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1895.453 (4) (b) The chiropractor or primary spinal care practitioner is eligible
2for payment for the services provided to the person under any governmental health
3plan or program, including Medicaid or Medicare.
SB762,130 4Section 130. 895.48 (1m) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB762,61,155 895.48 (1m) (a) (intro.) Except as provided in par. (b), any physician, physician
6assistant, podiatrist, primary spinal care practitioner, or athletic trainer licensed
7under ch. 448, chiropractor licensed under ch. 446, dentist licensed under ch. 447,
8emergency medical technician licensed under s. 256.15, first responder certified
9under s. 256.15 (8), registered nurse licensed under ch. 441, or a massage therapist
10or bodywork therapist licensed under ch. 460 who renders voluntary health care to
11a participant in an athletic event or contest sponsored by a nonprofit corporation, as
12defined in s. 66.0129 (6) (b), a private school, as defined in s. 115.001 (3r), a tribal
13school, as defined in s. 115.001 (15m), a public agency, as defined in s. 46.856 (1) (b),
14or a school, as defined in s. 609.655 (1) (c), is immune from civil liability for his or her
15acts or omissions in rendering that care if all of the following conditions exist:
SB762,131 16Section 131. 895.48 (1m) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB762,61,2117 895.48 (1m) (a) 2. The physician, podiatrist, primary spinal care practitioner,
18athletic trainer, chiropractor, dentist, emergency medical technician, first responder,
19physician assistant, registered nurse, massage therapist or bodywork therapist does
20not receive compensation for the health care, other than reimbursement for
21expenses.
SB762,132 22Section 132. 905.04 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB762,62,2 23905.04 (title) Physician-patient, registered nurse-patient,
24chiropractor-patient, psychologist-patient, social worker-patient,

1marriage and family therapist-patient, podiatrist-patient
, primary spinal
2care practitioner-patient,
and professional counselor-patient privilege.
SB762,133 3Section 133. 905.04 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB762,62,114 905.04 (1) (b) A communication or information is "confidential" if not intended
5to be disclosed to 3rd persons other than those present to further the interest of the
6patient in the consultation, examination, or interview, to persons reasonably
7necessary for the transmission of the communication or information, or to persons
8who are participating in the diagnosis and treatment under the direction of the
9physician, podiatrist, primary spinal care practitioner, registered nurse,
10chiropractor, psychologist, social worker, marriage and family therapist or
11professional counselor, including the members of the patient's family.
SB762,134 12Section 134. 905.04 (1) (bd) of the statutes is created to read:
SB762,62,1513 905.04 (1) (bd) "Primary spinal care practitioner" means a person licensed
14under s. 448.9725 or a person reasonably believed by the patient to be a primary
15spinal care practitioner.
SB762,135 16Section 135. 905.04 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB762,62,2017 905.04 (1) (c) "Patient" means an individual, couple, family or group of
18individuals who consults with or is examined or interviewed by a physician,
19podiatrist, primary spinal care practitioner, registered nurse, chiropractor,
20psychologist, social worker, marriage and family therapist or professional counselor.
SB762,136 21Section 136. 905.04 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB762,63,822 905.04 (2) General rule of privilege. A patient has a privilege to refuse to
23disclose and to prevent any other person from disclosing confidential
24communications made or information obtained or disseminated for purposes of
25diagnosis or treatment of the patient's physical, mental or emotional condition,

1among the patient, the patient's physician, the patient's podiatrist, the patient's
2primary spinal care practitioner,
the patient's registered nurse, the patient's
3chiropractor, the patient's psychologist, the patient's social worker, the patient's
4marriage and family therapist, the patient's professional counselor or persons,
5including members of the patient's family, who are participating in the diagnosis or
6treatment under the direction of the physician, podiatrist, primary spinal care
7practitioner,
registered nurse, chiropractor, psychologist, social worker, marriage
8and family therapist or professional counselor.
SB762,137 9Section 137. 905.04 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB762,63,1610 905.04 (3) Who may claim the privilege. The privilege may be claimed by the
11patient, by the patient's guardian or conservator, or by the personal representative
12of a deceased patient. The person who was the physician, podiatrist, primary spinal
13care practitioner,
registered nurse, chiropractor, psychologist, social worker,
14marriage and family therapist or professional counselor may claim the privilege but
15only on behalf of the patient. The authority so to do is presumed in the absence of
16evidence to the contrary.
SB762,138 17Section 138. 905.04 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB762,64,518 905.04 (4) (a) Proceedings for commitment, guardianship, protective services,
19or protective placement or for control, care, or treatment of a sexually violent person.

