AB742: Bill Text

AB742,24 Section 24. 448.05 (6) (at) of the statutes is created to read:

AB742,17,13 448.05 (6) (at) When examining an applicant for a license to practice medicine and surgery or an administrative physician license under par. (a), the board may only use examinations prepared, administered, and scored by national examining agencies, except that the board may interview an individual applicant as needed to determine information specific to that applicant.

AB742,25 Section 25. 448.06 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB742,17,15 448.06 (title) License, or certificate or limited permit granted, denied.

AB742,26 Section 26. 448.06 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB742,17,20 448.06 (1) Grant of license, certificate , or limited permit. If Subject to s. 448.05 (1) (d), if three-fourths of the members of the board find that an applicant who has passed the required examinations is qualified, the board shall so notify the applicant and shall grant the license, certificate, or limited permit.

AB742,27 Section 27 . 448.06 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

AB742,18,2 448.06 (1) Grant of license, or certificate, or limited permit. Subject to s. 448.05 (1) (d), if three-fourths of the members of the board find that an applicant who has passed the required examinations is qualified, the board shall so notify the applicant and shall grant the license, or certificate, or limited permit.

AB742,28 Section 28. 448.063 of the statutes is created to read:

AB742,18,10 448.063 Notification requirements for certain licenses. (1) If the holder of a license granted under the authority of s. 448.05 (2) (a) 2. b. subsequently discontinues his or her postgraduate training program at any time prior to the completion of the program, the program director shall notify the board, providing full details of the cause of the discontinuance and the holder's plans, if any, for completion of the postgraduate training program. The board shall review the matter and may take any appropriate action.

AB742,18,15 (2) If the holder of a license granted under s. 448.04 (1) (bg) ceases to teach, research, or practice medicine and surgery at the medical education facility, medical research facility, or medical college where he or she is visiting, the medical education facility, medical research facility, or medical college shall notify the board. The board shall review the matter and may take any appropriate action.

AB742,29 Section 29. 448.065 of the statutes is repealed.

AB742,30 Section 30. 448.07 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB742,19,2 448.07 (1) (d) No registration may be permitted by the secretary of the board in the case of any physician or perfusionist who has failed to meet the requirements of s. 448.13 or any person whose license, or certificate, or limited permit has been suspended or revoked and the registration of any such person shall be deemed automatically annulled upon receipt by the secretary of the board of a verified report of such suspension or revocation, subject to the licensee's or permittee's person's right of appeal. A person whose license, or certificate, or limited permit has been suspended or revoked and subsequently restored shall be registered by the board upon tendering a verified report of such restoration of the license, or certificate, or limited permit, together with an application for registration and the registration fee.

AB742,31 Section 31. 448.08 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB742,19,15 448.08 (1) (a) "Hospital" means an institution providing 24-hour continuous service to patients confined therein which is primarily engaged in providing facilities for diagnostic and therapeutic services for the surgical and medical diagnosis, treatment and care, of injured or sick persons, by or under the supervision of a professional staff of physicians and surgeons, and which is not primarily a place of rest for the aged, drug addicts or alcoholics, or a nursing home. Such hospitals may charge patients directly for the services of their employee nurses, nonphysician anesthetists, physical therapists and medical assistants other than physicians or dentists, and may engage on a salary basis interns and residents who are participating in an accredited training program under the supervision of the medical staff, and persons with a resident educational license issued under s. 448.04 (1) (bm) or a temporary educational certificate issued under s. 448.04 (1) (c), 2011 stats.

AB742,32 Section 32 . 448.08 (1) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

AB742,20,4 448.08 (1) (a) "Hospital" means an institution providing 24-hour continuous service to patients confined therein which is primarily engaged in providing facilities for diagnostic and therapeutic services for the surgical and medical diagnosis, treatment and care, of injured or sick persons, by or under the supervision of a professional staff of physicians and surgeons, and which is not primarily a place of rest for the aged, drug addicts or alcoholics, or a nursing home. Such hospitals may charge patients directly for the services of their employee nurses, nonphysician anesthetists, physical therapists and medical assistants other than physicians or dentists, and may engage on a salary basis interns and residents who are participating in an accredited training program under the supervision of the medical staff, and persons with a resident educational license issued under s. 448.04 (1) (bm) or a temporary educational certificate issued under s. 448.04 (1) (c), 2011 stats.

