AB174,8,97 448.02 (1) License. The board may grant licenses, including various classes
8of temporary licenses, to practice medicine and surgery, to practice as a physician
9assistant
and to practice podiatric medicine and surgery.
AB174, s. 15 10Section 15. 448.02 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB174,8,1311 448.02 (2) Certificate. The board may certify physician assistants,
12occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants and respiratory care
13practitioners.
AB174, s. 16 14Section 16. 448.03 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 448.03 (1) (a) and
15amended to read:
AB174,8,1816 448.03 (1) (a) No person may practice medicine and surgery, or podiatry, or
17attempt to do so or make a representation as authorized to do so, without a license
18to practice medicine and surgery granted by the board.
AB174, s. 17 19Section 17. 448.03 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB174,8,2120 448.03 (1) (b) No person may practice as a physician assistant unless he or she
21is licensed by the board as a physician assistant.
AB174, s. 18 22Section 18. 448.03 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB174,8,2523 448.03 (1) (c) No person may practice podiatry, or attempt to do so or make a
24representation as authorized to do so, without a license to practice podiatry granted
25by the board.
AB174, s. 19
1Section 19. 448.03 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB174,9,52 448.03 (2) (e) Any person other than a physician assistant who is providing
3patient services as directed, supervised and inspected by a physician or podiatrist
4who has the power to direct, decide and oversee the implementation of the patient
5services rendered.
AB174, s. 20 6Section 20. 448.03 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB174,9,117 448.03 (3) (e) No person may designate himself or herself as a "physician
8assistant" or use or assume the title "physician assistant" or append to the person's
9name the words or letters "physician assistant" or "P.A." or any other titles, letters
10or designation which represents or may tend to represent the person as a physician
11assistant unless certified he or she is licensed as a physician assistant by the board.
AB174, s. 21 12Section 21. 448.04 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB174,9,1713 448.04 (1) (f) (title) Certificate as physician Physician assistant license. The
14board shall certify license as a physician assistant an individual who meets the
15requirements for certification licensure under s. 448.05 (5). The board may, by rule,
16provide for various classes of temporary certificates licenses to practice as physician
17assistants.
AB174, s. 22 18Section 22. 448.05 (5) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB174,9,1919 448.05 (5) (title) Certificate as a physician Physician assistant license.
AB174, s. 23 20Section 23. 448.05 (5) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB174,9,2521 448.05 (5) (a) (intro.) The board shall promulgate rules establishing
22certification licensing standards and practice standards for physician assistants and
23shall certify license persons under those rules. The board may not grant a certificate
24license as a physician assistant to an applicant unless the applicant submits
25evidence satisfactory to the board of all of the following:
AB174, s. 24
1Section 24. 448.05 (5) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB174,10,52 448.05 (5) (a) 1. That the applicant is certified to assist primary care physicians
3has passed the certifying examination administered by the national commission on
4certification of physician assistants
National Commission on Certification of
5Physician Assistants
.
AB174, s. 25 6Section 25. 448.05 (5) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB174,10,107 448.05 (5) (a) 2. That the applicant has satisfactorily completed a physician
8assistant or surgeon assistant training program that is certified under par. (b)
9accredited by the American Medical Association's Committee on Allied Health
10Education and Accreditation or its successor
.
AB174, s. 26 11Section 26. 448.05 (5) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB174, s. 27 12Section 27. 448.05 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB174,10,1413 448.05 (5) (c) In promulgating rules under pars. par. (a) and (b), the board shall
14recognize the objective under s. 448.20 (4).
AB174, s. 28 15Section 28. 448.05 (5) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 448.03 (2) (k) and
16amended to read:
AB174,10,1917 448.03 (2) (k) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as requiring
18certification under this subsection of other
Any persons other than physician
19assistants
who assist physicians.
AB174, s. 29 20Section 29. 448.20 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB174,11,521 448.20 (1) (title) Recommend certification licensing and practice standards.
22Within 3 months after the selection of all its initial members, the The council on
23physician assistants shall develop and recommend to the examining board
24certification licensing and practice standards for physician assistants. In developing
25the standards, the council shall consider the following factors: an individual's

1training, wherever given; experience, however acquired, including experience
2obtained in a hospital, a physician's office, the armed services or the federal health
3service of the United States, or their equivalent as found by the examining board; and
4education, including that offered by a medical school and the technical college system
5board.
AB174, s. 30 6Section 30. 448.20 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB174,11,97 448.20 (3) (a) Revising physician assistant certification licensing and practice
8standards and on matters pertaining to the education, training and certification
9licensing of physician assistants.
AB174, s. 31 10Section 31. 448.21 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB174,11,1211 448.21 (1) Prohibited practices. (intro.) No physician assistant may perform
12patient services
provide medical care, except routine screening, in:
AB174, s. 32 13Section 32. 448.21 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB174,11,1914 448.21 (2) Employe status. No physician assistant may be self-employed. The
15employer of a physician assistant shall assume legal responsibility for any patient
16medical care undertaken provided by the physician assistant during the
17employment. The employer of a physician assistant, if other than a licensed
18physician, shall provide for and not interfere with supervision of the physician
19assistant by a licensed physician.
AB174, s. 33 20Section 33. 448.21 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB174,11,2321 448.21 (3) Prescriptive authority. A physician assistant may issue a
22prescription order for a drug or device in accordance with guidelines established by
23a supervising physician and the physician assistant.
AB174, s. 34 24Section 34. 450.10 (3) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB174,12,3
1450.10 (3) (a) 5. A physician, physician assistant, podiatrist or, physical
2therapist licensed or, occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant
3licensed or certified under ch. 448.
AB174, s. 35 4Section 35. 560.184 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB174,12,65 560.184 (1) (b) "Health care provider" means a physician's physician assistant,
6nurse-midwife or nurse practitioner.
AB174, s. 36 7Section 36. 895.48 (1m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB174,12,168 895.48 (1m) (intro.) Any physician licensed under ch. 448, chiropractor
9licensed under ch. 446, dentist licensed under ch. 447, emergency medical technician
10licensed under s. 146.50, physician assistant certified licensed under ch. 448 or
11registered nurse licensed under ch. 441 who renders voluntary health care to a
12participant in an athletic event or contest sponsored by a nonprofit corporation, as
13defined in s. 46.93 (1m) (c), a private school, as defined in s. 115.001 (3r), a public
14agency, as defined in s. 46.93 (1m) (e), or a school, as defined in s. 609.655 (1) (c), is
15immune from civil liability for his or her acts or omissions in rendering that care if
16all of the following conditions exist:
AB174, s. 37 17Section 37. 908.03 (6m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB174,12,2118 908.03 (6m) (a) Definition. In this subsection, "health care provider" means
19a chiropractor licensed under ch. 446, a dentist licensed under ch. 447, a physician
20assistant certified licensed under ch. 448 or a health care provider as defined in s.
21655.001 (8).
AB174, s. 38 22Section 38. 961.01 (19) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB174,13,323 961.01 (19) (a) A physician, advanced practice nurse, dentist, veterinarian,
24podiatrist, optometrist, scientific investigator or, subject to s. 448.21 (3), a physician
25assistant,
or other person licensed, registered, certified or otherwise permitted to

1distribute, dispense, conduct research with respect to, administer or use in teaching
2or chemical analysis a controlled substance in the course of professional practice or
3research in this state.
AB174, s. 39 4Section 39. Effective date.
AB174,13,65 (1) This act takes effect on the first day of the 10th month beginning after
6publication.
AB174,13,77 (End)
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