engineers, 3 designers, 3
7professional land surveyors, and 10 public members.
AB163,23 8Section 23. 15.405 (2m) of the statutes is renumbered 15.175 (2m), and 15.175
9(2m) (a) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB163,12,1310 15.175 (2m) (a) (intro.) There is created in the department of safety and
11professional services
financial institutions and professional standards an examining
12board of professional geologists, hydrologists, and soil scientists consisting of the
13following members appointed for 4-year terms:
AB163,24 14Section 24. 15.405 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 15.175 (3), and 15.175 (3)
15(a) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB163,12,1816 15.175 (3) (a) (intro.) There is created in the department of safety and
17professional services
financial institutions and professional standards an auctioneer
18board consisting of the following members appointed for 4-year terms:
AB163,25 19Section 25. 15.405 (3m) of the statutes is renumbered 15.175 (3m), and 15.175
20(3m) (b) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB163,12,2321 15.175 (3m) (b) (intro.) There is created in the department of safety and
22professional services
financial institutions and professional standards a cemetery
23board consisting of the following members, who shall serve 4-year terms:
AB163,26 24Section 26. 15.405 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 15.175 (5) and amended
25to read:
AB163,13,8
115.175 (5) Chiropractic examining board. There is created a chiropractic
2examining board in the department of safety and professional services financial
3institutions and professional standards
. The chiropractic examining board shall
4consist of 6 members, appointed for staggered 4-year terms. Four members shall be
5graduates from a school of chiropractic and licensed to practice chiropractic in this
6state. Two members shall be public members. No person may be appointed to the
7examining board who is in any way connected with or has a financial interest in any
8chiropractic school.
AB163,27 9Section 27. 15.405 (5g) of the statutes is renumbered 15.175 (5g) and amended
10to read:
AB163,13,1611 15.175 (5g) Controlled substances board. There is created in the department
12of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards
13a controlled substances board consisting of the attorney general, the secretary of
14health services, and the secretary of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, or
15their designees; the chairperson of the pharmacy examining board or a designee; and
16one psychiatrist and one pharmacologist appointed for 3-year terms.
AB163,28 17Section 28. 15.405 (6) of the statutes is renumbered 15.175 (6), and 15.175 (6)
18(intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB163,13,2219 15.175 (6) Dentistry examining board. (intro.) There is created a dentistry
20examining board in the department of safety and professional services financial
21institutions and professional standards
consisting of the following members
22appointed for 4-year terms:
AB163,29 23Section 29. 15.405 (6m) of the statutes is renumbered 15.175 (6m), and 15.175
24(6m) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB163,14,4
115.175 (6m) Hearing and speech examining board. (intro.) There is created
2a hearing and speech examining board in the department of safety and professional
3services
financial institutions and professional standards consisting of the following
4members appointed for 4-year terms:
AB163,30 5Section 30. 15.405 (7) of the statutes is renumbered 15.175 (7), and 15.175 (7)
6(a), as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB163,14,87 15.175 (7) (a) There is created a medical examining board in the department
8of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards.
AB163,31 9Section 31. 15.405 (7c) of the statutes is renumbered 15.175 (7c), and 15.175
10(7c) (a) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB163,14,1411 15.175 (7c) (a) (intro.) There is created a marriage and family therapy,
12professional counseling, and social work examining board in the department of
13safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards
14consisting of the following members appointed for 4-year terms:
AB163,32 15Section 32. 15.405 (7e) of the statutes is renumbered 15.175 (7e), and 15.175
16(7e) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB163,14,2017 15.175 (7e) Radiography examining board. (intro.) There is created in the
18department of safety and professional services financial institutions and
19professional standards
a radiography examining board consisting of the following 7
20members appointed for 4-year terms:
AB163,33 21Section 33. 15.405 (7g) of the statutes is renumbered 15.175 (7g) and amended
22to read:
AB163,15,523 15.175 (7g) Board of nursing. There is created a board of nursing in the
24department of safety and professional services financial institutions and
25professional standards
. The board of nursing shall consist of the following members

1appointed for staggered 4-year terms: 5 currently licensed registered nurses under
2ch. 441; 2 currently licensed practical nurses under ch. 441; and 2 public members.