20There is no privilege under this rule as to communications and information relevant
21to an issue in probable cause or final proceedings to commit the patient for mental
22illness under s. 51.20, to appoint a guardian in this state, for court-ordered
23protective services or protective placement, for review of guardianship, protective
24services, or protective placement orders, or for control, care, or treatment of a
25sexually violent person under ch. 980, if the physician, registered nurse, primary

1spinal care practitioner,
chiropractor, psychologist, social worker, marriage and
2family therapist, or professional counselor in the course of diagnosis or treatment
3has determined that the patient is in need of commitment, guardianship, protective
4services, or protective placement or control, care, and treatment as a sexually violent
5person.
SB762,139 6Section 139. 905.04 (4) (e) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB762,64,147 905.04 (4) (e) 3. There is no privilege in situations where the examination of
8the expectant mother of an abused unborn child creates a reasonable ground for an
9opinion of the physician, registered nurse, primary spinal care practitioner,
10chiropractor, psychologist, social worker, marriage and family therapist or
11professional counselor that the physical injury inflicted on the unborn child was
12caused by the habitual lack of self-control of the expectant mother of the unborn
13child in the use of alcohol beverages, controlled substances or controlled substance
14analogs, exhibited to a severe degree.
SB762,140 15Section 140. 949.01 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB762,64,2116 949.01 (4) "Medical treatment" includes medical, surgical, dental, optometric,
17chiropractic, podiatric, spinal medicine, as defined in s. 448.971 (5), and hospital
18care; medicines; medical, dental and surgical supplies; crutches; artificial members;
19appliances and training in the use of artificial members and appliances. "Medical
20treatment" includes any Christian Science treatment for cure or relief from the
21effects of injury.
SB762,141 22Section 141. 949.04 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB762,65,423 949.04 (3) Medical and dental records. The applicant shall submit to the
24department reports from all physicians, osteopaths, dentists, optometrists,
25chiropractors or, podiatrists, or primary spinal care practitioners who treated or

1examined the victim at the time of or subsequent to the victim's injury or death. The
2department may also order such other examinations and reports of the victim's
3previous medical and dental history, injury or death as it believes would be of
4material aid in its determination.
SB762,142 5Section 142. 961.01 (19) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB762,65,116 961.01 (19) (a) A physician, advanced practice nurse, dentist, veterinarian,
7podiatrist, primary spinal care practitioner, optometrist, scientific investigator or,
8subject to s. 448.21 (3), a physician assistant, or other person licensed, registered,
9certified or otherwise permitted to distribute, dispense, conduct research with
10respect to, administer or use in teaching or chemical analysis a controlled substance
11in the course of professional practice or research in this state.
SB762,143 12Section 143. Nonstatutory provisions.
SB762,65,2013 (1) Board; staggering of terms. Notwithstanding the length of terms specified
14for the members of the spinal medicine affiliated credentialing board under section
1515.406 (7) of the statutes, as created by this act, one of the initial members shall be
16appointed for a term expiring on July 1, 2017; one of the initial members shall be
17appointed for a term expiring on July 1, 2018; one of the initial members shall be
18appointed for a term expiring on July 1, 2019; one of the initial members shall be
19appointed for a term expiring on July 1, 2020; and the remaining initial member
20shall be appointed for a term expiring on July 1, 2021.
SB762,66,221 (2) Board; credentials of initial members. Notwithstanding section 15.406 (7)
22(a) of the statutes, as created by this act, the initial members appointed to the spinal
23medicine affiliated credentialing board under section 15.406 (7) (a) of the statutes,
24as created by this act, need not be licensed under subchapter VIII of chapter 448 of

1the statutes, as created by this act, but shall be chiropractors licensed under chapter
2446 of the statutes.
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