AB742,33 Section 33. 448.10 (1), (4) and (5) of the statutes are repealed.

AB742,34 Section 34. 448.10 (1m), (2m) and (3m) of the statutes are created to read:

AB742,20,12 448.10 (1m) Notwithstanding s. 448.05 (2), a person who, on the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], possessed a valid license to practice medicine and surgery under s. 448.05 (2) or 448.065, 2011 stats., may retain, practice under, and continue to renew that license, subject to any other provisions in this subchapter or any rules promulgated by the board governing a license to practice medicine and surgery.

AB742,20,18 (2m) A person who, on the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], possessed a valid temporary license to practice medicine and surgery under s. 448.04 (1) (b) 2., 2011 stats., may retain, practice under, and continue to renew that license in accordance with s. 448.04 (1) (b) 2., 2011 stats., subject to any other provisions in this subchapter or any rules promulgated by the board governing that license.

AB742,20,24 (3m) A person who, on the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], possessed a valid temporary educational permit to practice medicine and surgery under s. 448.04 (1) (c), 2011 stats., may retain, practice under, and continue to renew that permit in accordance with s. 448.04 (1) (c), 2011 stats., subject to any other provisions in this subchapter or any rules promulgated by the board governing that permit, or may apply for a resident educational license under s. 448.04 (1) (bm).

AB742,35 Section 35. 448.10 (1m) of the statutes, as created by 2013 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is renumbered 448.10.

AB742,36 Section 36. 448.10 (2m) of the statutes, as created by 2013 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.

AB742,37 Section 37. 448.10 (3m) of the statutes, as created by 2013 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.

AB742,38 Section 38. 462.01 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB742,21,9 462.01 (4) "Physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine and surgery under s. 448.04 (1) (a) or, (b), or (bg).

AB742,39 Section 39. Nonstatutory provisions.

AB742,21,21 (1) Using the procedure under section 227.24 of the statutes, the medical examining board may promulgate rules under section 448.40 (1) of the statutes that are necessary to implement the changes in this act and rules under section 448.05 (2) (c), as affected by this act, for the period before the effective date of any permanent rules promulgated under section 448.40 (1) of the statutes, but not to exceed the period authorized under section 227.24 (1) (c) of the statutes, subject to extension under section 227.24 (2) of the statutes. Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (a), (2) (b), and (3) of the statutes, the board is not required to provide evidence that promulgating a rule under this subsection as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of emergency for a rule promulgated under this subsection.

AB742,40 Section 40. Initial applicability.

AB742,22,2 (1) The treatment of section 448.05 (6) (a) and (at) of the statutes first applies to an applicant who is admitted to examination for a license to practice medicine and surgery by the medical examining board under section 448.05 (2) of the statutes, as affected by this act, on the effective date of this subsection.

AB742,22,6 (2) The treatment of section 448.05 (2) of the statutes first applies to an application for a license to practice medicine and surgery under section 448.05 (2) of the statutes, as affected by this act, that is received by the medical examining board on the effective date of this subsection.

AB742,41 Section 41. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the first day of the 12th month beginning after publication, except as follows:

AB742,22,13 (1) The treatment of sections 448.02 (3) (a), (b), (c), (e), and (h), (4) (a) and (b), (5), (6), and (8) (a), (b), and (c), 448.06 (title) and (1) (by Section 27), 448.07 (1) (d), and 448.08 (1) (a) (by Section 32 ) of the statutes, the repeal of section 448.10 (2m) and (3m) of the statutes, and the renumbering of section 448.10 (1m) of the statutes take effect on the first day of the 36th month beginning after publication.

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