3Each registered nurse member shall have graduated from a program in professional
4nursing and each practical nurse member shall have graduated from a program in
5practical nursing accredited by the state in which the program was conducted.
AB163,34 6Section 34. 15.405 (7m) of the statutes is renumbered 15.175 (7m) and
7amended to read:
AB163,15,168 15.175 (7m) Nursing home administrator examining board. There is created
9a nursing home administrator examining board in the department of safety and
10professional services
financial institutions and professional standards consisting of
119 members appointed for staggered 4-year terms and the secretary of health services
12or a designee, who shall serve as a nonvoting member. Five members shall be
13nursing home administrators licensed in this state. One member shall be a
14physician. One member shall be a nurse licensed under ch. 441. Two members shall
15be public members. No more than 2 members may be officials or full-time employees
16of this state.
AB163,35 17Section 35. 15.405 (7r) of the statutes is renumbered 15.175 (7r), and 15.175
18(7r) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB163,15,2219 15.175 (7r) Physical therapy examining board. (intro.) There is created in the
20department of safety and professional services financial institutions and
21professional standards
a physical therapy examining board consisting of the
22following members appointed for staggered 4-year terms:
AB163,36 23Section 36. 15.405 (8) of the statutes is renumbered 15.175 (8) and amended
24to read:
AB163,16,5
115.175 (8) Optometry examining board. There is created an optometry
2examining board in the department of safety and professional services financial
3institutions and professional standards
. The optometry examining board shall
4consist of 7 members appointed for staggered 4-year terms. Five of the members
5shall be licensed optometrists in this state. Two members shall be public members.
AB163,37 6Section 37. 15.405 (9) of the statutes is renumbered 15.175 (9) and amended
7to read:
AB163,16,128 15.175 (9) Pharmacy examining board. There is created a pharmacy examining
9board in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and
10professional standards
. The pharmacy examining board shall consist of 7 members
11appointed for staggered 4-year terms. Five of the members shall be licensed to
12practice pharmacy in this state. Two members shall be public members.
AB163,38 13Section 38. 15.405 (10m) of the statutes is renumbered 15.175 (10m) and
14amended to read:
AB163,16,2015 15.175 (10m) Psychology examining board. There is created in the
16department of safety and professional services financial institutions and
17professional standards
a psychology examining board consisting of 6 members
18appointed for staggered 4-year terms. Four of the members shall be psychologists
19licensed in this state. Each of the psychologist members shall represent a different
20specialty area within the field of psychology. Two members shall be public members.
AB163,39 21Section 39. 15.405 (10r) of the statutes is renumbered 15.175 (10r), and 15.175
22(10r) (a) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB163,17,223 15.175 (10r) (a) (intro.) There is created a real estate appraisers board in the
24department of safety and professional services financial institutions and

1professional standards
consisting of the following members appointed for 4-year
2terms:
AB163,40 3Section 40. 15.405 (11m) of the statutes is renumbered 15.175 (11m) and
4amended to read:
AB163,17,105 15.175 (11m) Real estate examining board. There is created a real estate
6examining board in the department of safety and professional services financial
7institutions and professional standards
. The real estate examining board shall
8consist of 7 members appointed to staggered 4-year terms. Five of the members shall
9be real estate brokers or salespersons licensed in this state. Two members shall be
10public members. No member may serve more than 2 terms.
AB163,41 11Section 41. 15.405 (12) (title) of the statutes is repealed.
AB163,42 12Section 42. 15.405 (12) of the statutes is renumbered 15.135 (5) (a) (intro.) and
13amended to read:
AB163,17,1714 15.135 (5) (a) (intro.) There is created a veterinary examining board in the
15department of safety and professional services agriculture, trade and consumer
16protection
. The veterinary examining board shall consist of the following 8 members
17appointed for staggered 4-year terms.:
AB163,17,18 181. Five of the members shall be licensed veterinarians licensed in this state.
AB163,17,19 192. One member shall be a veterinary technician certified in this state.
AB163,17,20 203. Two members shall be public members.
AB163,17,23 21(b) No member of the examining board may in any way be financially interested
22in any school having a veterinary department or a course of study in veterinary or
23animal technology.
AB163,43 24Section 43. 15.405 (16) of the statutes is renumbered 15.175 (16) and amended
25to read:
AB163,18,6
115.175 (16) Funeral directors examining board. There is created a funeral
2directors examining board in the department of safety and professional services
3financial institutions and professional standards. The funeral directors examining
4board shall consist of 6 members appointed for staggered 4-year terms. Four
5members shall be licensed funeral directors under ch. 445 in this state. Two
6members shall be public members.
AB163,44 7Section 44. 15.405 (17) of the statutes is renumbered 15.175 (17) and amended
8to read:
AB163,18,179 15.175 (17) Cosmetology examining board. There is created a cosmetology
10examining board in the department of safety and professional services financial
11institutions and professional standards
. The cosmetology examining board shall
12consist of 9 members appointed for 4-year terms. Four members shall be licensed
13aestheticians or cosmetologists, 2 members shall be public members, one member
14shall be a representative of a private school of cosmetology, one member shall be a
15representative of a public school of cosmetology, and one member shall be a licensed
16electrologist. No more than 4 members may be connected with or have any financial
17interest in a cosmetology school.
AB163,45 18Section 45. 15.406 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 15.176 (title).
AB163,46 19Section 46. 15.406 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 15.176 (2), and 15.176 (2)
20(intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB163,18,2521 15.176 (2) Dietitians affiliated credentialing board. (intro.) There is created
22in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and
23professional standards
, attached to the medical examining board, a dietitians
24affiliated credentialing board consisting of the following members appointed for
254-year terms:
AB163,47
1Section 47. 15.406 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 15.176 (3), and 15.176 (3)
2(intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB163,19,73 15.176 (3) Podiatry affiliated credentialing board. (intro.) There is created
4in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and
5professional standards
, attached to the medical examining board, a podiatry
6affiliated credentialing board consisting of the following members appointed for
74-year terms:
AB163,48 8Section 48. 15.406 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 15.176 (4), and 15.176 (4)
9(intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB163,19,1410 15.176 (4) Athletic trainers affiliated credentialing board. (intro.) There
11is created in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions
12and professional standards
, attached to the medical examining board, an athletic
13trainers affiliated credentialing board consisting of the following members
14appointed for 4-year terms:
AB163,49 15Section 49. 15.406 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 15.176 (5), and 15.176 (5)
16(intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB163,19,2117 15.176 (5) Occupational therapists affiliated credentialing board. (intro.)
18There is created in the department of safety and professional services financial
19institutions and professional standards
, attached to the medical examining board,
20an occupational therapists affiliated credentialing board consisting of the following
21members appointed for 4-year terms:
AB163,50 22Section 50. 15.406 (6) of the statutes is renumbered 15.176 (6), and 15.176 (6)
23(a) (intro.) and 1., as renumbered, are amended to read:
AB163,20,324 15.176 (6) (a) (intro.) There is created in the department of safety and
25professional services
financial institutions and professional standards, attached to

1the medical examining board, a massage therapy and bodywork therapy affiliated
2credentialing board. The affiliated credentialing board shall consist of the following
37 members appointed for 4-year terms:
AB163,20,134 1. Six massage therapists or bodywork therapists licensed under ch. 460 who
5have engaged in the practice of massage therapy or bodywork therapy for at least 2
6years preceding appointment. One member appointed under this subdivision shall
7be a representative of a massage therapy or bodywork therapy school approved
8certified by the educational approval board under s. 38.50 department of financial
9institutions and professional standards under s. 440.52
. One member appointed
10under this subdivision shall be a representative of a massage therapy or bodywork
11therapy program offered by a technical college in this state. No other members
12appointed under this subdivision shall be directly or indirectly affiliated with a
13massage therapy or bodywork therapy school or program.
AB163,51 14Section 51. 15.407 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 15.177 (title).
AB163,52 15Section 52. 15.407 (1m) of the statutes is renumbered 15.177 (1m) and
16amended to read:
AB163,21,517 15.177 (1m) Respiratory care practitioners examining council. There is
18created a respiratory care practitioners examining council in the department of
19safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards
20and serving the medical examining board in an advisory capacity in the formulating
21of rules to be promulgated by the medical examining board for the regulation of
22respiratory care practitioners. The respiratory care practitioners examining council
23shall consist of 3 certified respiratory care practitioners, each of whom shall have
24engaged in the practice of respiratory care for at least 3 years preceding
25appointment, one physician and one public member. The respiratory care

1practitioner and physician members shall be appointed by the medical examining
2board. The members of the examining council shall serve 3-year terms. Section
315.08 (1) to (4) (a) and (6) to (10) shall apply to the respiratory care practitioners
4examining council, except that members of the examining council may serve more
5than 2 consecutive terms.
AB163,53 6Section 53. 15.407 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 15.177 (2), and 15.177 (2)
7(intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB163,21,118 15.177 (2) Council on physician assistants. (intro.) There is created a council
9on physician assistants in the department of safety and professional services
10financial institutions and professional standards and serving the medical examining
11board in an advisory capacity. The council's membership shall consist of:
AB163,54 12Section 54. 15.407 (2m) of the statutes is renumbered 15.177 (2m), and 15.177
13(2m) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB163,21,1814 15.177 (2m) (intro.) There is created a perfusionists examining council in the
15department of safety and professional services financial institutions and
16professional standards
and serving the medical examining board in an advisory
17capacity. The council shall consist of the following members appointed for 3-year
18terms:
AB163,55 19Section 55. 15.407 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 15.177 (3), and 15.177 (3)
20(intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB163,21,2521 15.177 (3) Examining councils; board of nursing. (intro.) The following
22examining councils are created in the department of safety and professional services
23financial institutions and professional standards to serve the board of nursing in an
24advisory capacity. Section 15.08 (1) to (4) (a) and (6) to (10), applies to the examining
25councils.
AB163,56
1Section 56. 15.407 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 15.177 (5) and amended
2to read:
AB163,22,153 15.177 (5) Council on real estate curriculum and examinations. There is
4created in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions
5and professional standards
a council on real estate curriculum and examinations
6consisting of 7 members appointed for 4-year terms. Five members shall be real
7estate brokers or salespersons licensed under ch. 452 and 2 members shall be public
8members. Of the real estate broker or salesperson members, one member shall be
9a member of the real estate examining board appointed by the real estate examining
10board, at least 2 members shall be licensed real estate brokers with at least 5 years
11of experience as real estate brokers, and at least one member shall be a licensed real
12estate salesperson with at least 2 years of experience as a real estate salesperson.
13Of the 2 public members, at least one member shall have at least 2 years of experience
14in planning or presenting real estate educational programs. No member of the
15council may serve more than 2 consecutive terms.
AB163,57 16Section 57. 15.407 (6) of the statutes is renumbered 15.177 (6), and 15.177 (6)
17(intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB163,22,2218 15.177 (6) Pharmacist advisory council. (intro.) There is created a pharmacist
19advisory council in the department of safety and professional services financial
20institutions and professional standards
and serving the pharmacy examining board
21in an advisory capacity. The council shall consist of the following members appointed
22for 3-year terms:
AB163,58 23Section 58. 15.407 (7) of the statutes is renumbered 15.177 (7), and 15.177 (7)
24(intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB163,23,10
115.177 (7) Council on anesthesiologist assistants; duties. (intro.) There is
2created a council on anesthesiologist assistants in the department of safety and
3professional services
financial institutions and professional standards and serving
4the medical examining board in an advisory capacity. The council's membership
5shall consist of the following members, who shall be selected from a list of
6recommended appointees submitted by the president of the Wisconsin Society of
7Anesthesiologists, Inc., after the president of the Wisconsin Society of
8Anesthesiologists, Inc., has considered the recommendation of the Wisconsin
9Academy of Anesthesiologist Assistants for the appointee under par. (b), and who
10shall be appointed by the medical examining board for 3-year terms:
AB163,59 11Section 59. 15.407 (8) of the statutes is renumbered 15.177 (8), and 15.177 (8)
12(intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
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