SB119: Bill Text

SB119,22 Section 22. 15.405 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 15.175 (2), and 15.175 (2) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

SB119,12,7 15.175 (2) Examining board of architects, landscape architects, professional engineers, designers, and professional land surveyors. (intro.) There is created an examining board of architects, landscape architects, professional engineers, designers, and professional land surveyors in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards. Any professional member appointed to the examining board shall be registered or licensed to practice architecture, landscape architecture, professional engineering, the design of engineering systems, or professional land surveying under ch. 443. The examining board shall consist of the following members appointed for 4-year terms: 3 architects, 3 landscape architects, 3 professional engineers, 3 designers, 3 professional land surveyors, and 10 public members.

SB119,23 Section 23. 15.405 (2m) of the statutes is renumbered 15.175 (2m), and 15.175 (2m) (a) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

SB119,12,13 15.175 (2m) (a) (intro.) There is created in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards an examining board of professional geologists, hydrologists, and soil scientists consisting of the following members appointed for 4-year terms:

SB119,24 Section 24. 15.405 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 15.175 (3), and 15.175 (3) (a) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

SB119,12,18 15.175 (3) (a) (intro.) There is created in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards an auctioneer board consisting of the following members appointed for 4-year terms:

SB119,25 Section 25. 15.405 (3m) of the statutes is renumbered 15.175 (3m), and 15.175 (3m) (b) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

SB119,12,23 15.175 (3m) (b) (intro.) There is created in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards a cemetery board consisting of the following members, who shall serve 4-year terms:

SB119,26 Section 26. 15.405 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 15.175 (5) and amended to read:

SB119,13,8 15.175 (5) Chiropractic examining board. There is created a chiropractic examining board in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards. The chiropractic examining board shall consist of 6 members, appointed for staggered 4-year terms. Four members shall be graduates from a school of chiropractic and licensed to practice chiropractic in this state. Two members shall be public members. No person may be appointed to the examining board who is in any way connected with or has a financial interest in any chiropractic school.

SB119,27 Section 27. 15.405 (5g) of the statutes is renumbered 15.175 (5g) and amended to read:

SB119,13,16 15.175 (5g) Controlled substances board. There is created in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards a controlled substances board consisting of the attorney general, the secretary of health services, and the secretary of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, or their designees; the chairperson of the pharmacy examining board or a designee; and one psychiatrist and one pharmacologist appointed for 3-year terms.

SB119,28 Section 28. 15.405 (6) of the statutes is renumbered 15.175 (6), and 15.175 (6) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

SB119,13,22 15.175 (6) Dentistry examining board. (intro.) There is created a dentistry examining board in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards consisting of the following members appointed for 4-year terms:

SB119,29 Section 29. 15.405 (6m) of the statutes is renumbered 15.175 (6m), and 15.175 (6m) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

SB119,14,4 15.175 (6m) Hearing and speech examining board. (intro.) There is created a hearing and speech examining board in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards consisting of the following members appointed for 4-year terms:

SB119,30 Section 30. 15.405 (7) of the statutes is renumbered 15.175 (7), and 15.175 (7) (a), as renumbered, is amended to read:

SB119,14,8 15.175 (7) (a) There is created a medical examining board in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards.

SB119,31 Section 31. 15.405 (7c) of the statutes is renumbered 15.175 (7c), and 15.175 (7c) (a) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

SB119,14,14 15.175 (7c) (a) (intro.) There is created a marriage and family therapy, professional counseling, and social work examining board in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards consisting of the following members appointed for 4-year terms:

SB119,32 Section 32. 15.405 (7e) of the statutes is renumbered 15.175 (7e), and 15.175 (7e) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

SB119,14,20 15.175 (7e) Radiography examining board. (intro.) There is created in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards a radiography examining board consisting of the following 7 members appointed for 4-year terms:

SB119,33 Section 33. 15.405 (7g) of the statutes is renumbered 15.175 (7g) and amended to read:

SB119,15,5 15.175 (7g) Board of nursing. There is created a board of nursing in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards. The board of nursing shall consist of the following members appointed for staggered 4-year terms: 5 currently licensed registered nurses under ch. 441; 2 currently licensed practical nurses under ch. 441; and 2 public members. Each registered nurse member shall have graduated from a program in professional nursing and each practical nurse member shall have graduated from a program in practical nursing accredited by the state in which the program was conducted.

