Note: This Section deletes obsolete references to public accountants and
certificates of authority from the statute relating to signing or certification of a report by
an accountant, when the report relates to affairs in which the accountant has an interest.
AB759, s. 23 13Section 23. 442.11 (4) of the statutes is repealed.
Note: This Section deletes obsolete references to public accountants holding
certificates of authority from the statute relating to penalties for various accounting
practice violations.
AB759, s. 24 14Section 24. 442.11 (6) of the statutes is repealed.
Note: This Section deletes obsolete references to public accountants holding
certificates of authority from the statute relating to penalties for various accounting
practice violations.
AB759, s. 25 15Section 25. 442.11 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB759,12,1716 442.11 (7) Who shall practice as a certified public accountant or as a public
17accountant
after his or her certificate has been revoked; or
Note: This Section deletes an obsolete reference to public accountants from the
statute relating to penalties for various accounting practice violations.
AB759, s. 26
1Section 26. 442.11 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB759,13,52 442.11 (8) Who shall as an individual, or, as a member of a partnership or as
3an officer or director of a corporation, practice or permit the partnership or
4corporation to practice as a certified public accountant or as a public accountant
5unless a license has been secured for the current licensure period; or
Note: This Section deletes an obsolete reference to public accountants from the
statute relating to penalties for various accounting practice violations.
AB759, s. 27 6Section 27. 442.11 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB759,13,97 442.11 (9) Who shall sell, buy, give or obtain an alleged certificate as a certified
8public accountant, or a certificate of authority, or a license in any other manner than
9is provided for by this chapter; or
Note: This Section deletes an obsolete reference to certificates of authority from
the statute relating to penalties for various accounting practice violations.
AB759, s. 28 10Section 28. 442.11 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB759,13,1311 442.11 (10) Who attempts to practice as a certified public accountant or as a
12public accountant
under guise of a certificate not granted by the examining board,
13or under cover of a certificate obtained illegally or fraudulently; or
Note: This Section deletes an obsolete reference to public accountants from the
statute relating to penalties for various accounting practice violations.
AB759, s. 29 14Section 29. 442.11 (13) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB759,13,2015 442.11 (13) Who shall, as an individual, or as a member of a partnership or as
16an officer of a corporation, permit to be announced by printed or written statement
17that any report, certificate, exhibit, schedule or statement has been prepared by or
18under supervision of a certified public accountant or by or under supervision of a
19public accountant
when the person who prepared the same was not such certified
20public accountant or public accountant.
Note: This Section deletes obsolete references to public accountants from the
statute relating to penalties for various accounting practice violations.
AB759, s. 30
1Section 30. 442.13 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB759,14,11 2442.13 Ownership of accountant's working papers. All statements,
3records, schedules, working papers and memoranda made by a certified public
4accountant or public accountant incident to or in the course of professional service
5to clients by such accountant, except reports submitted by a certified public
6accountant or public accountant to a client, shall be and remain the property of such
7accountant, in the absence of an express agreement between such accountant and
8the client to the contrary. No such statement, record, schedule, working paper or
9memorandum shall be sold, transferred or bequeathed, without the consent of the
10client or the client's personal representative or assignee, to anyone other than one
11or more surviving partners or new or successor partners of such accountant.
Note: This Section deletes obsolete references to public accountants from the
statute relating to the ownership of an accountant's working papers.
AB759, s. 31 12Section 31. 445.045 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB759,14,1613 445.045 (1) (f) Have completed one year of apprenticeship as prescribed in s.
14445.095 at any time after having completed one year of college work or equivalent
15education and either before or after taking the course in mortuary science required
16by par. (e)
.
Note: This Section deletes the provision in current law relating to eligibility for
a funeral director's license which requires that a funeral director's apprenticeship be
completed either before or after taking the course in mortuary science required by s.
445.045 (1) (e). This will allow the apprenticeship to be done concurrently while taking
the mortuary science course.
AB759, s. 32 17Section 32. 445.06 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB759,15,12 18445.06 Renewal of licenses. The renewal date and renewal fee for a funeral
19directors' director's license are specified under s. 440.08 (2) (a). Before any renewal
20license is delivered to any licensed funeral director, proof must be furnished by the
21applicant, to the satisfaction of the examining board, that the applicant is doing

1business at a recognized funeral establishment, except that if such applicant is not
2doing business at a recognized funeral establishment at the time of application for
3a license, the applicant shall be given a certificate, without additional cost, to the
4effect that the applicant is in good standing as a funeral director, and inactive and
5is not doing business at a recognized funeral establishment. A person who is issued
6an inactive status certificate under this section
shall be entitled to a renewal license
7at any time during that license period, when located at a recognized funeral
8establishment, without upon payment of any additional renewal the fee specified in
9s. 440.05 (7)
. The applicant must also furnish proof of completion of at least 15 hours
10of continuing education during the previous 2-year licensure period, except that new
11licensees are exempt from this requirement during the time between initial licensure
12and commencement of a full 2-year licensure period.
Note: This Section deletes a reference in current law to a funeral director in good
standing and replaces it with the more accurate reference to an inactive funeral director
who is not doing business at a recognized funeral establishment. It also authorizes an
inactive funeral director to transfer to active status by paying the fee currently required
for a transfer of a credential under s. 440.05 (7) (under current law, no fee is required).
AB759, s. 33 13Section 33. 448.13 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB759,15,2214 448.13 (1) Each physician shall, in each 2nd year at the time of application for
15a certificate of registration under s. 448.07, submit proof of attendance at and
16completion of continuing education programs or courses of study approved for at
17least 30 hours of credit by the board within the 2 calendar years immediately
18preceding the calendar year for which the registration is effective date of the
19physician's application for a certificate of registration
. The board may waive this
20requirement if it finds that exceptional circumstances such as prolonged illness,
21disability or other similar circumstances have prevented a physician from meeting
22the requirement.

Note: This Section clarifies that a physician applying for renewal of his or her
certificate of registration must submit proof that he or she has completed at least 30 hours
of continuing education during the 2 years immediately preceding the date of the
physician's application for renewal. Current law requires that the continuing education
be completed within the 2 calendar years preceding the calendar year for which the
certificate of registration is effective, which is confusing since a certificate of registration
is not issued for a calendar year but for a 2-year period that begins on November 1 of each
odd-numbered year.
AB759, s. 34 1Section 34 . 449.01 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB759,16,2 2449.01 (title) Definitions; discrimination prohibited.
AB759, s. 35 3Section 35. 449.01 (intro.) of the statutes is created to read:
AB759,16,44 449.01 (intro.) In this chapter:
AB759, s. 36 5Section 36. 449.01 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 449.01 (5m).
AB759, s. 37 6Section 37. 449.01 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB759,16,87 449.01 (1m) Credential. "Credential" means a license, certification or
8certificate of registration that is issued under this chapter.
AB759, s. 38 9Section 38. 449.01 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 449.015 and amended to
10read:
AB759,16,15 11449.015 Discrimination prohibited. Any agency of the state, county,
12municipality or school district shall accept the optometric services , as defined listed
13in sub. (1), of s. 449.01 (5m) that are provided by optometrists licensed under this
14chapter, on the same basis as those of any other person authorized by law to render
15such services.
AB759, s. 39 16Section 39. 449.01 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB759,16,1817 449.01 (4) (title) Examining board. In this chapter, "examining "Examining
18board" means optometry examining board.
AB759, s. 40 19Section 40 . 449.07 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB759,17,220 449.07 (1) (intro.) The examining board, by order, may reprimand a credential
21holder
and may deny, limit, suspend or revoke any license or certificate of

1registration
credential if the licensee or registrant credential holder or applicant for
2a credential
:
Note: Sections 34 to 40 establish the authority of the optometry examining board
to deny a credential (defined as a license, certification or certificate of registration) to an
applicant for a credential on the same grounds on which the optometry examining board
may deny, limit, suspend or revoke the credential of a person who already holds the
credential.
AB759, s. 41 3Section 41. 449.18 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB759,17,94 449.18 (7) The examining board shall promulgate rules requiring applicants
5for renewal under sub. (4) to attend continuing education courses approved by the
6examining board. The rules shall establish criteria for the approval of such courses
7and may not require an applicant for renewal to attend more than 30 hours of courses
8within the 2 calendar years immediately preceding the expiration date specified in
9sub. (4)
of the applicant's application for renewal.
Note: This Section establishes that an optometrist who is certified to use
therapeutic pharmaceuticals or to remove foreign bodies from an eye must complete at
least 30 hours of continuing education during the 2-year period immediately preceding
the date of his or her application for renewal of the certification. This eliminates the
possibility that an optometrist applying for renewal of his or her certificate could take
advantage of the 5-year credential renewal grace period created by 1991 Wisconsin Act
39
and satisfy the continuing education requirement using course work completed up to
7 years before the date of the renewal application.
AB759, s. 42 10Section 42. 450.08 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB759,17,1711 450.08 (2) (a) A pharmacist's license may be renewed by paying the applicable
12fee specified under s. 440.08 (2) (a) on or before the applicable renewal date specified
13under s. 440.08 (2) (a). Failure to obtain renewal If a pharmacist fails to renew his
14or her license
within the time period specified under this paragraph terminates the
15right of the person to be licensed as a
s. 440.08 (3) (b), the pharmacist, and such right
16can
may restore his or her license only be acquired by passing an examination to the
17satisfaction of the board.
Note: This Section reconciles the provision in current law that does not allow for
renewal of a pharmacist's license without an examination once the license renewal date

has passed with the general 5-year credential renewal grace period, created by 1991
Wisconsin Act 39
, that allows the department of regulation and licensing or an examining
board to renew a credential within 5 years after the credential renewal date without
requiring the credential holder to pass an examination.
AB759, s. 43 1Section 43. 632.87 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB759,18,72 632.87 (2) No insurer may, under a contract or plan covering vision care
3services or procedures, refuse to provide coverage for vision care services or
4procedures provided by an optometrist licensed under ch. 449 within the scope of the
5practice of optometry, as defined in s. 449.01 (1) (5m), if the contract or plan includes
6coverage for the same services or procedures when provided by another health care
7provider.
AB759, s. 44 8Section 44. 632.87 (2m) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB759,18,119 632.87 (2m) (a) (intro.) No health maintenance organization or preferred
10provider plan that provides vision care services or procedures within the scope of the
11practice of optometry, as defined in s. 449.01 (1) (5m), may do any of the following:
AB759, s. 45 12Section 45. 632.87 (2m) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB759,18,1813 632.87 (2m) (a) 2. Fail to provide to persons covered by the health maintenance
14organization or preferred provider plan, at the time vision care services or
15procedures are needed, the opportunity to choose optometrists from the listing under
16subd. 1. from whom the persons may obtain covered vision care services and
17procedures within the scope of the practice of optometry, as defined in s. 449.01 (1)
18(5m).
AB759, s. 46 19Section 46. 632.87 (2m) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB759,19,320 632.87 (2m) (a) 4. When vision care services or procedures are deemed
21appropriate by the health maintenance organization or preferred provider plan,
22restrict or discourage a person covered by the health maintenance organization or

1preferred provider plan from obtaining covered vision care services or procedures,
2within the scope of the practice of optometry as defined in s. 449.01 (1) (5m), from
3participating optometrists solely on the basis that the providers are optometrists.
AB759,19,44 (End)
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