This bill eliminates the Occupational Therapists Affiliated Credentialing
Board, the Athletic Trainers Affiliated Credentialing Board, and the Massage
Therapy and Bodywork Therapy Affiliated Credentialing Board and transfers their
functions to the Physical Therapy Examining Board, which is renamed in the bill to
be the Medical Therapy Examining Board. Under the bill, the membership of the
Medical Therapy Examining Board includes, in addition to the members under
current law, one representative of each of the professions to be newly regulated by
the board.
4. Elimination of sign language interpreter council and transfer of
functions to Hearing and Speech Examining Board.
Under current law, a license is generally required to perform sign language
interpretation services, and a license to act as a sign language interpreter is issued
by DSPS. However, also under current law, there is a Sign Language Interpreter
Council that is required to perform certain duties, including advising DSPS on rule
making regarding sign language interpreting and promulgating certain rules for
sign language interpreters.
This bill eliminates the Sign Language Interpreter Council and transfers the
duties of both DSPS and the Sign Language Interpreter Council regarding sign
language interpreters to the Hearing and Speech Examining Board. In addition, the
bill eliminates one of the hearing instrument specialist members on the Hearing and
Speech Examining Board and adds to that board two sign language interpreters and
one additional public member.
5. Elimination of Medical Examining Board councils; creation of
consolidated council.
Under current law, there are three councils created to serve the Medical
Examining Board in an advisory capacity regarding certain professions for which
licenses are issued by the Medical Examining Board: 1) the Perfusionists Examining
Council, which advises the Medical Examining Board regarding the practice of
perfusion; 2) the Council on Physician Assistants, which advises the Medical
Examining Board and the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents
regarding licensing, practice standards, and education and training for physician
assistants; and 3) the Council on Anesthesiologist Assistants, which advises the
Medical Examining Board on the practice of anesthesiologist assistants.
This bill eliminates these three councils and transfers their duties to a newly
created council called the Medical Assistants Council. Under the bill, the Medical
Assistants Council includes one licensed anesthesiologist assistant; one
anesthesiologist; one licensed perfusionist; one physician who is a cardiothoracic
surgeon or a cardiovascular anesthesiologist; one physician assistant; one person
who teaches physician assistants; and one public member.
6. Elimination of certain sections of examining boards.
Under current law, the Examining Board of Architects, Landscape Architects,
Professional Engineers, Designers, and Professional Land Surveyors is composed of
an architect section, a landscape architect section, a professional engineer section,
a designer section, and a professional land surveyor section. The membership of that
examining board consists of the following:
1. Three architects.
2. Three landscape architects.
3. Three professional engineers.
4. Three designers.
5. Three professional land surveyors.
6. Ten public members.
This bill eliminates the individual sections of the Examining Board of
Architects, Landscape Architects, Professional Engineers, Designers, and
Professional Land Surveyors and reduces the membership of the examining board
to the following:
1. Two architects.
2. Two landscape architects.
3. Two professional engineers.
4. Two designers.
5. Two professional land surveyors.
6. One public member.
Also under current law, the Marriage and Family Therapy, Professional
Counseling, and Social Work Examining Board is composed of a marriage and family
therapist section, a professional counselor section, and a social worker section. The
membership of that examining board consists of the following:
1. Three marriage and family therapists.
2. Three professional counselors.
3. Four social workers.
4. Three public members who represent groups promoting the interests of
consumers of services provided by marriage and family therapists, professional
counselors, and social workers.
The bill eliminates the individual sections of the Marriage and Family Therapy,
Professional Counseling, and Social Work Examining Board and reduces the
membership of the examining board to the following:
1. Three marriage and family therapists (no change).
2. Three professional counselors (no change).
3. Three social workers.
4. One public member.
7. Removal from office.
Under current law, members of examining boards, affiliated credentialing
boards, or other boards under DSPS, like most other state officers appointed by the
governor for a fixed term, may be removed from office only for cause, subject to
certain complaint and other procedural requirements. This bill authorizes the
governor to remove any member appointed for a fixed term to an examining board,
affiliated credentialing board, or other board under DSPS for, as determined by the
governor, excessive absenteeism, neglect of duties, conviction of a crime, or
unprofessional conduct. If the governor determines that one of those elements is
present, the removal is treated essentially as a removal from office at pleasure.
