Rule-making notices
Notice of Hearing
Kickapoo Reserve Management Board
[
CR 03-108]
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to s.
41.41 (7) (k), Stats., the Kickapoo Reserve Management Board will hold a hearing at the time and place shown below to consider a proposed order to create s.
KB 1.08 (3), relating to hunting on the Kickapoo Valley Reserve.
Hearing Information
The hearing will be held in the LaFarge Community Building, 202 North State Street, LaFarge, Wisconsin on Tuesday, December 16, 2003 at 6:00 p.m.
Written Comments
Written comments on the proposed rules may be sent to the contact person by Thursday, December 30, 2003. Written comments will receive the same consideration as written or oral testimony presented at the hearing.
Analysis Prepared by the Kickapoo Reserve Management Board
Statutes interpreted: s.
41.41, Stats.
The Kickapoo Reserve Management Board was created in 1994 to manage the Kickapoo Valley Reserve, which encompasses approximately 7,400 acres along 14 miles of the Kickapoo River in Vernon County. The board is required by statute to manage the land for low impact recreation. Hunting is one of the recreational activities that occurs on the property. Under current rules the board may close parts of the reserve by posted notice. (See s.
KB 1.03 (1) (b).) The purpose of the proposed rule is to give the board specific authority to post the areas of the reserve that are within 300 feet of the visitor center building and the maintenance buildings off limits to hunting. Although s.
KB 1.03 (1) (b), may provide sufficient authority, the board desires the more specific authority to remove any doubts particularly for enforcement purposes. The Board wishes to post the areas around the visitor center building and the maintenance buildings to insure the safety of visitors to the center and persons working in and around the maintenance buildings
Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
The proposed rule will not have an effect on small business.
Fiscal Estimate
The proposed rule will have no fiscal effect.
Contact Person
For additional information about or copies of the proposed rules contact:
Marcy West, Executive Director, 608/625-2960
Kickapoo Reserve Management Board
505 North Mill Street
LaFarge, WI 54639
Pursuant to the authority vested in the Kickapoo Management Reserve Board, by s.
44.41 (7) (k), Stats., and interpreting s.
44.41, Stats., the Board hereby creates rules as follows:
KB 1.08 (3) The board may, by posted notice, designate an area within 300 feet of the visitor center building and an area within 300 feet of any maintenance building located on the reserve to be off limits to hunting.
Notice of Hearing
Marriage and Family Therapy, Professional Counseling and Social Worker Examining Board
[
CR 03-090]
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to authority vested in the Marriage and Family Therapy, Professional Counseling and Social Worker Examining Board
in ss.
15.08 (5) (b),
227.11 (2), and
457.03 (1), and interpreting s.
457.08, Stats., the Marriage and Family Therapy, Professional Counseling and Social Worker Examining Board will hold a public hearing at the time and place indicated below to consider an order to amend ss.
MPSW 3.01 (2),
3.05 (2),
3.07 (2) and
3.09 (2), relating to a foreign degree to be equivalent to a degree from an accredited school in the United States.
Hearing Date, Time and Location
December 11, 2003
9:30 A.M.
1400 East Washington Avenue
Room 179A
Madison, Wisconsin
Appearances at the Hearing
Interested persons are invited to present information at the hearing. Persons appearing may make an oral presentation but are urged to submit facts, opinions and argument in writing as well. Facts, opinions and argument may also be submitted in writing without a personal appearance by mail addressed to the Department of Regulation and Licensing, Office of Administrative Rules, P.O. Box 8935, Madison, Wisconsin 53708. Written comments must be received by December 12, 2003, to be included in the record of rule-making proceedings.
Analysis prepared by the Department of Regulation and Licensing
Statutes interpreted: s.
457.08, Stats.
Under current requirements, applicants for social worker certification or licensure must have earned a social work degree from a school accredited by the Council on Social Work Education. Applicants otherwise qualified are prevented from obtaining Wisconsin certification or licensure if the applicant obtained a degree in another country. The Council on Social Work Education has a process for determining equivalency of degrees, and in fairness to graduates of foreign schools, the Social Worker Section wishes to rely on that process for accepting equivalent degrees.
Sections 1, 2, 3 and 4 amend the rules to permit the Social Worker Section to accept from applicants for social worker certification or licensure a foreign degree determined by a national accrediting organization to be equivalent to a degree from an accredited school.
Text of Rule
SECTION 1. MPSW 3.01 (2) is amended to read:
MPSW 3.01 (2) Verification that the school or program which awarded the social work degree was accredited by
, or a pre-accreditation program of, the council on social work education Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), at the time the applicant graduated from the program or school, or that a degree awarded by a foreign institution of higher learning has been determined by the CSWE to be equivalent to a CSWE-accredited program.
SECTION 2. MPSW 3.05 (2) is amended to read:
MPSW 3.05 (2) Verification that the school or program which awarded the social work degree was accredited, or a pre-accredited pre-accreditation program of, the council on social work education Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), at the time the applicant graduated from the program or school, or that a degree awarded by a foreign institution of higher learning has been determined by the CSWE to be equivalent to a CSWE-accredited program.
SECTION 3. MPSW 3.07 (2) is amended to read:
MPSW 3.07 (2) Verification that the school or program which awarded the social work degree was accredited, or a pre-accreditation program of, the council on social work education Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), at the time the applicant graduated from the program or school, or that a degree awarded by a foreign institution of higher learning has been determined by the CSWE to be equivalent to a CSWE-accredited program.
SECTION 4. MPSW 3.09 (2) is amended to read:
MPSW 3.09 (2) Verification that the school or program which awarded the social work degree was accredited, or a pre-accreditation program of, the council on social work education Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), at the time the applicant graduated from the program or school, or that a degree awarded by a foreign institution of higher learning has been determined by the CSWE to be equivalent to a CSWE-accredited program.
Fiscal Estimate
There will be no additional cost to the Department of Regulation and Licensing to certify these applicant social workers than for current applicants with degrees from schools in the United States that are accredited by the Council.
Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
These proposed rules will be reviewed by the department through its Small Business Review Advisory Committee to determine whether there will be an economic impact on a substantial number of small businesses, as defined in s.
227.114 (1) (a), Stats.
Copies of Rule and Contact Person
Copies of this proposed rule are available without cost upon request to: Pamela Haack, Department of Regulation and Licensing, Office of Administrative Rules, 1400 East Washington Avenue, Room 171, P.O. Box 8935, Madison, Wisconsin 53708 (608) 266-0495.
Notice of Hearing
