Wisconsin Legislature: 440.03(13)(b)64.

440.03(13)(c) (c) The department shall require an applicant for a private detective license or a private security permit under s. 440.26, and a person for whom the department conducts an investigation under par. (b), to be photographed and fingerprinted on 2 fingerprint cards, each bearing a complete set of the person's fingerprints. The department of justice may submit the fingerprint cards to the federal bureau of investigation for the purpose of verifying the identity of the persons fingerprinted and obtaining records of their criminal arrests and convictions.

440.03(13)(d) (d) The department shall charge an applicant any fees, costs, or other expenses incurred in conducting any investigation under this subsection or s. 440.26.

440.03(14) (14)

440.03(14)(a)(a)

440.03(14)(a)1.1. The department shall grant a certificate of registration as a music therapist to a person if all of the following apply:

440.03(14)(a)1.a. a. The person is certified, registered or accredited as a music therapist by the Certification Board for Music Therapists, National Music Therapy Registry, American Music Therapy Association or by another national organization that certifies, registers or accredits music therapists.

440.03(14)(a)1.b. b. The organization that certified. registered or accredited the person under subd. 1. a. is approved by the department.

440.03(14)(a)1.c. c. The person pays the fee specified in s. 440.05 (1) and files with the department evidence satisfactory to the department that he or she is certified, registered or accredited as required under subd. 1. a.

440.03(14)(a)2. 2. The department shall grant a certificate of registration as an art therapist to a person if all of the following apply:

440.03(14)(a)2.a. a. The person is certified, registered or accredited as an art therapist by the Art Therapy Credentials Board or by another national organization that certifies, registers or accredits art therapists.

440.03(14)(a)2.b. b. The organization that certified, registered or accredited the person under subd. 2. a. is approved by the department.

440.03(14)(a)2.c. c. The person pays the fee specified in s. 440.05 (1) and files with the department evidence satisfactory to the department that he or she is certified, registered or accredited as required under subd. 2. a.

440.03(14)(a)3. 3. The department shall grant a certificate of registration as a dance therapist to a person if all of the following apply:

440.03(14)(a)3.a. a. The person is certified, registered or accredited as a dance therapist by the American Dance Therapy Association or by another national organization that certifies, registers or accredits dance therapists.

440.03(14)(a)3.b. b. The organization that certified, registered or accredited the person under subd. 3. a. is approved by the department.

440.03(14)(a)3.c. c. The person pays the fee specified in s. 440.05 (1) and files with the department evidence satisfactory to the department that he or she is certified, registered or accredited as required under subd. 3. a.

440.03(14)(am) (am) The department may promulgate rules that establish requirements for granting a license to practice psychotherapy to a person who is registered under par. (a). Rules promulgated under this paragraph shall establish requirements for obtaining such a license that are comparable to the requirements for obtaining a clinical social worker, marriage and family therapist, or professional counselor license under ch. 457. If the department promulgates rules under this paragraph, the department shall grant a license under this paragraph to a person registered under par. (a) who pays the fee specified in s. 440.05 (1) and provides evidence satisfactory to the department that he or she satisfies the requirements established in the rules.

440.03(14)(b) (b) A person who is registered under par. (a) shall notify the department in writing within 30 days if an organization specified in par. (a) 1. a., 2. a. or 3. a. revokes the person's certification, registration, or accreditation specified in par. (a) 1. a., 2. a., or 3. a. The department shall revoke a certificate of registration granted under par. (a) if such an organization revokes such a certification, registration, or accreditation. If the department revokes the certificate of registration of a person who also holds a license granted under the rules promulgated under par. (am), the department shall also revoke the license.

440.03(14)(c) (c) The renewal dates for certificates granted under par. (a) and licenses granted under par. (am) are specified in s. 440.08 (2) (a). Renewal applications shall be submitted to the department on a form provided by the department and shall include the renewal fee specified in s. 440.08 (2) (a) and evidence satisfactory to the department that the person's certification, registration, or accreditation specified in par. (a) 1. a., 2. a. or 3. a. has not been revoked.

440.03(14)(d) (d) The department shall promulgate rules that specify the services within the scope of practice of music, art, or dance therapy that a person who is registered under par. (a) is qualified to perform. The rules may not allow a person registered under par. (a) to perform psychotherapy unless the person is granted a license under the rules promulgated under par. (am).

440.03 Cross-reference Cross Reference: See also chs. RL 140, 141, and 142, Wis. adm. code.

440.03(14)(e) (e) Subject to the rules promulgated under sub. (1), the department may make investigations and conduct hearings to determine whether a violation of this subsection or any rule promulgated under par. (d) has occurred and may reprimand a person who is registered under par. (a) or holds a license granted under the rules promulgated under par. (am) or may deny, limit, suspend, or revoke a certificate of registration granted under par. (a) or a license granted under the rules promulgated under par. (am) if the department finds that the applicant or certificate or license holder has violated this subsection or any rule promulgated under par. (d).

440.03(14)(f) (f) A person who is registered under par. (a) or holds a license granted under the rules promulgated under par. (am) who violates this subsection or any rule promulgated under par. (d) may be fined not more than $200 or imprisoned for not more than 6 months or both.

440.03(15) (15) The department shall promulgate rules that establish the fees specified in ss. 440.05 (10) and 440.08 (2) (d).

440.03(16) (16) Annually, the department shall distribute the form developed by the medical and optometry examining boards under 2001 Wisconsin Act 16, section 9143 (3c), to all school districts and charter schools that offer kindergarten, to be used by pupils to provide evidence of eye examinations under s. 118.135.

440.03 History History: 1977 c. 418 ss. 24, 792; 1979 c. 34, 221, 337; 1981 c. 94; 1985 a. 29, 340; 1989 a. 31, 340; 1991 a. 39; 1993 a. 16, 102, 107, 443, 445, 490, 491; 1995 a. 27 ss. 6472g, 6472j, 9126 (19); 1995 a. 233; 1997 a. 27, 75, 79; 1997 a. 191 ss. 312, 313, 318; 1997 a. 231, 237; 1997 a. 261 ss. 1 to 4, 7, 10, 13; 1997 a. 311; 1999 a. 9, 32; 2001 a. 16, 66, 80; 2003 a. 151; 2005 a. 25.

440.03 Cross-reference Cross Reference: See also RL, Wis. adm. code.

440.035 440.035 General duties of examining boards and affiliated credentialing boards. Each examining board or affiliated credentialing board attached to the department or an examining board shall:

440.035(1) (1) Independently exercise its powers, duties and functions prescribed by law with regard to rule-making, credentialing and regulation.

440.035(2) (2) Be the supervising authority of all personnel, other than shared personnel, engaged in the review, investigation or handling of information regarding qualifications of applicants for credentials, examination questions and answers, accreditation, related investigations and disciplinary matters affecting persons who are credentialed by the examining board or affiliated credentialing board, or in the establishing of regulatory policy or the exercise of administrative discretion with regard to the qualifications or discipline of applicants or persons who are credentialed by the examining board, affiliated credentialing board or accreditation.

440.035(3) (3) Maintain, in conjunction with their operations, in central locations designated by the department, all records pertaining to the functions independently retained by them.

440.035(4) (4) Compile and keep current a register of the names and addresses of all persons who are credentialed to be retained by the department and which shall be available for public inspection during the times specified in s. 230.35 (4) (a). The department may also make the register available to the public by electronic transmission.

440.035 History History: 1977 c. 418 ss. 25, 793, 929 (41); 1979 c. 32 s. 92 (1); 1979 c. 34; 1989 a. 56 s. 259; 1991 a. 39; 1993 a. 107; 1997 a. 27, 191, 237.

440.04 440.04 Duties of the secretary. The secretary shall:

440.04(1) (1) Centralize, at the capital and in such district offices as the operations of the department and the attached examining boards and affiliated credentialing boards require, the routine housekeeping functions required by the department, the examining boards and the affiliated credentialing boards.

440.04(2) (2) Provide the bookkeeping, payroll, accounting and personnel advisory services required by the department and the legal services, except for representation in court proceedings and the preparation of formal legal opinions, required by the attached examining boards and affiliated credentialing boards.

440.04(3) (3) Control the allocation, disbursement and budgeting of the funds received by the examining boards and affiliated credentialing boards in connection with their credentialing and regulation.

440.04(4) (4) Employ, assign and reassign such staff as are required by the department and the attached examining boards and affiliated credentialing boards in the performance of their functions.

440.04(5) (5) With the advice of the examining boards or affiliated credentialing boards:

440.04(5)(a) (a) Provide the department with such supplies, equipment, office space and meeting facilities as are required for the efficient operation of the department.

440.04(5)(b) (b) Make all arrangements for meetings, hearings and examinations.

440.04(5)(c) (c) Provide such other services as the examining boards or affiliated credentialing boards request.

440.04(6) (6) Appoint outside the classified service an administrator for any division established in the department and a director for any bureau established in the department as authorized in s. 230.08 (2). The secretary may assign any bureau director appointed in accordance with this subsection to serve concurrently as a bureau director and a division administrator.

440.04(7) (7) Unless otherwise specified in chs. 440 to 480, provide examination development, administration, research and evaluation services as required.

440.04(9) (9) Annually prepare and submit a report to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) on the number of minority group members who applied for licensure as a certified public accountant under ch. 442, the number who passed the examination required for licensure as a certified public accountant and the number who were issued a certified public accountant license under ch. 442, during the preceding year.

440.04 History History: 1977 c. 418 s. 26; 1979 c. 34; 1981 c. 20; 1985 a. 29; 1987 a. 27; 1989 a. 316; 1991 a. 39; 1993 a. 102, 107; 1995 a. 333; 2003 a. 270.

440.042 440.042 Advisory committees.