P.O. Box 8935
Madison, WI 53708
Telephone (608) 266-0495
Notice of Hearing
Natural Resources
(Fish, Game, etc., Chs. NR 1-)
Notice is hereby given that pursuant to ss. 29.014, 29.197, 29.041, 227.11(2)(a) and 227.24, Stats., interpreting ss. 29.01 4, 29.041 and 29.197, Stats., the Department of Natural Resources will hold a public hearing on Natural Resources Board Emergency Order No. WM-4-99(E) pertaining to the 1999 migratory game bird season. This emergency order took effect on September 10, 1999. The significant regulations are:
Ducks — The state is divided into two zones each with a 60-day season. The season in both zones begins at noon October 2 and continues for 60 days, closing November 30. The daily bag limit in both zones is 6 ducks, including 4 mallards, of which only one may be a hen, and one canvasback for the entire 60 days in both zones.
Canada geese — The state is apportioned into 3 goose hunting zones: Horicon, Collins and Exterior. Other special goose management subzones within the Exterior Zone include Brown County, Burnett County, New Auburn, Rock Prairie and the Mississippi River. Season lengths are: Collins Zone — 69 days; Horicon Zone — 95 days; Exterior Zone — 94 days; and Mississippi River Subzone — 80 days. The Burnett County and New Auburn subzones are closed to Canada goose hunting.
Youth hunt — The rule has been amended to allow nonresident youth to participate in the special youth waterfowl hunt.
Hours — Migratory game bird hunting hours are amended to include the open and closing hours for the month of January.
Baiting — The rule has been amended to be consistent with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service baiting rules.
Mississippi River subzone — The map of the Mississippi River subzone has been revised to show the new name of the railroad that serves as the eastern border.
Hearing Information
October 14, 1999 Room 611A, GEF #2,
Thursday 101 South Webster Street
at 1:00 p.m. Madison
Notice is hereby further given that pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, reasonable accommodations, including the provision of information material in an alternative format, will be provided for qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. Please call Jon Bergquist at (608) 266-8841 with specific information on your request at least 10 days before the date of the scheduled hearing.
Written comments on the emergency rule may be submitted to Mr. Jon Bergquist, Bureau of Wildlife Management, P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707 no later than October 18, 1999. Written comments will have the same weight and effect as oral statements presented at the hearing. A copy of the emergency rule [WM-4-99(E)] may be obtained from Mr. Bergquist.
Fiscal Estimate
There is no fiscal effect.
Notice of Hearing
Board of Nursing
Notice is hereby given that pursuant to authority vested in the Board of Nursing in ss. 15.08 (5) (b), 227.11 (2) and 441.16 (3) (b), Stats., and interpreting s. 441.16 (3) (b), Stats., the Board of Nursing will hold a public hearing at the time and place indicated below to consider an order to create s. N 8.06 (1m), relating to prescribing limitations for advanced practice nurse prescribers.
Hearing Information
November 4, 1999 Room 179A
Thursday 1400 E. Washington Ave.
2:00 P.M. Madison, WI
Written Comments
Interested persons are invited to present information at the hearing. Persons appearing may make an oral presentation but are urged to submit facts, opinions and argument in writing as well. Facts, opinions and argument may also be submitted in writing without a personal appearance by mail addressed to the Department of Regulation and Licensing, Office of Administrative Rules, P.O. Box 8935, Madison, Wisconsin 53708. Written comments must be received by November 19, 1999 to be included in the record of rule-making proceedings.
Analysis Prepared by the Dept. of Regulation and Licensing
Statutes authorizing promulgation: ss. 15.08 (5) (b), 227.11 (2) and 441.16 (3) (b)
Statute interpreted: s. 441.16 (3) (b)
Section 441.16, Stats., requires that the Board of Nursing promulgate rules “defining the scope of practice within which an advanced practice nurse may issue prescription orders." The rules created by the Board in response to this mandate establish a number of prescribing limitations specifying that the advanced practice nurse prescriber “may issue only those prescription orders appropriate to the advanced practice nurse prescriber's areas of competence, as established by his or her education, training or experience."
Not included within these rules, however, is any specification as to those practices and procedures which are an integral and necessary part of the independent preparation of a prescription order, including the physical assessment of the patient necessary to make an intelligent prescribing judgment. Assessment is defined as “the systematic and continued collection and analysis of data about the health status of a patient culminating in the formulation of a nursing diagnosis." It seems clear that the collection and analysis of data about the health care status of a patient must, to the extent they are consistent with the advanced practice nurse's areas of practice, include basic diagnostic tests, including laboratory testing, x-rays and EKG's. The proposed rule would confirm that the advanced practice nurse prescriber may independently order and utilize diagnostic testing consistent with his or her area of competence.
Text of Rule
SECTION 1. N 8.06 (1m) is created to read:
N 8.06 (1m) May not independently order laboratory testing, radiographs or electrocardiograms, except to assist the advanced practice nurse prescriber in issuing a prescription order appropriate to the advanced practice nurse prescriber's areas of competence, as established by his or her education, training or experience.
Fiscal Estimate
1. The anticipated fiscal effect on the fiscal liability and revenues of any local unit of government of the proposed rule is: $0.00.
2. The projected anticipated state fiscal effect during the current biennium of the proposed rule is: $0.00.
3. The projected net annualized fiscal impact on state funds of the proposed rule is: $0.00.
Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
These proposed rules will be reviewed by the Department through its Small Business Review Advisory Committee to determine whether there will be an economic impact on a substantial number of small businesses, as defined in s. 227.114 (1) (a), Stats.
Copies of Rule and Contact Information
Copies of this proposed rule are available without cost upon request to:
Pamela Haack
Department of Regulation and Licensing
Office of Administrative Rules
1400 East Washington Ave., Room 171
P.O. Box 8935
Madison, WI 53708
Telephone (608) 266-0495
Notice of Submission of Proposed Rules to the Presiding Officer of each House of the Legislature, Under S. 227.19, Stats.
Please check the Bulletin of Proceedings for further information on a particular rule.
Ch. Comm 83 - Relating to private sewage systems.
S. ER 1.02 and chs. ER 18 and 29 - Relating to reinstatement eligibility and restoration of sick leave for state employes, other related time periods for state personnel transactions, and minor and technical rule changes.
Employment Relations--Merit Recruitment and Selection
(CR 99-111):
SS. ER-MRS 1.02, 11.03, 22.11 and 34.08 and ch. ER-MRS 16 - Relating to reinstatement eligibility and employment register expiration for state employment and minor and technical rule changes.
Ch. HFS 115 - Relating to screening of newborn children for congenital and metabolic disorders.
SS. NR 200.03 and 206.03 - Relating to WPDES permit exemptions for private sewage systems with a design capacity of less than 12,000 gallons per day.
Chs. NR 105, 106 and 211 and s. NR 215.06 - Relating to regulating the discharge of chloride to surface waters of the state.
Ch. NR 169 - Relating to the reimbursement of response action costs for response actions taken at eligible dry cleaning facilities.
S. NR 20.09 (2) - Relating to bow fishing hours on inland lakes during the rough fish spearing season.
