AB59,15,3
159.35 (5) A person holding office under this section may also serve as an
2emergency medical technician, a first services practitioner, an emergency medical
3responder, a fire fighter or a chief, deputy chief or assistant chief of a fire department.
AB59,35 4Section 35. 60.37 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,15,165 60.37 (4) (a) An elected town officer, other than a town clerk, a town treasurer,
6or an officer serving in a combined office of town clerk and town treasurer, who also
7serves as a town employee may be paid an hourly wage for serving as a town
8employee, not exceeding a total of $5,000 each year. An elected town officer, who is
9a town clerk, a town treasurer, or an officer serving in a combined office of town clerk
10and town treasurer, who also serves as a town employee may be paid an hourly wage
11for serving as a town employee, not exceeding a total of $15,000 each year. Amounts
12that are paid under this paragraph may be paid in addition to any amount that an
13individual receives under s. 60.32 or as a volunteer fire fighter, emergency medical
14technician, or first services practitioner, or emergency medical responder under s.
1566.0501 (4). The $5,000 maximum in this paragraph includes amounts paid to a town
16board supervisor who is acting as superintendent of highways under s. 82.03 (1).
AB59,36 17Section 36. 66.0137 (4t) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,15,2318 66.0137 (4t) Health insurance for protective services employees. If a 1st
19class city offers health care insurance to employees who are police officers, fire
20fighters, or emergency medical technicians services practitioners, as defined in s.
21256.01 (5)
, the 1st class city shall also offer to the employees who are police officers,
22fire fighters, or emergency medical technicians services practitioners a
23high-deductible health plan.
AB59,37 24Section 37. 66.0501 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,16,8
166.0501 (4) Compatible offices and positions. A volunteer fire fighter,
2emergency medical technician, or first services practitioner, or emergency medical
3responder in a city, village, or town whose annual compensation from one or more of
4those positions, including fringe benefits, does not exceed $25,000 if the city, village,
5or town has a population of 5,000 or less, or $15,000 if the city, village, or town has
6a population of more than 5,000, may also hold an elective office in that city, village,
7or town. It is compatible with his or her office for an elected town officer to receive
8wages under s. 60.37 (4) for work that he or she performs for the town.
AB59,38 9Section 38. 66.0608 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,16,12 1066.0608 (title) Separate accounts for municipal fire, emergency
11medical
technician services practitioner, and first emergency medical
12responder volunteer funds.
AB59,39 13Section 39. 66.0608 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 66.0608 (1) (aw) and
14amended to read:
AB59,16,1615 66.0608 (1) (aw) “Emergency medical technician services practitioner" has the
16meaning given in s. 256.01 (5).
AB59,40 17Section 40. 66.0608 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,16,2318 66.0608 (1) (b) “Emergency medical technician services practitioner volunteer
19funds" means funds of a municipality that are raised by employees of the
20municipality's emergency medical technician services practitioner department, by
21volunteers, or by donation to the emergency medical technician services practitioner
22department, for the benefit of the municipality's emergency medical technician
23services practitioner department.
AB59,41 24Section 41. 66.0608 (1) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 66.0608 (1) (ak) and
25amended to read:
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166.0608 (1) (ak) “First Emergency medical responder" has the meaning given
2in s. 256.01 (9) (4p).
AB59,42 3Section 42. 66.0608 (1) (e) of the statutes is renumbered 66.0608 (1) (am) and
4amended to read:
AB59,17,95 66.0608 (1) (am) “First Emergency medical responder volunteer funds" means
6funds of a municipality that are raised by employees of the municipality's first
7emergency medical responder department, by volunteers, or by donation to the first
8emergency medical responder department, for the benefit of the municipality's first
9emergency medical responder department.
AB59,43 10Section 43. 66.0608 (1) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,17,1311 66.0608 (1) (h) “Volunteer funds" means emergency medical technician
12services practitioner volunteer funds, fire volunteer funds, or first emergency
13medical
responder volunteer funds.
AB59,44 14Section 44. 66.0608 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,17,2115 66.0608 (2) (a) Authorizes a particular official or employee of the municipality's
16fire department, emergency medical technician services practitioner department, or
17first emergency medical responder department to deposit volunteer funds of the
18department for which the individual serves as an official or employee, in an account
19in the name of the fire department, emergency medical technician services
20practitioner
department, or first emergency medical responder department, in a
21public depository.
AB59,45 22Section 45. 66.0608 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,18,223 66.0608 (2) (b) Gives the municipality's fire department, emergency medical
24technician services practitioner department, or first emergency medical responder
25department, through the official or employee described under par. (a), exclusive

1control over the expenditure of volunteer funds of the department for which the
2individual serves as an official or employee in an account described under par. (a).
AB59,46 3Section 46. 97.67 (5m) (a) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,18,54 97.67 (5m) (a) 6. An emergency medical technician services practitioner, as
5defined in s. 256.01 (5).
AB59,47 6Section 47. 102.03 (1) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,18,207 102.03 (1) (c) 2. Any employee going to and from his or her employment in the
8ordinary and usual way, while on the premises of the employer, or while in the
9immediate vicinity of those premises if the injury results from an occurrence on the
10premises; any employee going between an employer's designated parking lot and the
11employer's work premises while on a direct route and in the ordinary and usual way;
12any volunteer fire fighter, first emergency medical responder, emergency medical
13technician services practitioner, rescue squad member, or diving team member while
14responding to a call for assistance, from the time of the call for assistance to the time
15of his or her return from responding to that call, including traveling to and from any
16place to respond to and return from that call, but excluding any deviations for private
17or personal purposes; or any fire fighter or municipal utility employee responding to
18a call for assistance outside the limits of his or her city or village, unless that response
19is in violation of law, is performing service growing out of and incidental to
20employment.
AB59,48 21Section 48. 103.88 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,18,24 22103.88 (title) Absence from work of volunteer fire fighter, emergency
23medical
technician, first services practitioner, emergency medical
24responder, or ambulance driver.
AB59,49 25Section 49. 103.88 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1103.88 (1) (c) “Emergency medical technician services practitioner" has the
2meaning given in s. 256.01 (5).
AB59,50 3Section 50. 103.88 (1) (f) of the statutes is renumbered 103.88 (1) (bm) and
4amended to read:
AB59,19,65 103.88 (1) (bm) “First Emergency medical responder" has the meaning given
6in s. 256.01 (9) (4p).
AB59,51 7Section 51. 103.88 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,19,168 103.88 (2) Absence from work permitted. An employer shall permit an
9employee who is a volunteer fire fighter, emergency medical technician, first services
10practitioner, emergency medical
responder, or ambulance driver for a volunteer fire
11department or fire company, a public agency, or a nonprofit corporation to be late for
12or absent from work if the lateness or absence is due to the employee responding to
13an emergency that begins before the employee is required to report to work and if the
14employee complies with sub. (3) (a). This subsection does not entitle an employee to
15receive wages or salary for the time the employee is absent from work due to
16responding to an emergency as provided in this subsection.
AB59,52 17Section 52. 103.88 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,19,2518 103.88 (3) (a) 1. By no later than 30 days after becoming a member of a
19volunteer fire department or fire company or becoming affiliated with an ambulance
20service provider, submits to the employee's employer a written statement signed by
21the chief of the volunteer fire department or fire company or by the person in charge
22of the ambulance service provider notifying the employer that the employee is a
23volunteer fire fighter, emergency medical technician, first services practitioner,
24emergency medical
responder, or ambulance driver for a volunteer fire department
25or fire company, a public agency, or a nonprofit corporation.
AB59,53
1Section 53. 108.05 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,20,162 108.05 (3) (a) Except as provided in pars. (c), (d) and (dm) and s. 108.062, if an
3eligible employee earns wages in a given week, the first $30 of the wages shall be
4disregarded and the employee's applicable weekly benefit payment shall be reduced
5by 67 percent of the remaining amount, except that no such employee is eligible for
6benefits if the employee's benefit payment would be less than $5 for any week. For
7purposes of this paragraph, “wages" includes any salary reduction amounts earned
8that are not wages and that are deducted from the salary of a claimant by an
9employer pursuant to a salary reduction agreement under a cafeteria plan, within
10the meaning of 26 USC 125, and any amount that a claimant would have earned in
11available work under s. 108.04 (1) (a) which is treated as wages under s. 108.04 (1)
12(bm), but excludes any amount that a claimant earns for services performed as a
13volunteer fire fighter, volunteer emergency medical technician services practitioner,
14or volunteer first emergency medical responder. In applying this paragraph, the
15department shall disregard discrepancies of less than $2 between wages reported by
16employees and employers.
AB59,54 17Section 54. 109.03 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,20,2518 109.03 (1) (e) A part-time fire fighter or a part-time emergency medical
19technician services practitioner, as defined in s. 256.01 (5), who is a member of a
20volunteer fire department or emergency medical services program maintained by a
21county, city, village, or town or of a volunteer fire company organized under ch. 181
22or ch. 213 and who, by agreement between the fire fighter or emergency medical
23technician services practitioner and the entity employing the fire fighter or
24emergency medical technician services practitioner, is paid at regular intervals, but
25no less often than annually.
AB59,55
1Section 55. 111.91 (2) (gu) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,21,72 111.91 (2) (gu) The right of a public safety employee, who is an employee, as
3defined in s. 103.88 (1) (d), and who is a fire fighter, emergency medical technician,
4first
services practitioner, emergency medical responder, or ambulance driver for a
5volunteer fire department or fire company, a public agency, as defined in s. 256.15 (1)
6(n), or a nonprofit corporation, as defined in s. 256.01 (12), to respond to an
7emergency as provided under s. 103.88 (2).
AB59,56 8Section 56. 118.29 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,21,129 118.29 (1) (c) “Health care professional" means a person licensed as an
10emergency medical technician services practitioner under s. 256.15, a person
11certified as a first an emergency medical responder under s. 256.15 (8) or any person
12licensed, certified, permitted or registered under chs. 441 or 446 to 449.
AB59,57 13Section 57. 146.37 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,21,1714 146.37 (1) (a) “Health care provider" includes an ambulance service provider,
15as defined in s. 256.01 (3), and an emergency medical technician services
16practitioner
, as defined in s. 256.01 (5), and a first an emergency medical responder,
17as defined in s. 256.01 (9) (4p).
AB59,58 18Section 58. 146.37 (1g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,22,919 146.37 (1g) Except as provided in s. 153.76, no person acting in good faith who
20participates in the review or evaluation of the services of health care providers or
21facilities or the charges for such services conducted in connection with any program
22organized and operated to help improve the quality of health care, to avoid improper
23utilization of the services of health care providers or facilities or to determine the
24reasonable charges for such services, or who participates in the obtaining of health
25care information under subch. I of ch. 153, is liable for any civil damages as a result

1of any act or omission by such person in the course of such review or evaluation. Acts
2and omissions to which this subsection applies include, but are not limited to, acts
3or omissions by peer review committees or hospital governing bodies in censuring,
4reprimanding, limiting or revoking hospital staff privileges or notifying the medical
5examining board or podiatry affiliated credentialing board under s. 50.36 or taking
6any other disciplinary action against a health care provider or facility and acts or
7omissions by a medical director in reviewing the performance of emergency medical
8technicians services practitioners, as defined in s. 256.01 (5), or ambulance service
9providers.
AB59,59 10Section 59. 146.81 (1) (r) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,22,1211 146.81 (1) (r) An emergency medical technician services practitioner, as
12defined in s. 256.01 (5).
AB59,60 13Section 60. 146.81 (1) (s) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,22,1514 146.81 (1) (s) A first An emergency medical responder, as defined in s. 256.01
15(9) (4p).
AB59,61 16Section 61. 146.81 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,23,617 146.81 (4) “Patient health care records" means all records related to the health
18of a patient prepared by or under the supervision of a health care provider; and all
19records made by an ambulance service provider, as defined in s. 256.01 (3), an
20emergency medical technician services practitioner, as defined in s. 256.01 (5), or a
21first
an emergency medical responder, as defined in s. 256.01 (9) (4p), in
22administering emergency care procedures to and handling and transporting sick,
23disabled, or injured individuals. “Patient health care records" includes billing
24statements and invoices for treatment or services provided by a health care provider
25and includes health summary forms prepared under s. 302.388 (2). “Patient health

1care records" does not include those records subject to s. 51.30, reports collected
2under s. 69.186, records of tests administered under s. 252.15 (5g) or (5j), 343.305,
3938.296 (4) or (5) or 968.38 (4) or (5), records related to sales of pseudoephedrine
4products, as defined in s. 961.01 (20c), that are maintained by pharmacies under s.
5961.235, fetal monitor tracings, as defined under s. 146.817 (1), or a pupil's physical
6health records maintained by a school under s. 118.125.
AB59,62 7Section 62. 146.997 (1) (d) 14. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,23,98 146.997 (1) (d) 14. An emergency medical technician services practitioner
9licensed under s. 256.15 (5) or a first an emergency medical responder.
AB59,63 10Section 63. 154.17 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,23,1511 154.17 (2) “Do-not-resuscitate order" means a written order issued under the
12requirements of this subchapter that directs emergency medical technicians, first
13services practitioners, emergency medical responders , and emergency health care
14facilities personnel not to attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation on a person for
15whom the order is issued if that person suffers cardiac or respiratory arrest.
AB59,64 16Section 64. 154.17 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,23,1817 154.17 (3) “Emergency medical technician services practitioner" has the
18meaning given under s. 256.01 (5).
AB59,65 19Section 65. 154.17 (3m) of the statutes is renumbered 154.17 (2r) and
20amended to read:
AB59,23,2221 154.17 (2r)First Emergency medical responder" has the meaning given under
22s. 256.01 (9) (4p).
AB59,66 23Section 66. 154.19 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,24,424 154.19 (3) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), emergency medical technicians,
25first
services practitioners, as defined in s. 256.01 (5), emergency medical

1responders, as defined in s. 256.01 (4p), and emergency health care facilities
2personnel shall follow do-not-resuscitate orders. The procedures used in following
3a do-not-resuscitate order shall be in accordance with any procedures established
4by the department by rule.
AB59,67 5Section 67. 154.19 (3) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,24,86 154.19 (3) (b) 3. The emergency medical technician, first services practitioner,
7emergency medical
responder or member of the emergency health care facility knows
8that the patient is pregnant.
AB59,68 9Section 68. 154.21 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,24,1510 154.21 (1) (a) The patient expresses to an emergency medical technician, first
11services practitioner, to an emergency medical responder, or to a person who serves
12as a member of an emergency health care facility's personnel the desire to be
13resuscitated. The emergency medical technician, first services practitioner,
14emergency medical
responder, or the member of the emergency health care facility
15shall promptly remove the do-not-resuscitate bracelet.
AB59,69 16Section 69. 154.225 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,24,2217 154.225 (2) (a) The guardian or health care agent directs an emergency medical
18technician, first services practitioner, an emergency medical responder, or a person
19who serves as a member of an emergency health care facility's personnel to
20resuscitate the patient. The emergency medical technician, first services
21practitioner, the emergency medical
responder, or the member of the emergency
22health care facility shall promptly remove the do-not-resuscitate bracelet.
AB59,70 23Section 70. 154.23 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,25,2 24154.23 Liability. (intro.) No physician, emergency medical technician, first
25services practitioner, emergency medical responder, health care professional, or

1emergency health care facility may be held criminally or civilly liable, or charged
2with unprofessional conduct, for any of the following:
AB59,71 3Section 71. 154.25 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,25,94 154.25 (6) Valid do-not-resuscitate bracelet. A do-not-resuscitate bracelet
5that has not been removed, altered, or tampered with in any way shall be presumed
6valid, unless the patient, the patient's guardian, or the patient's health care agent
7expresses to the emergency medical technician, first services practitioner,
8emergency medical
responder, or emergency health care facility personnel the
9patient's desire to be resuscitated.
AB59,72 10Section 72. 157.06 (12) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,25,1311 157.06 (12) (a) 1. A law enforcement officer, fire fighter, emergency medical
12technician, first services practitioner, emergency medical responder, or ambulance
13service provider.
AB59,73 14Section 73. 252.01 (1g) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB59,25,1615 252.01 (1g) “Emergency medical responder" has the meaning given in s. 256.01
16(4p).
AB59,74 17Section 74. 252.14 (1) (ar) 13. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,25,1918 252.14 (1) (ar) 13. An emergency medical technician services practitioner
19licensed under s. 256.15 (5).
AB59,75 20Section 75. 252.14 (1) (ar) 15. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,25,2121 252.14 (1) (ar) 15. A first An emergency medical responder.
AB59,76 22Section 76. 252.15 (1) (af) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,25,2423 252.15 (1) (af) “Emergency medical technician services practitioner" has the
24meaning given in s. 256.01 (5).
AB59,77 25Section 77. 252.15 (5g) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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1252.15 (5g) (a) 1. The person is an emergency medical technician; first services
2practitioner; emergency medical
responder; fire fighter; peace officer; correctional
3officer; person who is employed at a juvenile correctional facility, as defined in s.
4938.02 (10p), or a secured residential care center for children and youth, as defined
5in s. 938.02 (15g); state patrol officer; jailer, keeper of a jail, or person designated with
6custodial authority by the jailer or keeper and the contact occurred during the course
7of the person providing care or services to the individual.
AB59,78 8Section 78. 255.35 (1m) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,26,129 255.35 (1m) (a) 1. Licensure as an emergency medical technician — basic,
10emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician, emergency
11medical technician — intermediate or emergency medical technician — paramedic,
12or paramedic
under s. 256.15 (5) (a).
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