8. Meeting requirements.
Under current law, each board other than a board that serves as the head of a
department and each council must meet annually, and may meet at other times on
the call of the chairperson or a majority of its members. This bill deletes the annual
meeting requirements that apply to boards and councils in or attached to DSPS, to
examining boards, and to affiliated credentialing boards. The bill also deletes
various other mandatory meeting requirements that apply to specific bodies that are
in or attached to DSPS.
Buildings and safety
Under current law, the Contractor Certification Council recommends rules for
promulgation to DSPS concerning certain residential building contractors in
Wisconsin and advises DSPS about examinations for the continuing education of
such contractors. This bill eliminates the Contractor Certification Council.
The bill also eliminates the Plumbers Council, which is tasked with advising
DSPS with respect to DSPS's rules concerning plumbers, utility contractors,
plumbing apprentices, pipe layers, and registered learners.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
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1Section
1. 15.07 (1) (b) 19m. of the statutes is repealed.
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2Section
2. 15.07 (1) (b) 23. of the statutes is repealed.
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3Section
3. 15.07 (1) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:
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15.07
(1) (cm) The term of one member of the government accountability board
5shall expire on each May 1. The terms of the 3 members of the land and water
6conservation board appointed under s. 15.135 (4) (b) 2. shall expire on January 1.
7The term of the member of the land and water conservation board appointed under
8s. 15.135 (4) (b) 2m. shall expire on May 1 of an even-numbered year. The terms of
9the appraiser members of the real estate appraisers board
and the terms of the
10auctioneer and auction company representative members of the auctioneer board 11shall expire on May 1 in an even-numbered year.
The terms of the members of the
12cemetery board shall expire on July 1 in an even-numbered year. The term of the
1student member of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System who
2is at least 24 years old shall expire on May 1 of every even-numbered year.
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15.07
(1) (cm) The terms of the 3 members of the land and water conservation
6board appointed under s. 15.135 (4) (b) 2. shall expire on January 1. The term of the
7member of the land and water conservation board appointed under s. 15.135 (4) (b)
82m. shall expire on May 1 of an even-numbered year. The terms of the appraiser
9members of the real estate appraisers board shall expire on May 1 in an
10even-numbered year. The term of the student member of the Board of Regents of the
11University of Wisconsin System who is at least 24 years old shall expire on May 1 of
12every even-numbered year.
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13Section
5. 15.07 (1) (cs) of the statutes is amended to read:
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15.07
(1) (cs) No member of the
auctioneer board, cemetery board, or real estate
15appraisers board may be an officer, director, or employee of a private organization
16that promotes or furthers any profession or occupation regulated by that board.
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17Section
6. 15.07 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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15.07
(3) (b) Except as provided in
par. pars. (bm)
and (c), each board not
19covered under par. (a) shall meet annually, and may meet at other times on the call
20of the chairperson or a majority of its members.
The auctioneer board, the cemetery
21board, and the real estate appraisers board shall also meet on the call of the secretary
22of safety and professional services or his or her designee within the department.
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23Section
7. 15.07 (3) (bm) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
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24Section
8. 15.07 (3) (bm) 6. of the statutes is repealed.
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25Section
9. 15.07 (3) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
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115.07
(3) (c) Paragraph (b) does not apply to a board in or attached to the
2department of safety and professional services. A board in or attached to the
3department of safety and professional services shall meet on the call of the
4chairperson or a majority of its members. The real estate appraisers board shall also
5meet on the call of the secretary of safety and professional services or his or her
6designee within the department.
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7Section
10. 15.07 (5) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
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8Section
11. 15.07 (5) (z) of the statutes is repealed.
