32,2664f
Section 2664f. 146.89 (3) (b) 9. of the statutes is created to read:
146.89 (3) (b) 9. Any outpatient surgery that is permitted under the volunteer health care provider's license under sub. (1) (r) 1. and for which the provider has the necessary training, experience, equipment, and facilities.
32,2664h
Section 2664h. 146.89 (3r) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
146.89 (3r) (b) 1. Except as specified in par. (c), the health care services specified in sub. (3) (b) 1. to 5. and 7., other than referrals to reproductive health care specialists, and in sub. (3) (b) 8. and 9.
32,2664j
Section 2664j. 146.89 (3r) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
146.89 (3r) (c) 2. Surgery, except as provided in par. (b) 2. and 5. and sub. (3) (b) 9.
32,2665
Section
2665. 150.31 (5m) of the statutes is amended to read:
150.31 (5m) The department shall decrease the statewide bed limit specified in sub. (1) to account for any reduction in the approved bed capacity of a skilled nursing facility operated by the department of veterans affairs under s. 45.50 (1), as specified in s. 45.50 (10).
32,2666
Section
2666. 150.84 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
150.84 (3) "Health care provider" means any person licensed, registered, permitted or certified by the department or by the department of regulation and licensing safety and professional services to provide health care services in this state.
32,2667
Section
2667. 153.60 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
153.60 (1) The department shall, by the first October 1 after the commencement of each fiscal year, estimate the total amount of expenditures under this subchapter for the department for that fiscal year for data collection, database development and maintenance, generation of data files and standard reports, orientation and training provided under s. 153.05 (9) (a) and contracting with the data organization under s. 153.05 (2r). The department shall assess the estimated total amount for that fiscal year, less the estimated total amount to be received for purposes of administration of this subchapter under s. 20.435 (1) (hi) during the fiscal year and the unencumbered balance of the amount received for purposes of administration of this subchapter under s. 20.435 (1) (hi) from the prior fiscal year, to health care providers, other than hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers, who are in a class of health care providers from whom the department collects data under this subchapter in a manner specified by the department by rule. The department shall work together with the department of regulation and licensing safety and professional services to develop a mechanism for collecting assessments from health care providers other than hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers. No health care provider that is not a facility may be assessed under this subsection an amount that exceeds $75 per fiscal year. All payments of assessments shall be credited to the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (hg).
32,2668
Section
2668. 157.061 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
157.061 (5) "Department" means the department of regulation and licensing safety and professional services.
32,2669
Section
2669. 157.11 (9m) of the statutes is amended to read:
157.11 (9m) Action by district attorney. If any money or property is not turned over when required by this section, or default occurs under a bond, the district attorney, upon the request of the department of regulation and licensing safety and professional services, shall bring action to recover.
32,2670
Section
2670. 157.12 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
157.12 (1) Definition. Notwithstanding s. 157.061 (5), in this section, "department" means the department of commerce safety and professional services.
32,2671
Section
2671. 157.12 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
157.12 (3) (b) The cemetery's treasurer is the custodian of the fund. The treasurer shall file with the cemetery, at the cemetery's expense, a bond with sureties approved by the department of regulation and licensing safety and professional services to indemnify the cemetery against loss if the treasurer fails to maintain the fund. No indemnity is required if the terms of sale of a mausoleum space require the purchaser to pay directly to a trust company in the state, designated by the cemetery as custodian of the fund. The fund shall be invested as provided in s. 157.19. Income from investment may be used only to maintain the mausoleum, except that if the amount of income exceeds the amount necessary to properly maintain the mausoleum the excess amount may be used to maintain any portion of the cemetery.
32,2672
Section
2672. 157.65 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
157.65 (1) (a) If the department of regulation and licensing safety and professional services has reason to believe that any person is violating or has violated this subchapter or any rule promulgated under this subchapter and that the continuation of that activity might cause injury to the public interest, the department of regulation and licensing safety and professional services may investigate.
32,2673
Section
2673. 157.65 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
157.65 (1) (b) If the department of commerce safety and professional services has reason to believe that any person is violating s. 157.12 or any rule promulgated under s. 157.12 and that the continuation of that activity might cause injury to the public interest, the department of commerce safety and professional services may investigate.
32,2674
Section
2674. 157.65 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
157.65 (2) The department of justice or any district attorney, upon informing the department of justice, may commence an action in circuit court in the name of the state to restrain by temporary or permanent injunction any violation of this subchapter. The court may, prior to entry of final judgment, make such orders or judgments as may be necessary to restore to any person any pecuniary loss suffered because of the acts or practices involved in the action, if proof of such loss is submitted to the satisfaction of the court. The department of justice may subpoena persons and require the production of books and other documents, and may request the board described in s. 15.405 (3m) or the department of commerce safety and professional services to exercise its authority under sub. (1) to aid in the investigation of alleged violations of this subchapter.
32,2675
Section
2675. 160.01 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
160.01 (7) "Regulatory agency" means the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, the department of commerce safety and professional services, the department of transportation, the department of natural resources and other state agencies which regulate activities, facilities or practices which are related to substances which have been detected in or have a reasonable probability of entering the groundwater resources of the state.
32,2677
Section
2677. 165.25 (4) (ag) of the statutes is amended to read:
165.25 (4) (ag) The department of justice shall furnish legal services upon request of the department of commerce safety and professional services under s. 167.35 (7).
32,2678
Section
2678. 165.25 (4) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
165.25 (4) (am) The department of justice shall furnish legal services to the department of regulation and licensing safety and professional services in all proceedings under s. 440.21 (3), together with any other services, including stenographic and investigational, as are necessarily connected with the legal services.
32,2681
Section
2681. 165.25 (12) of the statutes is created to read:
165.25 (12) Representation arising from agreements with Minnesota. Represent any employee of the state of Minnesota who is named as a defendant in any civil action brought under the laws of this state as a result of performing services for this state under a valid agreement between this state and the state of Minnesota providing for interchange of employees or services and any employee of this state who is named as a defendant as a result of performing services for the state of Minnesota under such an agreement in any action brought under the laws of this state. Witness fees in any action specified in this subsection shall be paid in the same manner as provided in s. 885.07. The attorney general may compromise and settle any action specified in this subsection to the same extent as provided in s. 165.25 (6) (a).
32,2682
Section
2682. 165.70 (3m) of the statutes is repealed.
32,2682m
Section 2682m. 165.77 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
165.77 (7) Whenever a Wisconsin law enforcement agency or a health care professional collects evidence in a case of alleged or suspected sexual assault, the agency or professional shall follow the procedures specified in the department's rules under sub. (8). The laboratories shall perform, in a timely manner, deoxyribonucleic acid analysis of specimens provided by law enforcement agencies under sub. (2). The laboratories shall not include data obtained from deoxyribonucleic acid analysis of those specimens in the data bank under sub. (3).
165.82 (1) (am) For each record check, except a fingerprint card record check, requested by a governmental agency, $7.
32,2685
Section
2685. 165.82 (1) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
32,2686
Section
2686. 165.825 of the statutes is amended to read:
165.825 Information link; department of health services. The department of justice shall cooperate with the departments of regulation and licensing safety and professional services and health services in developing and maintaining a computer linkup to provide access to the information obtained from a criminal history search.
32,2687
Section
2687. 167.10 (3) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
167.10 (3) (b) 2. The possession or use of explosives in accordance with rules or general orders of the department of commerce safety and professional services.
32,2688
Section
2688. 167.10 (6m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
167.10 (6m) (a) No person may manufacture in this state fireworks or a device listed under sub. (1) (e), (f) or (i) to (n) without a fireworks manufacturing license issued by the department of commerce safety and professional services under par. (d).
32,2689
Section
2689. 167.10 (6m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
167.10 (6m) (b) No person may manufacture in this state fireworks or a device listed under sub. (1) (e), (f) or (i) to (n) unless the person complies with the rules of the department of commerce safety and professional services promulgated under par. (e).
32,2690
Section
2690. 167.10 (6m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
167.10
(6m) (c) Any person who manufactures in this state fireworks or a device listed under sub. (1) (e), (f) or (i) to (n) shall provide the department of
commerce safety and professional services with a copy of each federal license issued under
18 USC 843 to that person.
32,2691
Section
2691. 167.10 (6m) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
167.10 (6m) (d) The department of commerce safety and professional services shall issue a license to manufacture fireworks or devices listed under sub. (1) (e), (f) or (i) to (n) to a person who complies with the rules of the department promulgated under par. (e). The department may not issue a license to a person who does not comply with the rules promulgated under par. (e). The department may revoke a license under this subsection for the refusal to permit an inspection at reasonable times by the department or for a continuing violation of the rules promulgated under par. (e).
32,2692
Section
2692. 167.10 (6m) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
167.10 (6m) (e) The department of commerce safety and professional services shall promulgate rules to establish safety standards for the manufacture in this state of fireworks and devices listed under sub. (1) (e), (f) or (i) to (n).
32,2693
Section
2693. 167.10 (6m) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
167.10 (6m) (f) The department of commerce safety and professional services may inspect at reasonable times the premises on which each person licensed under this subsection manufactures fireworks or devices listed under sub. (1) (e), (f) or (i) to (n).
32,2694
Section
2694. 167.21 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
167.21 (1) (b) "Department" means the department of commerce safety and professional services.
