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1Section
544. 470.07 of the statutes is amended to read:
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2470.07 Renewal of licenses. The renewal dates for licenses granted under
3this chapter are specified under s. 440.08 (2) (a). Renewal applications shall be
4submitted to the department on a form provided by the department and shall include
5the renewal fee determined by the department under s. 440.03 (9) (a) and evidence
6satisfactory to the
appropriate section of the examining board department that the
7applicant has completed any continuing education requirements specified in rules
8promulgated under s. 470.03 (2).
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9Section
545. 470.08 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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470.08
(1) Subject to the rules promulgated under s. 440.03 (1), the
appropriate
11section of the examining board department may make investigations and conduct
12hearings to determine whether a violation of this chapter or any rule promulgated
13under this chapter has occurred.
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14Section
546. 470.08 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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470.08
(2) (intro.) Subject to the rules promulgated under s. 440.03 (1), the
16appropriate section of the examining board department may reprimand a person
17issued a license under this chapter, or may deny, limit, suspend
, or revoke a license
18under this chapter, if the applicant or license holder has done any of the following:
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19Section
547. 470.08 (2) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
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470.08
(2) (g) Violated any requirement or standard relating to the practice of
21professional geology, hydrology
, or soil science established by the
examining board 22department by rule.
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23Section
548. 470.08 (2) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
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470.08
(2) (i) Failed to cooperate with the
examining board department in an
25investigation under this section.
AB726,549
1Section
549. 470.08 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
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470.08
(3) The
examining board department may reprimand a firm,
3partnership
, or corporation that holds a certificate of authorization issued under this
4chapter or may limit, suspend
, or revoke such a certificate if any of the agents,
5employees
, or officers of the firm, partnership
, or corporation has committed any act
6or has been guilty of any conduct
which that would authorize a reprimand or a
7limitation, suspension
, or revocation of a license under this chapter, unless the firm,
8partnership
, or corporation submits evidence satisfactory to the
examining board 9department that the agent, employee
, or officer is no longer practicing or offering to
10practice professional geology, hydrology
, or soil science in its behalf.
AB726,550
11Section
550. 470.08 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
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470.08
(4) Any person may make charges that any holder of a license or
13certificate of authorization issued under this chapter has committed an act for which
14a reprimand or limitation, suspension
, or revocation of registration is authorized
15under sub. (2). Such charges shall be in writing, shall be sworn to by the person
16making them
, and shall be submitted to the
examining board department. The
17examining board department may, on its own motion, make such charges. All
18charges, unless dismissed by the
examining board
department as unfounded or
19trivial, shall be heard by the
appropriate section of the examining board department,
20subject to the rules promulgated under s. 440.03 (1).
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21Section
551. 470.08 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
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470.08
(5) If, after a hearing under sub. (4),
3 members of a section of the
23examining board vote in favor of sustaining department sustains the charges
24specified in sub. (4), the
examining board department shall reprimand the holder of
1the license or certificate of authorization or limit, suspend
, or revoke the license or
2certificate.
AB726,552
3Section
552. 470.08 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
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470.08
(6) The
examining board department, for reasons the
appropriate
5section of the examining board department considers sufficient, may reissue a
6license or certificate of record to any person whose certificate has been revoked
if 3
7members of the section vote in favor of the reissuance. Subject to the rules of the
8examining board department, the
examining board department may, upon payment
9of the required fee, issue a new license or certificate of authorization to replace any
10license or certificate that is revoked, lost, destroyed
, or mutilated.
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11Section
553. Chapter 480 (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to
12read:
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chapter 480
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auctioneers
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15Section
554. 480.01 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
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16Section
555. 480.04 of the statutes is repealed.
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17Section
556. 480.06 of the statutes is repealed.
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18Section
557. 480.18 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
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480.18
(3) An auctioneer shall, upon reasonable notice, make the records
20described in sub. (1) available for inspection and copying by the department
or the
21board.