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9Section
12. 15.08 (1m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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15.08
(1m) (b) The public members of the chiropractic examining board, the
11dentistry examining board, the hearing and speech examining board, the medical
12examining board, the
physical medical therapy examining board,
perfusionists
13examining the medical assistants council,
the respiratory care practitioners
14examining council
and council on physician assistants, the board of nursing, the
15nursing home administrator examining board, the veterinary examining board, the
16optometry examining board, the pharmacy examining board, the marriage and
17family therapy, professional counseling, and social work examining board,
and the
18psychology examining board
, and the radiography examining board shall not be
19engaged in any profession or occupation concerned with the delivery of physical or
20mental health care.
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21Section
13. 15.08 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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15.08
(3) (a) Every examining board shall meet
annually and may meet at other
23times on the call of the chairperson or of a majority of its members.
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24Section
14. 15.08 (3) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
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25Section
15. 15.085 (1m) of the statutes is repealed.
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1Section
16. 15.085 (3) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 15.085 (3) and
2amended to read:
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15.085
(3) Frequency of meetings. Every affiliated credentialing board shall
4meet
annually and may meet at other times on the call of the chairperson or of a
5majority of its members.
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6Section
17. 15.085 (3) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
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7Section
18. 15.09 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 15.09 (3) (a) and amended
8to read:
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15.09
(3) (a) Unless otherwise provided by law
and except as provided in par.
10(b), every council shall meet at least annually and shall also meet on the call of the
11head of the department or independent agency in which it is created, and may meet
12at other times on the call of the chairperson or a majority of its members.
A
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13(c) Unless otherwise provided by law, a council shall meet at such locations as
14may be determined by it unless the constitutional officer or secretary heading the
15department or the chief executive officer of the independent agency in which it is
16created determines a specific meeting place.
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17Section
19. 15.09 (3) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
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15.09
(3) (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to a council in or attached to the
19department of safety and professional services. Unless otherwise provided by law,
20a council in or attached to the department of safety and professional services shall
21meet on the call of the secretary of safety and professional services or on the call of
22the chairperson or a majority of its members.
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23Section
20. 15.405 (2) (intro.) and (a) of the statutes are consolidated,
24renumbered 15.405 (2) and amended to read:
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115.405
(2) Examining board of architects, landscape architects,
2professional engineers, designers, and professional land surveyors. There is
3created an examining board of architects, landscape architects, professional
4engineers, designers, and professional land surveyors in the department of safety
5and professional services. Any professional member appointed to the examining
6board shall be registered or licensed to practice architecture, landscape architecture,
7professional engineering, the design of engineering systems, or professional land
8surveying under ch. 443. The examining board shall consist of the following
9members appointed for 4-year terms:
3 2 architects,
3 2 landscape architects,
3
102 professional engineers,
3
2 designers,
3 2 professional land surveyors, and
10 11one public
members. (a) In operation, the examining board shall be divided into an
12architect section, a landscape architect section, a professional engineer section, a
13designer section, and a professional land surveyor section. Each section shall consist
14of the 3 members of the named profession appointed to the examining board and 2
15public members appointed to the section. The examining board shall elect its own
16officers and shall meet at least twice annually member.
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17Section
21. 15.405 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
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18Section
22. 15.405 (2) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
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19Section
23. 15.405 (2m) of the statutes is repealed.
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20Section
24. 15.405 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
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21Section
25. 15.405 (3m) of the statutes is repealed.
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22Section
26. 15.405 (6m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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15.405
(6m) (a)
Three Two hearing instrument specialists licensed under
24subch. I of ch. 459.
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25Section
27. 15.405 (6m) (dm) of the statutes is created to read:
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115.405
(6m) (dm) Two interpreters licensed under s. 459.42, at least one of
2whom holds a renewable license under s. 459.42 (1).
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3Section
28. 15.405 (6m) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
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15.405
(6m) (e)
Two Three public members.
One Two of the public members
5shall be
a hearing aid user deaf or hard of hearing individuals.
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6Section
29. 15.405 (7c) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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15.405
(7c) (a) 1.
Four Three social worker members who are certified or
8licensed under ch. 457.
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9Section
30. 15.405 (7c) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read: