Amendment SSA1-SB320

SB320-SSA1,3 Section 3. 440.09 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB320-SSA1,3,12 440.09 (title) Reciprocal credentials for service members, former service members, and their spouses.

SB320-SSA1,4 Section 4. 440.09 (1) of the statutes is repealed.

SB320-SSA1,5 Section 5. 440.09 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

SB320-SSA1,6 Section 6. 440.09 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB320-SSA1,3,22 440.09 (2) (c) The individual holds a license, certification, registration, or permit that was granted by a governmental authority in a jurisdiction outside this state that qualifies the individual to perform the acts authorized under the appropriate credential granted by the department or credentialing board, and the individual has held that license, certification, registration, or permit for at least 3 years in the 5 years preceding the application for a reciprocal credential under this section.

SB320-SSA1,7 Section 7. 440.09 (2) (e) of the statutes is created to read:

SB320-SSA1,4,3 440.09 (2) (e) The individual passes any applicable statutes and rules examination that is otherwise required of applicants for the credential for which the individual is applying.

SB320-SSA1,8 Section 8. 440.09 (2) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB320-SSA1,4,11 440.09 (2) (f) The individual is in good standing with the governmental authorities in every jurisdiction outside this state that have granted the individual a does not have any limitation, restriction, or other encumbrance on any license, certification, registration, or permit issued by a governmental authority in a jurisdiction outside this state that qualifies the individual to perform acts authorized under the appropriate credential granted by the department or credentialing board and is not under investigation by any such governmental authority.

SB320-SSA1,9 Section 9. 440.09 (2m) of the statutes is repealed.

SB320-SSA1,10 Section 10. 440.09 (3) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 440.09 (3) (ag).

SB320-SSA1,11 Section 11. 440.09 (3) (ac) of the statutes is created to read:

SB320-SSA1,4,19 440.09 (3) (ac) Notwithstanding sub. (2), once an individual applies for a credential under sub. (2) (a), the credential shall be considered to be provisionally granted on that date, and the individual may immediately practice as provided in par. (am), subject to the ultimate decision by the department or credentialing board on whether to grant or deny the credential.

SB320-SSA1,12 Section 12. 440.09 (3) (am) of the statutes is created to read:

SB320-SSA1,5,2 440.09 (3) (am) 1. A reciprocal credential granted under this section shall, except as otherwise provided in this subsection and as otherwise provided by law, be considered in all respects as being equivalent to, subject to the same laws, scope of practice, and procedures as, and considered to confer the same rights, privileges, and authority that are conferred by, the appropriate credential granted by the department or credentialing board under the appropriate provisions under chs. 440 to 480.

SB320-SSA1,5,4 2. An individual granted a reciprocal credential under this section shall limit his or her practice to the scope of his or her experience, education, and training.

SB320-SSA1,13 Section 13. 440.09 (4) of the statutes is repealed.

SB320-SSA1,14 Section 14. 440.09 (6) of the statutes is created to read:

SB320-SSA1,5,8 440.09 (6) (a) Only an individual may be granted a reciprocal credential under this section.

SB320-SSA1,5,9 (b) This section does not apply to any of the following:

SB320-SSA1,5,11 1. Credentials that are granted under subch. IV, V, or XIV or ch. 442, 444, or 463.

SB320-SSA1,5,12 2. Credentials that are granted under subch. IV of ch. 101.

SB320-SSA1,5,14 3. Credentials that authorize a credential holder to engage in the limited practice of law.

SB320-SSA1,5,15 4. Credentials that are of a temporary nature.

SB320-SSA1,15 Section 15 . 440.88 (3) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

SB320-SSA1,5,20 440.88 (3) (d) 1. The department may not require an applicant for certification as a substance abuse counselor, clinical substance abuse counselor, or substance abuse counselor-in-training to pass a statutes and rules examination as a condition of receiving an initial certification or a certification renewal.

SB320-SSA1,5,24 2. The department may require an applicant for certification as a substance abuse counselor, clinical substance abuse counselor, or substance abuse counselor-in-training to affirm that the applicant has read and understands the statutes and rules that apply to the applicant's practice.

SB320-SSA1,16 Section 16. 440.88 (7) of the statutes is repealed.

SB320-SSA1,17 Section 17. 440.972 (1m) of the statutes is repealed.

SB320-SSA1,18 Section 18. 440.98 (7) of the statutes is repealed.

SB320-SSA1,19 Section 19. 441.06 (1m) of the statutes is repealed.

SB320-SSA1,20 Section 20. 441.10 (8) of the statutes is repealed.