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22Section
558. 480.24 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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480.24
(1) Subject to the rules promulgated under s. 440.03 (1), the
board 24department may make investigations or conduct hearings to determine whether a
25violation of this chapter or any rule promulgated under this chapter has occurred.
1The
board department may require a registrant or an auction company
2representative of an auction company that is a registrant to undergo and may
3consider the results of one or more physical, mental
, or professional competency
4examinations if the
board department believes that the results of any of those
5examinations may be useful to the
board department in conducting its investigation.
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6Section
559. 480.24 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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480.24
(2) (intro.) Subject to the rules promulgated under s. 440.03 (1), the
8board department may reprimand a registrant or deny, limit, suspend
, or revoke a
9certificate under this chapter if it finds that the applicant or registrant or an auction
10company representative of an auction company that is an applicant or registrant has
11done any of the following:
AB726,560
12Section
560. 480.24 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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480.24
(3) (intro.) The
board department may, as a condition of removing a
14limitation imposed under this chapter on a certificate issued under this chapter or
15of reinstating a certificate that has been suspended or revoked under this chapter,
16do any of the following:
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17Section
561. 480.24 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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480.24
(3) (a) Require the registrant or an auction company representative of
19an auction company that is a registrant to obtain minimum results specified by the
20board department on one or more physical, mental
, or professional competency
21examinations if the
board department determines that obtaining the minimum
22results is related to correcting one or more of the bases upon which the limitation,
23suspension
, or revocation was imposed.
AB726,562
24Section
562. 632.895 (12m) (b) 7. of the statutes is amended to read:
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1632.895
(12m) (b) 7. An occupational therapist, as defined in s.
448.96 464.20 2(4).
AB726,563
3Section
563. 655.45 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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655.45
(1) For the quarter beginning on July 1, 1986, and for each quarter
5thereafter, the director of state courts shall file reports complying with sub. (2) with
6the medical examining board, the
physical medical therapy examining board,
the
7podiatry affiliated credentialing board, the board of nursing
, and the department,
8respectively, regarding health care providers licensed by the respective bodies.
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9Section
564. 655.45 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
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655.45
(1m) For the quarter beginning on July 1, 1995, and for each quarter
11thereafter, the director of state courts shall file reports complying with sub. (2) with
12the
dietitians affiliated credentialing board department of safety and professional
13services regarding health care providers certified
by the dietitians affiliated
14credentialing board under subch. V of ch. 448.
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15Section
565. 895.48 (1m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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895.48
(1m) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), any physician, physician
17assistant,
or podiatrist
, or athletic trainer licensed under ch. 448, chiropractor
18licensed under ch. 446, dentist licensed under ch. 447,
athletic trainer licensed under
19subch. III of ch. 464, emergency medical technician licensed under s. 256.15, first
20responder certified under s. 256.15 (8), registered nurse licensed under ch. 441, or
21a massage therapist or bodywork therapist licensed under
ch. 460 subch. IV of ch.
22464 who renders voluntary health care to a participant in an athletic event or contest
23sponsored by a nonprofit corporation, as defined in s. 66.0129 (6) (b), a private school,
24as defined in s. 115.001 (3r), a tribal school, as defined in s. 115.001 (15m), a public
25agency, as defined in s. 46.856 (1) (b), or a school, as defined in s. 609.655 (1) (c), is
1immune from civil liability for his or her acts or omissions in rendering that care if
2all of the following conditions exist:
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1. The health care is rendered at the site of the event or contest, during
4transportation to a health care facility from the event or contest, or in a locker room
5or similar facility immediately before, during
, or immediately after the event or
6contest.
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2. The physician, podiatrist, athletic trainer, chiropractor, dentist, emergency
8medical technician, first responder, physician assistant, registered nurse, massage
9therapist
, or bodywork therapist does not receive compensation for the health care,
10other than reimbursement for expenses.
AB726,566
11Section
566. 905.015 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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905.015
(2) (intro.) In addition to the privilege under sub. (1), a person who is
13licensed as an interpreter under s.
440.032 (3) 459.42 may not disclose any aspect of
14a confidential communication facilitated by the interpreter unless one of the
15following conditions applies:
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16Section
567. 938.78 (2) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
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938.78
(2) (g) Paragraph (a) does not prohibit an agency from disclosing
18information about an individual in its care or legal custody on the written request
19of the department of safety and professional services or of any interested examining
20board or affiliated credentialing board in that department for use in any
21investigation or proceeding relating to any alleged misconduct by any person who is
22credentialed or who is seeking credentialing under ch. 448, 455
or, 457
, or 464.
23Unless authorized by an order of the court, the department of safety and professional
24services and any examining board or affiliated credentialing board in that
25department shall keep confidential any information obtained under this paragraph
1and may not disclose the name of or any other identifying information about the
2individual who is the subject of the information disclosed, except to the extent that
3redisclosure of that information is necessary for the conduct of the investigation or
4proceeding for which that information was obtained.
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5Section 9138.
Nonstatutory provisions; Safety and Professional
Services.
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6(1)
Elimination of certain boards and transfer of their functions to the
7department of safety and professional services.
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8(a)
Assets and liabilities. On the effective date of this paragraph, all assets and
9liabilities of the auctioneer board, cemetery board, dietitians affiliated credentialing
10board, and examining board of professional geologists, hydrologists, and soil
11scientists, and all assets and liabilities of the medical examining board that are
12primarily related to the functions of the dietitians affiliated credentialing board, as
13determined by the secretary of safety and professional services, become the assets
14and liabilities of the department of safety and professional services.
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15(b)
Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all
16records and other tangible personal property of the auctioneer board, cemetery
17board, dietitians affiliated credentialing board, and examining board of professional
18geologists, hydrologists, and soil scientists, and all records and other tangible
19personal property of the medical examining board that are primarily related to the
20functions of the dietitians affiliated credentialing board, as determined by the
21secretary of safety and professional services, are transferred to the department of
22safety and professional services.
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23(c)
Contracts. All contracts entered into by the auctioneer board, cemetery
24board, dietitians affiliated credentialing board, and examining board of professional
1geologists, hydrologists, and soil scientists remain in effect and are transferred to the
2department of safety and professional services. The department of safety and
3professional services shall carry out any obligations under such a contract until the
4contract is modified or rescinded by the department of safety and professional
5services to the extent allowed under the contract.
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6(d)
Rules and orders. All rules promulgated by the cemetery board, dietitians
7affiliated credentialing board, and examining board of professional geologists,
8hydrologists, and soil scientists that are in effect on the effective date of this
9paragraph remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until amended
10or repealed by the department of safety and professional services. All orders issued
11by those boards and by the auctioneer board that are in effect on the effective date
12of this paragraph remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until
13modified or rescinded by the department of safety and professional services.
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14(e)
Pending matters. All matters pending with the auctioneer board, cemetery
15board, dietitians affiliated credentialing board, and examining board of professional
16geologists, hydrologists, and soil scientists on the effective date of this paragraph are
17transferred to the department of safety and professional services and all materials
18submitted to or actions taken by those boards with respect to the pending matters
19are considered as having been submitted to or taken by the department of safety and
20professional services.
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(2)
Elimination of certain boards and transfer of their functions to the
22medical examining board.
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(a)
Assets and liabilities. On the effective date of this paragraph, all assets and
24liabilities of the podiatry affiliated credentialing board and radiography examining
25board become the assets and liabilities of the medical examining board.
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1(b)
Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all
2records and other tangible personal property of the podiatry affiliated credentialing
3board and radiography examining board are transferred to the medical examining
4board.
