Existing Policies Relevant to the Rule, New Policies Proposed and Analysis of Policy Alternatives
Existing rules relating to registration seals for architects, landscape architects, professional engineers, designers and land surveyors can be found in s.
A-E 2.02. Section
A-E 2.02 requires plans, drawings, documents, specifications, and reports to be signed and sealed by the registrant. These registration seals and stamps must meet specific requirements that are specified in s.
A-E 2.02.
Comparison with Federal Regulations
This is not an area which is regulated by federal law or is subject to any proposed federal legislation. The standards for state licensure are regulated by each state.
Statutory Authority
Entities Affected by the Rule
Architects, landscape architects, professional engineers, designers and land surveyor licensees.
Staff Time Required
30 hours.
Architects, Landscape Architects, Professional Engineers, Designers and Land Surveyors Examining Board
Subject
Creating rule changes to s.
A-E 8.03 (5) to provide more specific language relating to the definition of responsible charge as it relates to the practice of architecture, landscape architecture, professional engineering, designing or land surveying. Section
A-E 8.03 (5) specifies the definition of responsible charge including what is not specifically included in the definition.
Policy Analysis
Objective of the rule. To update the rules to reflect changes in the profession and provide further clarification as to the meaning of responsible charge.
Existing Policies Relevant to the Rule, New Policies Proposed and Analysis of Policy Alternatives
Existing rules defining responsible charge for architects, landscape architects, professional engineers, designers and land surveyors can be found in s.
A-E 8.03 (5). Sec. A-E 8.03 (5) defines responsible charge as “direct, personal, active supervision and control of the preparation of plans, drawings, documents, specifications, reports, maps, plats and charts." The definition also includes specifications as to what responsible charge does not include. Responsible charge is also given the same meaning as “direction and control." Section
A-E 8.10 specifies the requirements for direction and control of work prepared prior to being signed or stamped by licensees.
Comparison with Federal Regulations
This is not an area which is regulated by federal law or is subject to any proposed federal legislation. The standards for state licensure are regulated by each state.
Statutory Authority
Entities Affected by the Rule
Architects, landscape architects, professional engineers, designers and land surveyor licensees.
Staff Time Required
30 hours.
Pharmacy Examining Board
Subject
Chapter
Phar 7 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code defines mandatory and permissible pharmacy practice activities for a pharmacist and for a pharmacy technician. The proposed rule change would amend provisions of the current rule that relate to when and how a technician may transfer a prescription to a patient.
Policy Analysis
Objective of the rule. To clarify that technicians may transfer prescriptions to patients while maintaining the requirement that the pharmacist always provides consultation to the patient.
Existing Policies Relevant to the Rule, New Policies Proposed and Analysis of Policy Alternatives
Wis. Admin. Code s.
Phar 7.01 (1) (em) was promulgated in 1998 to clarify that a residential delivery of a drug could be made to an agent of the patient. It appears in a section of the pharmacy practice chapter as a minimum dispensing procedure, among a list of duties that a pharmacist shall perform. The board's position is that when a consultation has occurred between pharmacist and patient prior to transfer, and the pharmacist is present and available, the technician can hand the receipt and product to the customer as part of the transaction. Wis. Admin. Code s.
Phar 7.015 (3) (e), which includes a list of duties that may not be performed by a technician, prohibits the transfer of a prescription to the patient or agent of the patient by a technician. Board legal counsel advises that the board meant this section to apply only to situations where a consultation is not occurring, or in other words, when a technician is working alone.
Entities Affected by the Rule
The Pharmacy Examining Board, the Wisconsin Department of Regulation and Licensing, practicing pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.
Comparison with Federal Regulations
There is no existing or proposed federal regulation for summary and comparison.
Statutory Authority
Staff Time Required
100 hours.
Workforce Development
Subject
The adjustment of thresholds for application of prevailing wage rates.
Policy Analysis
When a state agency or local governmental unit contracts for the erection, construction, remodeling, repairing, or demolition of a public works project, it must obtain a prevailing wage rate determination from the Department of Workforce Development and require that the contractors and subcontractors on the project pay their employees in accordance with those wage rates. Sections
66.0903 (5) and
103.49 (3g), Stats., set initial estimated project cost thresholds for application of prevailing wage rates and require that DWD adjust the thresholds each year in proportion to any change in construction costs since the thresholds were last determined. Pursuant to s.
DWD 290.15, the threshold adjustment is based on changes in the construction cost index published in the
Engineering News-Record, a construction trade publication.
This rule will adjust the thresholds for application of the prevailing wage rate based on a 3.452% increase in the construction cost index since the thresholds were last adjusted. The current thresholds are $43,000 for a single-trade project and $209,000 for a multi-trade project. The new thresholds will be $44,000 for a single-trade project and $216,000 for a multi-trade project.
Entities Affected by the Rule
State agencies, local governmental units, employers in the construction industry who contract for public works projects, and employees of these employers.
Comparison with Federal Regulations
The threshold for application of the federal prevailing wage law is a contract greater than $2,000. This threshold is in statute and is rarely adjusted.
Statutory Authority
Staff Time Required
35 hours.
