CHAPTER 440
DEPARTMENT OF REGULATION AND LICENSING
SUBCHAPTER I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
440.03 General duties and powers of the department.
440.035 General duties of examining boards and affiliated credentialing boards.
440.04 Duties of the secretary.
440.042 Advisory committees.
440.055 Credit card payments.
440.06 Refunds and reexaminations.
440.07 Examination standards and services.
440.08 Credential renewal.
440.11 Change of name or address.
440.20 Disciplinary proceedings.
440.21 Enforcement of laws requiring credential.
440.22 Assessment of costs.
440.23 Cancellation of credential; reinstatement.
SUBCHAPTER II
PRIVATE DETECTIVES
440.26 Private detectives, investigators and security personnel; licenses and permits.
SUBCHAPTER III
SOLICITATION OF FUNDS FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES
440.42 Regulation of charitable organizations.
440.43 Regulation of fund-raising counsel.
440.44 Regulation of professional fund-raisers.
440.45 Charitable sales promotions.
440.455 Solicitation disclosure requirements.
440.47 Administration and investigations.
440.475 Disciplinary actions.
440.48 Penalties and enforcement.
SUBCHAPTER IV
PEDDLERS
440.51 Statewide peddler's licenses for ex-soldiers.
SUBCHAPTER V
BARBERING AND COSMETOLOGY SCHOOLS
440.62 School and specialty school licensure.
440.63 Persons providing practical instruction in schools.
440.635 Persons providing practical instruction in specialty schools.
440.64 Regulation of schools and specialty schools.
SUBCHAPTER VIII
CEMETERY AUTHORITIES, SALESPERSONS AND PRENEED SELLERS
440.91 Cemetery authorities and cemetery salespersons.
440.92 Cemetery preneed sellers.
440.93 Disciplinary actions and proceedings.
440.945 Cemetery monuments.
SUBCHAPTER IX
INTERIOR DESIGNERS
440.962 Registration requirements.
440.963 Use of title by firms, partnerships and corporations.
440.965 Reciprocal registration.
440.966 Renewal; continuing education.
440.967 List of registered persons.
440.968 Discipline; prohibited acts; penalties.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
440.01(1)(a)
(a) "Department" means the department of regulation and licensing.
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)(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, and to restrict the scope of the holder's practice.
440.01(1)(dm)
(dm) "Renewal date" means the date on which a credential expires and before which it must be renewed for the holder 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 regulation and licensing.
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(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)(c)
(c) "Examining board" includes the board of nursing.
440.01(2)(cm)
(cm) "Liable for delinquent taxes" means that a person has been finally determined to be delinquent in the payment of taxes, including penalties, interest, fees and costs, under
ch. 71,
72,
76,
77,
78,
125 or
139 and the person remains delinquent in the payment of those taxes at the time the department requests a certification under
s. 440.08 (2r) of liability for delinquent taxes.
