440.965 Reciprocal registration.
440.966 Renewal; continuing education.
440.967 List of registered persons.
440.968 Discipline; prohibited acts; penalties.
SUBCHAPTER XI
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 XII
SANITARIANS
440.98 Sanitarians; qualifications, duties, registration.
SUBCHAPTER XIII
LICENSED MIDWIVES
440.981 Use of title; penalty.
440.983 Renewal of licensure.
440.985 Informed consent.
440.986 Disciplinary proceedings and actions.
440.987 Advisory committee.
440.988 Vicarious liability.
SUBCHAPTER XIV
UNIFORM ATHLETE AGENTS ACT
440.9905 Service of process.
440.991 Athlete agents: registration required; void contracts.
440.9915 Registration as athlete agent; form; requirements.
440.992 Certificate of registration; issuance or denial; renewal.
440.9925 Suspension, revocation, or refusal to renew registration.
440.993 Temporary registration.
440.994 Required form of contract.
440.9945 Notice to educational institution.
440.995 Student athlete's right to cancel.
440.9955 Required records.
440.996 Prohibited conduct.
440.9965 Criminal penalties.
440.9975 Administrative forfeiture.
440.998 Uniformity of application and construction.
440.9985 Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
Ch. 440 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also
RL, Wis. adm. code.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
440.01(1)(ad)
(ad) "Automated external defibrillator" means a defibrillator device to which all of the following apply:
440.01(1)(ad)1.
1. It is approved for commercial distribution by the federal food and drug administration.
440.01(1)(ad)2.
2. It is capable of recognizing the presence or absence of ventricular fibrillation or rapid ventricular tachycardia and of determining without intervention by the user of the device whether defibrillation should be performed.
440.01(1)(ad)3.
3. After having determined that defibrillation should be performed, it is capable, either at the command of an operator or without intervention by an operator, of delivering an electrical shock to an individual.
440.01(1)(ag)
(ag) "Defibrillation" means administering an electrical impulse to an individual's heart in order to stop ventricular fibrillation or rapid ventricular tachycardia.
440.01(1)(aj)
(aj) "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, to restrict the scope of the holder's practice, or both.
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(1)(i)
(i) "Ventricular fibrillation" means a disturbance in the normal rhythm of the heart that is characterized by rapid, irregular, and ineffective twitching of the ventricles of the heart.
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.