32,2695
Section
2695. 167.27 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
167.27 (5) Whenever any mine shaft, exploration shaft or test well is abandoned or its use discontinued, the operator or contractor shall promptly fill same to grade or enclose the same with a fence of strong woven wire not less than 46 inches wide with one barbwire above or cap same with a reinforced concrete slab at least 6 inches thick or with a native boulder at least 3 times the diameter of the top of the shaft or test well bore. The strands of the woven wire shall not be smaller than No. 12 wire and the cross wires and meshes shall not be smaller than No. 16 wire; the strands shall not be more than 12 inches apart, and the meshes shall not exceed 8 inches square. All wires must be tightly stretched and securely fastened to sufficient posts firmly set not more than 8 feet apart. In case any person shall neglect to repair or rebuild such fence which the person is so required to build and maintain, any person may complain to the department of commerce safety and professional services or to the local governing body, which shall give notice in writing to the person who is required to build and maintain such fence. The department of commerce safety and professional services or the local governing body shall then proceed to examine the fence, and if it shall determine that such fence is insufficient, it shall notify the person responsible for its erection and maintenance and direct the person to repair or rebuild the fence within such time as it shall deem reasonable. Any person refusing to comply with such order shall be subject to the penalties provided.
32,2696
Section
2696. 167.27 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
167.27 (8) Any violation of this section coming to the attention of the department of commerce safety and professional services or municipal authorities shall be reported to the attorney general or district attorney for prosecution.
32,2697
Section
2697. 167.31 (4) (a) 4. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
167.31 (4) (a) 4. b. He or she holds a certificate of proficiency to carry a firearm issued by the department of regulation and licensing safety and professional services.
32,2698
Section
2698. 167.31 (4) (a) 4. e. of the statutes is amended to read:
167.31 (4) (a) 4. e. His or her firearm is in plain view, as defined by rule by the department of regulation and licensing safety and professional services.
32,2699
Section
2699. 167.35 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
167.35 (1) (b) "Department" means the department of commerce safety and professional services unless the context requires otherwise.
32,2700
Section
2700. 167.35 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
167.35 (7) (b) The department of revenue, in the course of conducting any inspection or examination authorized under s. 139.39, may inspect cigarettes to determine if the cigarettes are marked as provided under sub. (4), and the department of revenue shall notify the department of commerce safety and professional services of any unmarked cigarettes.
32,2701
Section
2701. 167.35 (7) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
167.35 (7) (c) Authorized personnel from the department of justice, from the department of commerce
safety and professional services, and from the department of revenue, and any sheriff, police officer, or other law enforcement personnel, within their respective jurisdictions, may enter and inspect any premises where cigarettes are made, sold, offered for sale, or stored to determine if the cigarettes comply with this section. An inspection under this paragraph includes examining the books, papers, invoices, and other records of any person who is subject to this section and who is in control, possession, or occupancy of the premises.
32,2702
Section
2702. 168.01 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
168.01 (1) "Department" means the department of commerce safety and professional services.
32,2702p
Section 2702p. 169.19 (3) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
169.19 (3) (d) A municipality or county may not limit the number of wild birds that are released into the wild under the authority of a bird hunting preserve license.
32,2703
Section
2703. 170.12 (3) (dm) of the statutes is repealed.
32,2704m
Section 2704m. 175.405 of the statutes is created to read:
175.405 Sexual assault; evidence where no suspect has been identified. (1) In this section, "law enforcement agency" has the meaning given in s. 165.83 (1) (b).
(2) Whenever a Wisconsin law enforcement agency collects, in a case of alleged or suspected sexual assault, evidence upon which deoxyribonucleic acid analysis can be performed, and the person who committed the alleged or suspected sexual assault has not been identified, the agency shall follow the procedures specified in s. 165.77 (8) and shall, in a timely manner, submit the evidence it collects to a crime laboratory, as identified in s. 165.75.
32,2705
Section
2705. 182.0175 (1m) (e) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
182.0175 (1m) (e) 2. The department of commerce safety and professional services may promulgate a rule that requires retail suppliers, as defined in s. 101.16 (1) (d), of propane to inform their customers each year of the obligation of owners of transmission facilities under this section.
32,2707
Section
2707. 186.235 (15) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
186.235 (15) (b) Witness fees shall be the same as fees under s. 814.67 (1) (b) and (c). The fees of witnesses who are called by the office in the interests of the state shall be paid by the state upon presentation of proper vouchers approved by the office of credit unions and charged to the appropriation under s. 20.144 (2)
(1) (g). A witness subpoenaed by the office at the instance of a party other than the office shall not be entitled to payment of fees by the state unless the office certifies that the testimony was material to the purpose for which the subpoena was issued.
32,2707d
Section 2707d. 186.314 (intro.) (except 186.314 (title)) of the statutes is renumbered 186.314 (1m) (intro.).
32,2707e
Section 2707e. 186.314 (1) to (4) of the statutes are renumbered 186.314 (1m) (a) to (d).
32,2707f
Section 2707f. 186.314 (1m) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
186.314 (1m) (title) To federal credit union.