SB119,34 Section 34. 15.405 (7m) of the statutes is renumbered 15.175 (7m) and amended to read:

SB119,15,16 15.175 (7m) Nursing home administrator examining board. There is created a nursing home administrator examining board in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards consisting of 9 members appointed for staggered 4-year terms and the secretary of health services or a designee, who shall serve as a nonvoting member. Five members shall be nursing home administrators licensed in this state. One member shall be a physician. One member shall be a nurse licensed under ch. 441. Two members shall be public members. No more than 2 members may be officials or full-time employees of this state.

SB119,35 Section 35. 15.405 (7r) of the statutes is renumbered 15.175 (7r), and 15.175 (7r) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

SB119,15,22 15.175 (7r) Physical therapy examining board. (intro.) There is created in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards a physical therapy examining board consisting of the following members appointed for staggered 4-year terms:

SB119,36 Section 36. 15.405 (8) of the statutes is renumbered 15.175 (8) and amended to read:

SB119,16,5 15.175 (8) Optometry examining board. There is created an optometry examining board in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards. The optometry examining board shall consist of 7 members appointed for staggered 4-year terms. Five of the members shall be licensed optometrists in this state. Two members shall be public members.

SB119,37 Section 37. 15.405 (9) of the statutes is renumbered 15.175 (9) and amended to read:

SB119,16,12 15.175 (9) Pharmacy examining board. There is created a pharmacy examining board in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards. The pharmacy examining board shall consist of 7 members appointed for staggered 4-year terms. Five of the members shall be licensed to practice pharmacy in this state. Two members shall be public members.

SB119,38 Section 38. 15.405 (10m) of the statutes is renumbered 15.175 (10m) and amended to read:

SB119,16,20 15.175 (10m) Psychology examining board. There is created in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards a psychology examining board consisting of 6 members appointed for staggered 4-year terms. Four of the members shall be psychologists licensed in this state. Each of the psychologist members shall represent a different specialty area within the field of psychology. Two members shall be public members.

SB119,39 Section 39. 15.405 (10r) of the statutes is renumbered 15.175 (10r), and 15.175 (10r) (a) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

SB119,17,2 15.175 (10r) (a) (intro.) There is created a real estate appraisers board in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards consisting of the following members appointed for 4-year terms:

SB119,40 Section 40. 15.405 (11m) of the statutes is renumbered 15.175 (11m) and amended to read:

SB119,17,10 15.175 (11m) Real estate examining board. There is created a real estate examining board in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards. The real estate examining board shall consist of 7 members appointed to staggered 4-year terms. Five of the members shall be real estate brokers or salespersons licensed in this state. Two members shall be public members. No member may serve more than 2 terms.

SB119,41 Section 41. 15.405 (12) (title) of the statutes is repealed.

SB119,42 Section 42. 15.405 (12) of the statutes is renumbered 15.135 (5) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:

SB119,17,17 15.135 (5) (a) (intro.) There is created a veterinary examining board in the department of safety and professional services agriculture, trade and consumer protection. The veterinary examining board shall consist of the following 8 members appointed for staggered 4-year terms.:

SB119,17,18 1. Five of the members shall be licensed veterinarians licensed in this state.

SB119,17,19 2. One member shall be a veterinary technician certified in this state.

SB119,17,20 3. Two members shall be public members.

SB119,17,23 (b) No member of the examining board may in any way be financially interested in any school having a veterinary department or a course of study in veterinary or animal technology.

SB119,43 Section 43. 15.405 (16) of the statutes is renumbered 15.175 (16) and amended to read:

SB119,18,6 15.175 (16) Funeral directors examining board. There is created a funeral directors examining board in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards. The funeral directors examining board shall consist of 6 members appointed for staggered 4-year terms. Four members shall be licensed funeral directors under ch. 445 in this state. Two members shall be public members.

SB119,44 Section 44. 15.405 (17) of the statutes is renumbered 15.175 (17) and amended to read:

SB119,18,17 15.175 (17) Cosmetology examining board. There is created a cosmetology examining board in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards. The cosmetology examining board shall consist of 9 members appointed for 4-year terms. Four members shall be licensed aestheticians or cosmetologists, 2 members shall be public members, one member shall be a representative of a private school of cosmetology, one member shall be a representative of a public school of cosmetology, and one member shall be a licensed electrologist. No more than 4 members may be connected with or have any financial interest in a cosmetology school.

SB119,45 Section 45. 15.406 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 15.176 (title).

SB119,46 Section 46. 15.406 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 15.176 (2), and 15.176 (2) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

SB119,18,25 15.176 (2) Dietitians affiliated credentialing board. (intro.) There is created in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards, attached to the medical examining board, a dietitians affiliated credentialing board consisting of the following members appointed for 4-year terms:

SB119,47 Section 47. 15.406 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 15.176 (3), and 15.176 (3) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

SB119,19,7 15.176 (3) Podiatry affiliated credentialing board. (intro.) There is created in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards, attached to the medical examining board, a podiatry affiliated credentialing board consisting of the following members appointed for 4-year terms:

SB119,48 Section 48. 15.406 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 15.176 (4), and 15.176 (4) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

SB119,19,14 15.176 (4) Athletic trainers affiliated credentialing board. (intro.) There is created in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards, attached to the medical examining board, an athletic trainers affiliated credentialing board consisting of the following members appointed for 4-year terms:

SB119,49 Section 49. 15.406 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 15.176 (5), and 15.176 (5) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

SB119,19,21 15.176 (5) Occupational therapists affiliated credentialing board. (intro.) There is created in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards, attached to the medical examining board, an occupational therapists affiliated credentialing board consisting of the following members appointed for 4-year terms:

SB119,50 Section 50. 15.406 (6) of the statutes is renumbered 15.176 (6), and 15.176 (6) (a) (intro.) and 1., as renumbered, are amended to read:

SB119,20,3 15.176 (6) (a) (intro.) There is created in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards, attached to the medical examining board, a massage therapy and bodywork therapy affiliated credentialing board. The affiliated credentialing board shall consist of the following 7 members appointed for 4-year terms:

SB119,20,13 1. Six massage therapists or bodywork therapists licensed under ch. 460 who have engaged in the practice of massage therapy or bodywork therapy for at least 2 years preceding appointment. One member appointed under this subdivision shall be a representative of a massage therapy or bodywork therapy school approved certified by the educational approval board under s. 38.50 department of financial institutions and professional standards under s. 440.52. One member appointed under this subdivision shall be a representative of a massage therapy or bodywork therapy program offered by a technical college in this state. No other members appointed under this subdivision shall be directly or indirectly affiliated with a massage therapy or bodywork therapy school or program.

SB119,51 Section 51. 15.407 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 15.177 (title).

SB119,52 Section 52. 15.407 (1m) of the statutes is renumbered 15.177 (1m) and amended to read:

SB119,21,5 15.177 (1m) Respiratory care practitioners examining council. There is created a respiratory care practitioners examining council in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards and serving the medical examining board in an advisory capacity in the formulating of rules to be promulgated by the medical examining board for the regulation of respiratory care practitioners. The respiratory care practitioners examining council shall consist of 3 certified respiratory care practitioners, each of whom shall have engaged in the practice of respiratory care for at least 3 years preceding appointment, one physician and one public member. The respiratory care practitioner and physician members shall be appointed by the medical examining board. The members of the examining council shall serve 3-year terms. Section 15.08 (1) to (4) (a) and (6) to (10) shall apply to the respiratory care practitioners examining council, except that members of the examining council may serve more than 2 consecutive terms.

SB119,53 Section 53. 15.407 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 15.177 (2), and 15.177 (2) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

SB119,21,11 15.177 (2) Council on physician assistants. (intro.) There is created a council on physician assistants in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards and serving the medical examining board in an advisory capacity. The council's membership shall consist of:

SB119,54 Section 54. 15.407 (2m) of the statutes is renumbered 15.177 (2m), and 15.177 (2m) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

SB119,21,18 15.177 (2m) (intro.) There is created a perfusionists examining council in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards and serving the medical examining board in an advisory capacity. The council shall consist of the following members appointed for 3-year terms:

SB119,55 Section 55. 15.407 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 15.177 (3), and 15.177 (3) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

SB119,21,25 15.177 (3) Examining councils; board of nursing. (intro.) The following examining councils are created in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards to serve the board of nursing in an advisory capacity. Section 15.08 (1) to (4) (a) and (6) to (10), applies to the examining councils.

SB119,56 Section 56. 15.407 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 15.177 (5) and amended to read:

SB119,22,15 15.177 (5) Council on real estate curriculum and examinations. There is created in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards a council on real estate curriculum and examinations consisting of 7 members appointed for 4-year terms. Five members shall be real estate brokers or salespersons licensed under ch. 452 and 2 members shall be public members. Of the real estate broker or salesperson members, one member shall be a member of the real estate examining board appointed by the real estate examining board, at least 2 members shall be licensed real estate brokers with at least 5 years of experience as real estate brokers, and at least one member shall be a licensed real estate salesperson with at least 2 years of experience as a real estate salesperson. Of the 2 public members, at least one member shall have at least 2 years of experience in planning or presenting real estate educational programs. No member of the council may serve more than 2 consecutive terms.

SB119,57 Section 57. 15.407 (6) of the statutes is renumbered 15.177 (6), and 15.177 (6) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

SB119,22,22 15.177 (6) Pharmacist advisory council. (intro.) There is created a pharmacist advisory council in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards and serving the pharmacy examining board in an advisory capacity. The council shall consist of the following members appointed for 3-year terms:

SB119,58 Section 58. 15.407 (7) of the statutes is renumbered 15.177 (7), and 15.177 (7) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

SB119,23,10 15.177 (7) Council on anesthesiologist assistants; duties. (intro.) There is created a council on anesthesiologist assistants in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards and serving the medical examining board in an advisory capacity. The council's membership shall consist of the following members, who shall be selected from a list of recommended appointees submitted by the president of the Wisconsin Society of Anesthesiologists, Inc., after the president of the Wisconsin Society of Anesthesiologists, Inc., has considered the recommendation of the Wisconsin Academy of Anesthesiologist Assistants for the appointee under par. (b), and who shall be appointed by the medical examining board for 3-year terms:

SB119,59 Section 59. 15.407 (8) of the statutes is renumbered 15.177 (8), and 15.177 (8) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

SB119,23,18 15.177 (8) Crematory authority council. (intro.) There is created a crematory authority council in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards consisting of the secretary of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards or a designee of the secretary, who shall serve as a nonvoting member, and the following persons appointed for 3-year terms:

SB119,60 Section 60. 15.407 (9) of the statutes is renumbered 15.177 (9), and 15.177 (9) (a) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

SB119,24,2 15.177 (9) (a) (intro.) There is created a sign language interpreter council in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards consisting of the secretary of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards or a designee of the secretary and the following 8 members nominated by the governor, and with the advice and consent of the senate appointed, for 3-year terms:

SB119,61 Section 61. 15.407 (10) of the statutes is renumbered 15.177 (10), and 15.177 (10) (a) (intro.) and (b), as renumbered, are amended to read:

SB119,24,8 15.177 (10) (a) (intro.) There is created in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards, a dwelling code council, consisting of 11 members appointed for staggered 2-year terms. Each member shall represent at least one of the following groups:

SB119,24,13 (b) An employee of the department designated by the secretary of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards shall serve as secretary, but shall not be a member, of the council. The council shall meet at least twice a year. Seven members of the council shall constitute a quorum. For the purpose of conducting business a majority vote of the council is required.

SB119,62 Section 62. 15.407 (11) of the statutes is renumbered 15.177 (11) and amended to read:

SB119,24,23 15.177 (11) Contractor certification council. There is created in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards a contractor certification council consisting of 3 members who are building contractors holding certificates of financial responsibility under s. 101.654 and who are involved in, or who have demonstrated an interest in, continuing education for building contractors. The members shall be appointed by the secretary of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards for 3-year terms.

SB119,63 Section 63. 15.407 (12) of the statutes is renumbered 15.177 (12), and 15.177 (12) (a) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

SB119,25,4 15.177 (12) (a) (intro.) There is created in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards a multifamily dwelling code council consisting of the following members appointed for 3-year terms:

SB119,64 Section 64. 15.407 (13) of the statutes is renumbered 15.177 (13), and 15.177 (13) (a) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

SB119,25,11 15.177 (13) (a) (intro.) There is created in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards a manufactured housing code council consisting of the following members appointed by the secretary of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards for 3-year terms: