Statutory authority:
Sections 15.08 (5) (b) and 227.11 (2), Stats.
Estimate of the amount of state employee time and any other resources that will be necessary to develop the rule:
80 hours.
Contact information:
For additional information, please contact:
Pamela Haack, Adm. Rules Coordinator
Dept. of Regulation and Licensing
Telephone: (608) 266-0495
Mailing address:
Office of Administrative Rules
Dept. of Regulation and Licensing
1400 East Washington Ave., Room 171
P.O. Box 8935
Madison, WI 53708
Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors Examining Board
Subject:
SFC Code - Relating to permitting the Social Worker Section to consider any criminal or disciplinary background by an applicant for a social work training certificate.
Description of policy issues:
Objective of the rule:
The objective of the rule is to require a person applying for a social work training certificate to supply information about any prior disciplinary history and to grant authority to the Section to deny an application based on a relevant disciplinary history or a criminal history substantially related to the profession.
Policy analysis:
Currently, there is a requirement that an applicant for a social work training certificate supply information about any criminal history. The rule does not specifically authorize the consideration of that information in the decision to grant a training certificate, nor does it require an applicant to provide any relevant disciplinary history.
Statutory authority:
Sections 15.08 (5) (b) and 227.11 (2), Stats.
Estimate of the amount of state employee time and any other resources that will be necessary to develop the rule:
80 hours.
Contact information:
For additional information, please contact:
Pamela Haack, Adm. Rules Coordinator
Dept. of Regulation and Licensing
Telephone: (608) 266-0495
Mailing address:
Office of Administrative Rules
Dept. of Regulation and Licensing
1400 East Washington Ave., Room 171
P.O. Box 8935
Madison, WI 53708
Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors Examining Board
Subject:
SFC Code - Relating to clarifying that a professional counselor training certificate is available only to persons during a period of supervised practice.
Description of policy issues:
Objective of the rule:
The objective of the rule is to conform the existing rules to present practices and to other rules.
Policy analysis:
The proposed amendment is offered to implement the existing interpretation of a rule and to clarify the limited circumstances in which a professional counselor training certificate is available.
Statutory authority:
Sections 15.08 (5) (b) and 227.11 (2), Stats.
Estimate of the amount of state employee time and any other resources that will be necessary to develop the rule:
75 hours.
Contact information:
For additional information, please contact:
Pamela Haack, Adm. Rules Coordinator
Dept. of Regulation and Licensing
Telephone: (608) 266-0495
Mailing address:
Office of Administrative Rules
Dept. of Regulation and Licensing
1400 East Washington Ave., Room 171
P.O. Box 8935
Madison, WI 53708
Tobacco Control Board
Subject:
Ch. TCB 1 - Relating to establishing criteria for recipients of grants awarded by the Tobacco Control Board.
Description of policy issues:
Description of objective(s):
These rules will establish criteria, procedures, requirements and conditions for the award of project grants to organizations that operate or propose to operate programs aimed at preventing youth tobacco use, promoting tobacco cessation, and eliminating environmental tobacco smoke.
The Tobacco Control Board is statutorily directed to establish these rules to guide the Board's administration and distribution of tobacco control grants.
Description of policies - relevant existing policees, proposed new policies and policy alternatives considered:
The Tobacco Control Board is responsible for administering a grant program under s. 255.15 (3), Stats. The Board is responsible for administering a grant program for the purpose of preventing youth tobacco use, promoting tobacco cessation, and eliminating second-hand smoke. The Board is also responsible for other efforts to address the health and economic costs of tobacco use in populations most adversely affected by the use of tobacco. Wisconsin currently has a rate of youth tobacco use higher than the national average, with 38% of high school youth reporting smoking a cigarette in the last month. In addition, the smoking rate among pregnant women is 30% higher than the national average. The Board will support ongoing state and local comprehensive efforts to prevent and stop tobacco use.
Section 255.15 (3) (a), Stats., directs the Board to fund specific existing efforts in the state. In addition, s. 255.15 (3) (b), Stats., authorizes the Board to distribute grants for any of the following:
• Community-based programs to reduce tobacco use.
• Community-based programs to reduce the burden of tobacco-related diseases.
• School-based programs relating to tobacco use cessation and prevention.
• Enforcement of local laws aimed at reducing exposure to secondhand smoke and restricting underage access to tobacco.
• Grants for partnerships among statewide organizations and businesses that support tobacco use cessation and prevention.
• Marketing activities that promote tobacco use cessation and prevention.
