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.
440.947 Disclosures and representations for certain sales.
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.
SUBCHAPTER X
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 XI
REGISTRY OF MASSAGE THERAPISTS AND BODYWORKERS
440.982 Duties of department.
440.983 Registration requirements.
440.984 Reciprocal registration.
440.985 Renewal of registration.
440.986 Disciplinary proceedings and actions.
440.989 Local regulation.
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)(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.
440.01 Annotation
Procedural due process and the separation of functions in state occupational licensing agencies. 1974 WLR 833.
440.02
440.02
Bonds. Members of the staff of the department who are assigned by the secretary to collect moneys shall be bonded in an amount equal to the total receipts of the department for any month.
440.03
440.03
General duties and powers of the department. 440.03(1)(1) The department may promulgate rules defining uniform procedures to be used by the department, the real estate board, the real estate appraisers board, and all examining boards and affiliated credentialing boards attached to the department or an examining board, for receiving, filing and investigating complaints, for commencing disciplinary proceedings and for conducting hearings.
440.03(1m)
(1m) The department may promulgate rules specifying the number of business days within which the department or any examining board or affiliated credentialing board in the department must review and make a determination on an application for a permit, as defined in
s. 560.41 (2), that is issued under
chs. 440 to
480.
440.03(2)
(2) The department may provide examination development services, consultation and technical assistance to other state agencies, federal agencies, counties, cities, villages, towns, national or regional organizations of state credentialing agencies, similar credentialing agencies in other states, national or regional accrediting associations, and nonprofit organizations. The department may charge a fee sufficient to reimburse the department for the costs of providing such services. In this subsection, "nonprofit organization" means a nonprofit corporation as defined in
s. 181.0103 (17), and an organization exempt from tax under
26 USC 501.
440.03(3)
(3) If the secretary reorganizes the department, no modification may be made in the powers and responsibilities of the examining boards or affiliated credentialing boards attached to the department or an examining board under
s. 15.405 or
15.406.
440.03(3m)
(3m) The department may investigate complaints made against a person who has been issued a credential under
chs. 440 to
480.
440.03(4)
(4) The department may issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents or other materials prior to the commencement of disciplinary proceedings.
440.03(5)
(5) The department may investigate allegations of negligence by physicians licensed to practice medicine and surgery under
ch. 448.
440.03(5m)
(5m) The department shall maintain a toll-free telephone number to receive reports of allegations of unprofessional conduct, negligence or misconduct involving a physician licensed under
subch. II of ch. 448. The department shall publicize the toll-free telephone number and the investigative powers and duties of the department and the medical examining board as widely as possible in the state, including in hospitals, clinics, medical offices and other health care facilities.
440.03(6)
(6) The department shall have access to any information contained in the reports filed with the medical examining board, an affiliated credentialing board attached to the medical examining board and the board of nursing under
s. 655.045, as created by
1985 Wisconsin Act 29, and
s. 655.26.
440.03(7)
(7) The department shall establish the style, content and format of all credentials and of all forms for applying for any credential issued or renewed under
chs. 440 to
480.All forms shall include a place for the information required under
sub. (11m) (a). Upon request of any person who holds a credential and payment of a $10 fee, the department may issue a wall certificate signed by the governor.
440.03(7m)
(7m) The department may promulgate rules that establish procedures for submitting an application for a credential or credential renewal by electronic transmission. Any rules promulgated under this subsection shall specify procedures for complying with any requirement that a fee be submitted with the application. The rules may also waive any requirement in
chs. 440 to
480 that an application submitted to the department, an examining board or an affiliated credentialing board be executed, verified, signed, sworn or made under oath, notwithstanding
ss. 440.26 (2) (b),
440.42 (2) (intro.),
440.91 (2) (intro.),
443.06 (1) (a),
443.10 (2) (a),
445.04 (2),
445.08 (4),
445.095 (1) (a),
448.05 (7),
450.09 (1) (a),
452.10 (1) and
480.08 (2m).
440.03(8)
(8) The department may promulgate rules requiring holders of certain credentials to do any of the following:
440.03(8)(a)
(a) Display the credential in a conspicuous place in the holder's office or place of practice or business, if the holder is not required by statute to do so.
