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2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
January 16, 2024 - Introduced by Representatives Magnafici, Gundrum, Donovan,
Gustafson, Rodriguez and Schmidt, cosponsored by Senator Testin. Referred
to Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform.
AB959,2,2 1An Act to repeal 448.96 (1); to renumber 448.96 (intro.), 448.96 (2) and (3),
2448.96 (5), subchapter XII (title) of chapter 448 [precedes 448.987], 448.987 and
3448.9875 (title) and (1) (intro.); to renumber and amend 15.406 (5), 180.1901
4(1m) (bu), 446.01 (1v) (h), subchapter VII (title) of chapter 448 [precedes
5448.96], 448.96 (1n), 448.96 (1o), 448.96 (4), 448.96 (6), 448.961, 448.962,
6448.963, 448.964, 448.965, 448.966, 448.967, 448.968, 448.969, 448.9695,
7448.9875 (1) (a) and (b), 448.9875 (1) (c), 448.9875 (2) and (3) and 448.9875 (4);
8to amend 14.89, 15.08 (1m) (b), 15.085 (1m) (b), 49.45 (8) (a) 3., 49.45 (9r) (a)
97. c., 50.01 (2), 50.39 (3), 50.50 (7m), 146.40 (1) (d), 146.81 (1) (es), 146.997 (1)
10(d) 4., 154.07 (1) (a) (intro.), 155.01 (7), 165.77 (1) (a), 252.14 (1) (ar) 4p., 256.215
11(2) (b), 302.384 (1m), 440.03 (9) (a) (intro.), 440.03 (9) (a) 2., 440.03 (11m) (c) 2r.,
12440.03 (13) (b) (intro.), 440.03 (13) (c), 440.094 (1) (c) 9., 440.094 (2) (a) (intro.),
13440.15, 448.956 (1m), 450.10 (3) (a) 5., 451.02 (1) and 632.895 (12m) (b) 7.; and

1to create chapter 465 (title) and 465.01 (2) of the statutes; relating to: the
2Occupational Therapy Examining Board.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, occupational therapists and occupational therapy
assistants are licensed by the Occupational Therapists Affiliated Credentialing
Board. An affiliated credentialing board is defined as a body that is attached to an
examining board to regulate a profession that does not practice independently of, or
that practices in collaboration with, the profession regulated by the examining
board.
The Occupational Therapists Affiliated Credentialing Board is attached to the
Medical Examining Board and, with the advice of the Medical Examining Board, sets
standards of professional competence and conduct for occupational therapists and
occupational therapy assistants, assesses qualifications and grants credentials, and
takes disciplinary actions.
This bill changes the Occupational Therapists Affiliated Credentialing Board
to the Occupational Therapy Examining Board. Except that the board will no longer
be attached to or advised by the Medical Examining Board, the Occupational
Therapy Examining Board's duties and responsibilities remain the same under the
bill.
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:
AB959,1 3Section 1. 14.89 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB959,2,8 414.89 Occupational therapy licensure compact. There is created an
5occupational therapy compact commission as specified in s. 448.987 465.50. The
6delegate of the commission representing this state shall be an individual described
7in s. 448.987 465.50 (8) (b) 2. The commission has the powers and duties granted and
8imposed under s. 448.987 465.50.
AB959,2 9Section 2. 15.08 (1m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB959,3,910 15.08 (1m) (b) The public members of the chiropractic examining board, the
11dentistry examining board, the hearing and speech examining board, the medical

1examining board, the naturopathic medicine examining board, the physical therapy
2examining board, the occupational therapy examining board, the perfusionists
3examining council, the respiratory care practitioners examining council, the board
4of nursing, the nursing home administrator examining board, the veterinary
5examining board, the optometry examining board, the pharmacy examining board,
6the marriage and family therapy, professional counseling, and social work
7examining board, the psychology examining board, and the radiography examining
8board shall not be engaged in any profession or occupation concerned with the
9delivery of physical or mental health care.
AB959,3 10Section 3. 15.085 (1m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB959,3,1511 15.085 (1m) (b) The public members of the podiatry affiliated credentialing
12board, the occupational therapists affiliated credentialing board, the physician
13assistant affiliated credentialing board, and the genetic counselors affiliated
14credentialing board shall not be engaged in any profession or occupation concerned
15with the delivery of physical or mental health care.
AB959,4 16Section 4. 15.406 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 15.405 (7t), and 15.405 (7t)
17(intro.), (a) and (b), as renumbered, are amended to read:
AB959,3,2218 15.405 (7t) Occupational therapists affiliated credentialing therapy
19examining
board. (intro.) There is created in the department of safety and
20professional services, attached to the medical examining board, an occupational
21therapists affiliated credentialing therapy examining board consisting of the
22following members appointed for 4-year terms:
AB959,3,2423 (a) Three occupational therapists who are licensed under subch. VII of ch. 448
24I of ch. 465.
AB959,4,2
1(b) Two occupational therapy assistants who are licensed under subch. VII of
2ch. 448
I of ch. 465.
AB959,5 3Section 5. 49.45 (8) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB959,4,54 49.45 (8) (a) 3. “Occupational therapist" has the meaning given in s. 448.96 (4)
5465.01 (7).
AB959,6 6Section 6. 49.45 (9r) (a) 7. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB959,4,87 49.45 (9r) (a) 7. c. An occupational therapist who is licensed under subch. VII
8I of ch. 448 465 or who holds a compact privilege under subch. XII II of ch. 448 465.
AB959,7 9Section 7. 50.01 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB959,4,1610 50.01 (2) “Nurse aide" means a person who performs routine patient care
11duties delegated by a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse who supervises the
12person, for the direct health care of a patient or resident. “Nurse aide" does not mean
13a feeding assistant, as defined in s. 146.40 (1) (aw); a person who is licensed,
14permitted, certified, or registered under ch. 441, 448, 449, 450, 451, 455, 459, or 460,
15or 465
; or a person whose duties primarily involve skills that are different than those
16taught in instructional programs for nurse aides.
AB959,8 17Section 8. 50.39 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB959,5,218 50.39 (3) Facilities governed by ss. 45.50, 48.62, 49.70, 49.72, 50.02, 51.09, and
19252.10, juvenile correctional facilities as defined in s. 938.02 (10p), correctional
20institutions governed by the department of corrections under s. 301.02, and the
21offices and clinics of persons licensed to treat the sick under chs. 446, 447, and 448,
22and 465
are exempt from ss. 50.32 to 50.39. Sections 50.32 to 50.39 do not abridge
23the rights of the medical examining board, physician assistant affiliated
24credentialing board, physical therapy examining board, occupational therapy
25examining board,
podiatry affiliated credentialing board, dentistry examining

1board, pharmacy examining board, chiropractic examining board, and board of
2nursing in carrying out their statutory duties and responsibilities.
AB959,9 3Section 9. 50.50 (7m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB959,5,54 50.50 (7m) “Occupational therapy" has the meaning given in s. 448.96 (5)
5465.01 (8).
AB959,10 6Section 10. 146.40 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB959,5,157 146.40 (1) (d) “Nurse aide" means an individual who performs routine patient
8care duties delegated by a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse who
9supervises the individual, for the direct health care of a patient or resident. “Nurse
10aide" does not mean a feeding assistant, an individual who is licensed, permitted,
11certified, or registered under ch. 441, 448, 449, 450, 451, 455, 459, or 460, or 465 or
12an individual whose duties primarily involve skills that are different than those
13taught in instructional programs for nurse aides approved under sub. (3) or (3g) or
14evaluated by competency evaluation programs for nurse aides approved under sub.
15(3m).
AB959,11 16Section 11. 146.81 (1) (es) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB959,5,1917 146.81 (1) (es) An occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant who
18is licensed under subch. VII I of ch. 448 465 or who holds a compact privilege under
19subch. XII II of ch. 448 465.
AB959,12 20Section 12. 146.997 (1) (d) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB959,6,221 146.997 (1) (d) 4. A physician, physician assistant, podiatrist, perfusionist,
22physical therapist, physical therapist assistant, occupational therapist,
23occupational therapy assistant,
or genetic counselor licensed under ch. 448; a
24physical therapist or physical therapist assistant who holds a compact privilege
25under subch. XI of ch. 448; or an occupational therapist or occupational therapy

1assistant who is licensed under subch. I of ch. 465 or who holds a compact privilege
2under subch. XII II of ch. 448 465.
AB959,13 3Section 13. 154.07 (1) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB959,6,84 154.07 (1) (a) (intro.) No health care professional, inpatient health care facility,
5or person who is licensed, certified, or registered under ch. 441, 448, or 455, or 465
6or holds a compact privilege under subch. XI of ch. 448 or subch. II of ch. 465 and who
7is acting under the direction of a health care professional may be held criminally or
8civilly liable, or charged with unprofessional conduct, for any of the following:
AB959,14 9Section 14. 155.01 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB959,6,2510 155.01 (7) “Health care provider" means a nurse licensed or permitted under
11ch. 441, a chiropractor licensed under ch. 446, a dentist licensed under ch. 447, a
12physician, physician assistant, perfusionist, podiatrist, physical therapist, physical
13therapist assistant, occupational therapist, occupational therapy assistant, or
14genetic counselor licensed under ch. 448, a naturopathic doctor licensed under ch.
15466, a person practicing Christian Science treatment, an optometrist licensed under
16ch. 449, a psychologist who is licensed under ch. 455, who is exercising the temporary
17authorization to practice, as defined in s. 455.50 (2) (o), in this state, or who is
18practicing under the authority to practice interjurisdictional telepsychology, as
19defined in s. 455.50 (2) (b), a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant who
20holds a compact privilege under subch. XI of ch. 448, an occupational therapist or
21occupational therapy assistant who holds a compact privilege under subch. XII II of
22ch. 448 465, a partnership thereof, a corporation or limited liability company thereof
23that provides health care services, a cooperative health care association organized
24under s. 185.981 that directly provides services through salaried employees in its
25own facility, or a home health agency, as defined in s. 50.49 (1) (a).
AB959,15
1Section 15. 165.77 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB959,7,72 165.77 (1) (a) “Health care professional" means a person who is licensed,
3certified, or registered under ch. 441, 448, or 455, or 465; a person who holds a
4compact privilege under subch. XI of ch. 448 or subch. II of ch. 465; or a person who
5is exercising the temporary authorization to practice, as defined in s. 455.50 (2) (o),
6in this state, or who is practicing under the authority to practice interjurisdictional
7telepsychology, as defined in s. 455.50 (2) (b).
AB959,16 8Section 16. 180.1901 (1m) (bu) of the statutes is renumbered 180.1901 (1m)
9(gm) and amended to read:
AB959,7,1110 180.1901 (1m) (gm) Occupational therapists affiliated credentialing therapy
11examining
board under subch. VII of ch. 448 465.
AB959,17 12Section 17. 252.14 (1) (ar) 4p. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB959,7,1513 252.14 (1) (ar) 4p. An occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant
14who is licensed under subch. VII I of ch. 448 465 or who holds a compact privilege
15under subch. XII II of ch. 448 465.
AB959,18 16Section 18. 256.215 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB959,7,2317 256.215 (2) (b) The emergency medical services provider establishes, submits
18to the department, and maintains patient care protocols corresponding to the
19appropriate service level to be used by a community paramedic or a community
20emergency medical services practitioner. The emergency medical services provider
21may include in a patient care protocol only those services that do not require a
22license, certificate, or other credential under subch. II, III, or IV, or VII of ch. 448 or
23ch. 441, 446, 447, 449, 450, 451, 455, 457, or 459, or 465 to provide.
AB959,19 24Section 19. 302.384 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB959,8,6
1302.384 (1m) In this section, “health care professional" means a person
2licensed, certified, or registered under ch. 441, 448, or 455, or 465; or a person who
3holds a compact privilege under subch. XI of ch. 448 or subch. II of ch. 465; or a
4psychologist who is exercising the temporary authorization to practice, as defined in
5s. 455.50 (2) (o), in this state or who is practicing under the authority to practice
6interjurisdictional telepsychology, as defined in s. 455.50 (2) (b).
AB959,20 7Section 20. 440.03 (9) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB959,8,128 440.03 (9) (a) (intro.) Subject to pars. (b) and (c) and s. 458.33 (2) (b) and (5),
9the department shall, biennially, determine each fee for an initial credential for
10which no examination is required, for a reciprocal credential, and for a credential
11renewal and any fees imposed under ss. 448.986 (2) and 448.9875 465.51 (2) by doing
12all of the following:
AB959,21 13Section 21. 440.03 (9) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
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