SB320-SSA1,21 Section 21 . 441.16 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB320-SSA1,6,8 441.16 (3m) (a) The board may not require an applicant for certification under this section to pass a statutes and rules examination as a condition of receiving an initial certification or a certification renewal.

SB320-SSA1,6,11 (b) The board may require an applicant for certification under this section to affirm that the applicant has read and understands the statutes and rules that apply to the applicant's practice.

SB320-SSA1,22 Section 22. 443.01 (3r) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB320-SSA1,6,14 443.01 (3r) (a) Professional services performed by a registered architect or by a person who has in effect a permit under s. 443.10 (1) (d).

SB320-SSA1,23 Section 23. 443.01 (3r) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB320-SSA1,6,17 443.01 (3r) (b) Professional services performed by a professional engineer or by a person who has in effect a permit under s. 443.10 (1) (d).

SB320-SSA1,24 Section 24. 443.02 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB320-SSA1,6,21 443.02 (2) No person may practice architecture, landscape architecture, or professional engineering in this state unless the person has been duly registered, is exempt under s. 443.14 or has in effect a permit under s. 443.10 (1) (d).

SB320-SSA1,25 Section 25. 443.02 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB320-SSA1,7,4 443.02 (3) Except as provided under s. 443.015 (1m) (c), no person may offer to practice architecture, landscape architecture, or professional engineering or use in connection with the person's name or otherwise assume, use or advertise any title or description tending to convey the impression that he or she is an architect, landscape architect, or professional engineer or advertise to furnish architectural, landscape architectural, or professional engineering services unless the person has been duly registered or has in effect a permit under s. 443.10 (1) (d).

SB320-SSA1,26 Section 26. 443.06 (2) (d) of the statutes is repealed.

SB320-SSA1,27 Section 27. 443.10 (1) (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

SB320-SSA1,7,7 443.10 (1) (title) Permits.

SB320-SSA1,28 Section 28. 443.10 (1) (a), (b), (c) and (e) of the statutes are repealed.

SB320-SSA1,29 Section 29. 443.10 (1) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 443.10 (1).

SB320-SSA1,30 Section 30. 443.18 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB320-SSA1,8,2 443.18 (1) (a) Any person who practices or offers to practice architecture, landscape architecture, or professional engineering in this state, or who uses the term “architect," “landscape architect," or “professional engineer" as part of the person's business name or title, except as provided in s. 443.08 (6), or in any way represents himself or herself as an architect, landscape architect, or a professional engineer unless the person is registered or exempted in accordance with this chapter, or unless the person is the holder of an unexpired permit issued under s. 443.10 (1) (d), or any person presenting or attempting to use as his or her own the certificate of registration of another, or any person who gives any false or forged evidence of any kind to the examining board or to any section of the examining board or to any member of the examining board or to any member of any section of the examining board in obtaining a certificate of registration, or any person who falsely impersonates any other registrant of like or different name, or any person who attempts to use an expired or revoked certificate of registration, or violates any of the provisions of this section, may be fined not less than $100 nor more than $500 or imprisoned for not more than 3 months or both.

SB320-SSA1,31 Section 31. 443.18 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB320-SSA1,8,14 443.18 (2) (a) If it appears upon complaint to the examining board or to any section of the examining board by any person, or is known to the examining board or to any section of the examining board that any person who is neither registered nor exempt under this chapter nor the holder of an unexpired permit under s. 443.10 (1) (d) is practicing or offering to practice, or is about to practice or to offer to practice, architecture, landscape architecture, or professional engineering in this state, the appropriate section of the examining board or the attorney general or the district attorney of the proper county may investigate and may, in addition to any other remedies, bring action in the name and on behalf of this state against any such person to enjoin the person from practicing or offering to practice architecture, landscape architecture, or professional engineering.

SB320-SSA1,32 Section 32. 445.07 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB320-SSA1,8,17 445.07 (2) (b) Subsection (1) (a) does not apply to an applicant who was granted a reciprocal license under s. 445.08 440.09.

SB320-SSA1,33 Section 33. 445.08 of the statutes is repealed.

SB320-SSA1,34 Section 34. 446.02 (3g) of the statutes is repealed.

SB320-SSA1,35 Section 35. 447.02 (3) (a) (intro.) and 1. of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 447.02 (3) (a) and amended to read:

SB320-SSA1,9,2 447.02 (3) (a) The examining board may issue a permit authorizing the practice in this state, without compensation, of dentistry or dental hygiene to an applicant who is licensed to practice dentistry or dental hygiene in another state, if all of the following apply: 1. The the examining board determines that the applicant's services will improve the welfare of Wisconsin residents.

SB320-SSA1,36 Section 36. 447.02 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is repealed.

SB320-SSA1,37 Section 37. 447.04 (1) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

SB320-SSA1,38 Section 38. 447.04 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

SB320-SSA1,39 Section 39. 447.04 (2) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB320-SSA1,9,10 447.04 (2) (c) 1. The examining board shall grant a certificate to administer local anesthesia to a dental hygienist who is licensed under par. (a) or (b), and who submits evidence satisfactory to the examining board that he or she satisfies the educational requirements established in rules promulgated under s. 447.02 (2) (e).

SB320-SSA1,40 Section 40. 447.04 (2) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB320-SSA1,9,15 447.04 (2) (c) 2. No fee may be charged for a certificate granted under subd. 1. A certificate granted under subd. 1. remains in effect while the dental hygienist's license granted under par. (a) or (b) remains in effect unless the certificate is suspended or revoked by the examining board.

SB320-SSA1,41 Section 41. 447.04 (2) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB320-SSA1,9,22 447.04 (2) (d) 1. The examining board shall grant a certificate to administer nitrous oxide inhalation analgesia to a dental hygienist who is licensed under par. (a) or (b) and who submits evidence satisfactory to the examining board that he or she satisfies the educational requirements established in rules promulgated under s. 447.02 (2) (j), including by having satisfied substantially similar requirements in another state.

SB320-SSA1,42 Section 42. 447.04 (2) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB320-SSA1,10,3 447.04 (2) (d) 2. A certificate granted under subd. 1. remains in effect while the dental hygienist's license granted under par. (a) or (b) remains in effect unless the board suspends or revokes the certificate.

SB320-SSA1,43 Section 43 . 448.05 (6) (av) of the statutes is created to read:

SB320-SSA1,10,8 448.05 (6) (av) 1. The board may not require an applicant for certification as a respiratory care practitioner under s. 448.04 (1) (i) to pass a statutes and rules examination as a condition of receiving an initial certification or a certification renewal.

SB320-SSA1,10,11 2. The board may require an applicant described under subd. 1. to affirm that the applicant has read and understands the statutes and rules that apply to the applicant's practice.

SB320-SSA1,44 Section 44. 448.53 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB320-SSA1,10,15 448.53 (1) (d) Submits evidence satisfactory to the examining board that the applicant is a graduate of a school of physical therapy approved by the examining board, unless the examining board waives this requirement under sub. (3).

SB320-SSA1,45 Section 45. 448.53 (3) of the statutes is repealed.

SB320-SSA1,46 Section 46. 448.535 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 448.535.

SB320-SSA1,47 Section 47. 448.535 (2) of the statutes is repealed.

SB320-SSA1,48 Section 48. 448.54 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB320-SSA1,10,25 448.54 (3) Notwithstanding s. 448.53 (1) (f), the examining board may not require an applicant for physical therapist licensure to take an oral examination or an examination to test proficiency in the English language for the sole reason that the applicant was educated at a physical therapy school that is not in the United States if the applicant establishes, to the satisfaction of the examining board, that he or she satisfies the requirements under s. 448.53 (3).

SB320-SSA1,49 Section 49. 448.63 (1) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB320-SSA1,11,6 448.63 (1) (d) 1. That the applicant is a graduate of a school of podiatric medicine and surgery approved by the affiliated credentialing board and possesses a diploma from such school conferring the degree of doctor of podiatric medicine, or equivalent degree as determined by the affiliated credentialing board , unless the affiliated credentialing board waives these requirements under sub. (2).

SB320-SSA1,50 Section 50. 448.63 (2) of the statutes is repealed.

SB320-SSA1,51 Section 51. 448.64 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB320-SSA1,11,14 448.64 (3) The affiliated credentialing board may not require an applicant to take an oral examination or an examination to test proficiency in the English language for the sole reason that the applicant was educated at a podiatry school that is not in the United States if the applicant establishes, to the satisfaction of the affiliated credentialing board, that he or she satisfies the requirements under s. 448.63 (2).

SB320-SSA1,52 Section 52. 448.82 of the statutes is repealed.

SB320-SSA1,53 Section 53. 448.953 (2) of the statutes is repealed.

SB320-SSA1,54 Section 54. 448.9545 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB320-SSA1,11,22 448.9545 (1) (a) To be eligible for renewal of a license issued under s. 448.953 (1) or (2), a licensee shall, during the 2-year period immediately preceding the renewal date specified under s. 440.08 (2) (a), complete not less than 30 credit hours of continuing education in courses of study approved by the affiliated credentialing board.