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(c)
Contracts. All contracts entered into by the podiatry affiliated credentialing
6board and radiography examining board remain in effect and are transferred to the
7medical examining board. The medical examining board shall carry out any
8obligations under such a contract until the contract is modified or rescinded by the
9medical examining board to the extent allowed under the contract.
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(d)
Rules and orders. All rules promulgated by the podiatry affiliated
11credentialing board and radiography examining board that are in effect on the
12effective date of this paragraph remain in effect until their specified expiration dates
13or until amended or repealed by the medical examining board. All orders issued by
14those boards that are in effect on the effective date of this paragraph remain in effect
15until their specified expiration dates or until modified or rescinded by the medical
16examining board.
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(e)
Pending matters. All matters pending with the podiatry affiliated
18credentialing board and radiography examining board on the effective date of this
19paragraph are transferred to the medical examining board and all materials
20submitted to or actions taken by those boards with respect to the pending matters
21are considered as having been submitted to or taken by the medical examining board.
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22(3)
Transfer of regulation of sign language interpreters.
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23(a)
Transfer of functions.
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241. `Rules and orders.' All rules promulgated by the department of safety and
25professional services and of the sign language interpreter council under the
1authority of section 440.032 of the statutes and that are in effect on the effective date
2of this subdivision remain in effect until their specified expiration date or until
3amended or repealed by the hearing and speech examining board. All orders issued
4by the department of safety and professional services under the authority of section
5440.032 of the statutes or of the sign language interpreter council that are in effect
6on the effective date of this subdivision remain in effect until their specified
7expiration date or until modified or rescinded by the hearing and speech examining
8board.
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92. `Pending matters.' Any matter pending with the department of safety and
10professional services under the authority of section 440.032 of the statutes or of the
11sign language interpreter council on the effective date of this subdivision is
12transferred to the hearing and speech examining board, and all materials submitted
13to or actions taken by the department of safety and professional services or the sign
14language interpreter council with respect to the pending matter are considered as
15having been submitted to or taken by the hearing and speech examining board.
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163. `Contracts.' All contracts entered into by the department of safety and
17professional services under the authority of section 440.032 of the statutes or of the
18sign language interpreter council in effect on the effective date of this subdivision
19remain in effect and are transferred to the hearing and speech examining board. The
20hearing and speech examining board shall carry out any obligations under such a
21contract until the contract is modified or rescinded by the hearing and speech
22examining board to the extent allowed under the contract.
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23(b)
Board membership.
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241. `Reduction in board membership.' The governor shall determine which
25hearing instrument specialist member is to be removed from the hearing and speech
1examining board as a result of this act's treatment of section 15.405 (6m) (a) of the
2statutes. No later than the 60th day after the effective date of this subdivision, the
3governor shall notify the examining board of that determination and report that
4determination to the legislature under section 13.172 (2) of the statutes.
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52. `Initial appointments.' Notwithstanding the length of terms specified for the
6members of the hearing and speech examining board under section 15.405 (6m) of
7the statutes, the new member appointed to the hearing and speech examining board
8under section 15.405 (6m) (e) of the statutes, as affected by this act, shall be
9appointed for a term expiring on July 1, 2018; one of the 2 new members appointed
10to the hearing and speech examining board under section 15.405 (6m) (dm) of the
11statutes, as created by this act, shall be appointed for a term expiring on July 1, 2018;
12and one of the 2 new members appointed to the hearing and speech examining board
13under section 15.405 (6m) (dm) of the statutes, as created by this act, shall be
14appointed for a term expiring on July 1, 2019.
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15(4)
Elimination of certain board sections.
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16(a)
Assets and liabilities.
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171. On the effective date of this paragraph, all assets and liabilities of each
18section of the examining board of architects, landscape architects, professional
19engineers, designers, and professional land surveyors in the department of safety
20and professional services become the assets and liabilities of that examining board.
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212. On the effective date of this paragraph, all assets and liabilities of each
22section of the marriage and family therapy, professional counseling, and social work
23examining board in the department of safety and professional services become the
24assets and liabilities of that examining board.
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25(b)
Tangible personal property.
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11. On the effective date of this paragraph, all records and other tangible
2personal property of each section of the examining board of architects, landscape
3architects, professional engineers, designers, and professional land surveyors in the
4department of safety and professional services are transferred to that examining
5board.
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62. On the effective date of this paragraph, all records and other tangible
7personal property of each section of the marriage and family therapy, professional
8counseling, and social work examining board in the department of safety and
9professional services are transferred to that examining board.
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10(c)
Contracts.
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111. All contracts entered into by each section of the examining board of
12architects, landscape architects, professional engineers, designers, and professional
13land surveyors in the department of safety and professional services in effect on the
14effective date of this paragraph remain in effect and are transferred to that
15examining board. The examining board shall carry out any obligations under such
16a contract until the contract is modified or rescinded by the examining board to the
17extent allowed under the contract.
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182. All contracts entered into by each section of the marriage and family therapy,
19professional counseling, and social work examining board in the department of
20safety and professional services in effect on the effective date of this paragraph
21remain in effect and are transferred to that examining board. The examining board
22shall carry out any obligations under such a contract until the contract is modified
23or rescinded by the examining board to the extent allowed under the contract.
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24(d)
Rules and orders.
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11. All rules promulgated by each section of the examining board of architects,
2landscape architects, professional engineers, designers, and professional land
3surveyors in the department of safety and professional services that are in effect on
4the effective date of this paragraph remain in effect until their specified expiration
5dates or until amended or repealed by that examining board. All orders issued by
6each section of the examining board of architects, landscape architects, professional
7engineers, designers, and professional land surveyors in the department of safety
8and professional services that are in effect on the effective date of this paragraph
9remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until modified or rescinded
10by the examining board.
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112. All orders issued by each section of the marriage and family therapy,
12professional counseling, and social work examining board in the department of
13safety and professional services that are in effect on the effective date of this
14paragraph remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until modified or
15rescinded by that examining board.
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16(e)
Pending matters.
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171. All matters pending with each section of the examining board of architects,
18landscape architects, professional engineers, designers, and professional land
19surveyors in the department of safety and professional services on the effective date
20of this paragraph are transferred to that examining board and all materials
21submitted to or actions taken by each section with respect to the pending matters are
22considered as having been submitted to or taken by the examining board.
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232. All matters pending with each section of the marriage and family therapy,
24professional counseling, and social work examining board in the department of
25safety and professional services on the effective date of this paragraph are
1transferred to that examining board and all materials submitted to or actions taken
2by each section with respect to the pending matters are considered as having been
3submitted to or taken by the examining board.
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4(f)
Elimination of board members.
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51. The governor shall determine which 14 members — consisting of one
6architect, one landscape architect, one professional engineer, one designer, one
7professional land surveyor, and 9 public members — are to be removed from the
8examining board of architects, landscape architects, professional engineers,
9designers, and professional land surveyors as a result of this act's treatment of
10section 15.405 (2) of the statutes. No later than the 60th day after the effective date
11of this paragraph, the governor shall notify the examining board of that
12determination and report that determination to the legislature under section 13.172
13(2) of the statutes.
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142. The governor shall determine which 3 members — consisting of 1 social
15worker and 2 public members — are to be removed from the marriage and family
16therapy, professional counseling, and social work examining board as a result of this
17act's treatment of section 15.405 (7c) (a) 1. and 4. of the statutes. No later than the
1860th day after the effective date of this paragraph, the governor shall notify the
19affected members and the examining board of that determination and report that
20determination to the legislature under section 13.172 (2) of the statutes.
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21(5)
Elimination of athletic trainers affiliated credentialing board,
22occupational therapists affiliated credentialing board, and massage therapy and
23bodywork therapy affiliated credentialing board.