SB18: Bill Text

SB18,166 Section 166. 118.07 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB18,52,23 118.07 (5) Each school board shall require every employee of the school district governed by the school board who is required to report suspected or threatened child abuse or neglect under s. 48.981 (2) (ar) 14. to receive training provided by the department   or approved under s. 48.47 (9) in identifying children who have been abused or neglected and in the laws and procedures under s. 48.981 governing the reporting of suspected or threatened child abuse and neglect. A Unless the employee has received training provided by the department or approved under s. 48.47 (9) within the 5 years immediately preceding employment, a school district employee shall receive that training within the first 6 months after commencing employment with the school district and at least once every 5 years after that initial training.

Note: Amends the requirement that DPI provide training to all school district employees to make the requirement applicable only to employees who are mandated reporters of child abuse and neglect under s. 48.981, stats., and to allow such training to be provided by either DPI or another provider whose training course is approved by DCF. Specifies that employees who received training during the 5 years preceding employment are not subject to the initial training requirement.

SB18,167 Section 167. 118.19 (15) of the statutes is created to read:

SB18,53,4 118.19 (15) The state superintendent may not issue an initial teaching license, school district administrator's license, or school administrator's license unless the applicant has completed a training course approved under s. 48.47 (9).

Note: Requires the completion of a mandated reporter training course as a condition of an initial teaching license, a school district administrator's license, or a school administrator's license.

SB18,168 Section 168. 146.82 (2) (a) 11. and 18m. of the statutes are amended to read:

SB18,53,16 146.82 (2) (a) 11. To a county department an agency, as defined under s. 48.02 (2g) in s. 48.981 (1) (ag), a sheriff or police department, or a district attorney for purposes of investigation of threatened or suspected child abuse or neglect or suspected unborn child abuse or for purposes of prosecution of alleged child abuse or neglect, if the person conducting the investigation or prosecution identifies the subject of the record by name. The health care provider may release information by initiating contact with a county department, sheriff or police department, or district attorney without receiving a request for release of the information. A person to whom a report or record is disclosed under this subdivision may not further disclose it the report or record, except to the persons, for the purposes, and under the conditions specified in s. 48.981 (7) (7d), (7g), or (7m).

SB18,54,17 18m. If the subject of the patient health care records is a child or juvenile who has been placed in a foster home, group home, residential care center for children and youth, or juvenile correctional facility, including a any other placement under s. 48.205, 48.21, 938.205, or 938.21, or for whom placement in a foster home, group home, residential care center for children and youth, or juvenile correctional facility is recommended under s. 48.33 (4), 48.425 (1) (g), 48.837 (4) (c), or 938.33 (3) or (4), to an agency with placement and care responsibility of the child or juvenile under s. 48.21 (5) (b) 1. d., 48.32 (1) (b) 1. d., 48.355 (2) (b) 6g., 48.357 (2v) (a) 1m., 48.43 (1) (am), 48.63 (1), 938.21 (5) (b) 1. d., 938.32 (1) (c) 1. d., 938.355 (2) (b) 6g., (6) (d) 1., or (6m) (a) 1g., or 938.357 (2v) (a) 1m., to an agency directed by a court to prepare a court report under s. 48.33 (1), 48.424 (4) (b), 48.425 (3), 48.831 (2), 48.837 (4) (c), or 938.33 (1), to an agency responsible for preparing a court report under s. 48.365 (2g), 48.425 (1), 48.831 (2), 48.837 (4) (c), or 938.365 (2g), to an agency responsible for preparing a permanency plan under s. 48.355 (2e), 48.38, 48.43 (1) (c) or (5) (c), 48.63 (4) or (5) (c), 48.831 (4) (e), 938.355 (2e), or 938.38 regarding the child or juvenile, or to an agency that placed the child or juvenile or arranged for the placement of the child or juvenile in any of those placements and, by any of those agencies, to any other of those agencies and, by the agency that placed the child or juvenile or arranged for the placement of the child or juvenile in any of those placements, to the foster parent of the child or juvenile or the operator of the group home, residential care center for children and youth, or juvenile correctional facility in which the child or juvenile is placed, as provided in s. 48.371 or 938.371.

SB18,169 Section 169. 165.85 (4) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB18,55,18 165.85 (4) (b) 1. No person may be appointed as a law enforcement or tribal law enforcement officer, except on a temporary or probationary basis, unless the person has satisfactorily completed a preparatory program of law enforcement training approved by the board and has been certified by, the board has certified the person as being qualified to be a law enforcement or tribal law enforcement officer, and the person has completed a training course approved under s. 48.47 (9). The program shall include 400 hours of training, except the program for law enforcement officers who serve as rangers for the department of natural resources includes 240 hours of training. The board shall promulgate a rule under ch. 227 providing a specific curriculum for a 400-hour conventional program and a 240-hour ranger program. The period of temporary or probationary employment established at the time of initial employment shall not be extended by more than one year for an officer lacking the training qualifications required by the board. The total period during which a person may serve as a law enforcement and tribal law enforcement officer on a temporary or probationary basis without completing a preparatory program of law enforcement training approved by the board shall not exceed 2 years, except that the board shall permit part-time law enforcement and tribal law enforcement officers to serve on a temporary or probationary basis without completing a program of law enforcement training approved by the board to a period not exceeding 3 years. For purposes of this section, a part-time law enforcement or tribal law enforcement officer is a law enforcement or tribal law enforcement officer who routinely works not more than one-half the normal annual work hours of a full-time employee of the employing agency or unit of government. Law enforcement training programs including municipal, county and state programs meeting standards of the board are acceptable as meeting these training requirements.

Note: Requires the completion of a mandatory reporter training course as a condition for appointment as a law enforcement or tribal law enforcement officer.

SB18,170 Section 170. 256.15 (6) (a) 2m. of the statutes is created to read:

SB18,55,21 256.15 (6) (a) 2m. Have satisfactorily completed a training course approved under s. 48.47 (9).

Note: Requires the completion of a mandated reporter training course as a qualification for initial licensure as an emergency medical technician.

SB18,171 Section 171. 256.15 (8) (b) 4. of the statutes is created to read:

SB18,56,2 256.15 (8) (b) 4. The individual has completed a training course approved under s. 48.47 (9).

Note: Requires the completion of a mandated reporter training course as a condition of initial certification as a first responder.

SB18,172 Section 172. 301.068 (5m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB18,56,6 301.068 (5m) Rules promulgated under sub. (5) shall require probation agents and parole agents to obtain training approved under s. 48.47 (9) prior to initial service as a probation agent or parole agent in the state.

Note: Requires rules setting forth training requirements for parole and probation agents to require the completion of a mandated reporter training course prior to initial service.

SB18,173 Section 173. 440.88 (3) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB18,56,12 440.88 (3) (a) (intro.) Subject to pars. (b), (bm), and (c) and except as provided in sub. (3m), the department shall promulgate rules that establish minimum standards and qualifications for the certification of all of the following, including substance abuse counselors and clinical supervisors described under s. HFS 75.02 (11) and (84), Wis. Adm. Code, in effect on December 15, 2006:

SB18,174 Section 174. 440.88 (3) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:

SB18,56,16 440.88 (3) (bm) Rules promulgated under par. (a) shall require substance abuse counselors to obtain training approved under s. 48.47 (9) as a condition of initial certification.

Note: Requires rules establishing minimum standards for certification of substance abuse counselors to require the completion of a mandated reporter training course as a condition of initial certification as substance abuse counselor.

SB18,175 Section 175. 441.04 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB18,57,6 441.04 Requisites for examination as a registered nurse. Any person who has graduated from a high school or its equivalent as determined by the board, does not have an arrest or conviction record, subject to ss. 111.321, 111.322, and 111.335, has completed a training course approved under s. 48.47 (9), holds a diploma of graduation from an accredited school of nursing, and, if the school is located outside this state, submits evidence of general and professional educational qualifications comparable to those required in this state at the time of graduation may apply to the department for licensure by the board as a registered nurse, and upon payment of the fee specified under s. 440.05 (1) shall be entitled to examination.

Note: Requires the completion of a mandated reporter training course as a prerequisite for taking the examination to become a registered nurse.

SB18,176 Section 176. 446.02 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB18,57,14 446.02 (2) (a) 1. The examining board shall grant a license to engage in the practice of chiropractic to a qualified person who submits an application for the license to the department on a form provided by the department, accompanied by satisfactory evidence of completion of the educational requirements established in the rules promulgated under par. (b) and satisfactory evidence of completion of a training course approved under s. 48.47 (9), passes the examinations described under sub. (3), and pays the license fee specified in s. 440.05 (1).

Note: Requires the completion of a mandated reporter training course as a qualification for a license to practice as a chiropractor.

SB18,177 Section 177. 447.04 (1) (a) 5s. of the statutes is created to read:

SB18,57,17 447.04 (1) (a) 5s. Submits evidence satisfactory to the examining board that he or she has completed a training course approved under s. 48.47 (9).

Note: Requires the completion of a mandated reporter training course as a qualification for a license to practice dentistry.

SB18,178 Section 178. 448.05 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB18,58,20 448.05 (2) License to practice medicine and surgery. An applicant for any class of license to practice medicine and surgery must supply evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant is a graduate of and possesses a diploma from a medical or osteopathic college approved by the board and, has completed postgraduate training of 12 months in a facility approved by the board , and has completed a training course approved under s. 48.47 (9). If an applicant is a graduate of a foreign medical school which has not been approved by the board, and if such applicant has had postgraduate training in this country in a 12-month program approved by the board or has had other professional experience which the board deems has given the applicant the education and training substantially equivalent, and if such applicant has passed the examinations given by the educational council for foreign medical graduates or its successors, the board may make such additional inquiry including a personal interview as satisfies it that the applicant has had such education and training. If a majority of the board is so satisfied, the applicant may then be admitted to examination for a license to practice medicine and surgery. If an applicant is a graduate of a foreign medical school not approved by the board, and such foreign medical school requires either social service or internship or both of its graduates, and if such applicant has not completed such requirements but has completed a 12-month supervised clinical training program under the direction of a medical school approved by the board and has complied with all other requirements of this subsection for graduates of foreign medical schools not approved by the board, the applicant may then be admitted to examination for a license to practice medicine and surgery.

Note: Requires the completion of a mandated reporter training course as a qualification for a license to practice medicine and surgery.

SB18,179 Section 179. 448.05 (5) (a) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

SB18,58,23 448.05 (5) (a) 3. That the applicant has completed a training course approved under s. 48.47 (9).

Note: Requires the completion of a mandated reporter training course as a qualification for a physician assistant license.

SB18,180 Section 180. 448.53 (1) (dm) of the statutes is created to read:

SB18,59,3 448.53 (1) (dm) Submits evidence satisfactory to the examining board that the applicant has completed a training course approved under s. 48.47 (9).

Note: Requires the completion of a mandated reporter training course as a qualification for licensure as a physical therapist.

SB18,181 Section 181. 448.535 (1) (f) of the statutes is created to read:

SB18,59,6 448.535 (1) (f) Submits evidence satisfactory to the examining board that the applicant has completed a training course approved under s. 48.47 (9).

Note: Requires the completion of a mandated reporter training course as a qualification for licensure as a physical therapist assistant.

SB18,182 Section 182. 448.78 (4m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB18,59,9 448.78 (4m) Submits evidence satisfactory to the affiliated credentialing board that he or she has completed a training course approved under s. 48.47 (9).

Note: Requires the completion of a mandated reporter training course as a condition for certification as a dietitian.

SB18,183 Section 183. 448.963 (2) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:

SB18,59,12 448.963 (2) (bm) Submits evidence satisfactory to the affiliated credentialing board that he or she has completed a training course approved under s. 48.47 (9).

Note: Requires the completion of a mandated reporter training course as a condition for licensure as an occupational therapist.

SB18,184 Section 184. 449.05 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB18,59,15 449.05 (3m) The person has completed a training course approved under s. 48.47 (9).

Note: Requires the completion of a mandated reporter training course as a qualification for taking an examination to be licensed as an optometrist.

SB18,185 Section 185. 451.04 (2) (dm) of the statutes is created to read:

SB18,59,18 451.04 (2) (dm) Submits evidence satisfactory to the department that he or she has completed a training course approved under s. 48.47 (9).

Note: Requires the completion of a mandated reporter training course as a condition for obtaining an acupuncturist certificate.

SB18,186 Section 186. 455.04 (1) (dm) of the statutes is created to read:

SB18,60,3 455.04 (1) (dm) Have completed a training course approved under s. 48.47 (9) prior to initial licensure.

Note: Requires the completion of a mandated reporter training course as a requirement for licensure as a psychologist.

SB18,187 Section 187. 455.04 (4) (dm) of the statutes is created to read:

SB18,60,6 455.04 (4) (dm) Have completed a training course approved under s. 48.47 (9) prior to initial licensure.

Note: Requires the completion of a mandated reporter training course as a condition for licensure as a private practice school psychologist.

SB18,188 Section 188. 457.08 (1) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:

SB18,60,9 457.08 (1) (bm) Submits evidence satisfactory to the social worker section that he or she has completed a training course approved under s. 48.47 (9).

Note: Requires the completion of a mandated reporter training course as a condition for obtaining a social worker certificate.

SB18,189 Section 189. 457.09 (5) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB18,60,14 457.09 (5) (d) The social worker section shall grant a social worker certificate to an individual who has held a social worker training certificate , who has completed a training course approved under s. 48.47 (9), and who passes the examinations specified under pars. (a) and (b).

Note: Requires the completion of a mandated reporter training course as a condition for obtaining a social worker certificate based on holding a social worker training certificate and passing specified examinations.

SB18,190 Section 190. 457.10 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB18,60,18 457.10 (3m) Submits evidence satisfactory to the marriage and family therapist section that he or she has completed a training course approved under s. 48.47 (9).

Note: Requires the completion of a mandated reporter training course as a condition for licensure as a marriage and family therapist.

SB18,191 Section 191. 457.12 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB18,61,3 457.12 (3m) Submits evidence satisfactory to the professional counselor section that he or she has completed a training course approved under s. 48.47 (9).

Note: Requires the completion of a mandated reporter training course as a condition for licensure as a professional counselor.

SB18,192 Section 192. 459.24 (2) (g) of the statutes is created to read:

SB18,61,6 459.24 (2) (g) Submits evidence satisfactory to the examining board that he or she has completed a training course approved under s. 48.47 (9).

Note: Requires the completion of a mandated reporter training course as a condition for licensure as a speech-language pathologist.

SB18,193 Section 193. 459.24 (3) (g) of the statutes is created to read:

SB18,61,9 459.24 (3) (g) Submits evidence satisfactory to the examining board that he or she has completed a training course approved under s. 48.47 (9).

Note: Requires the completion of a mandated reporter training course as a condition for licensure as an audiologist.

SB18,194 Section 194. 767.405 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB18,61,17 767.405 (4) Mediator qualifications. Every mediator assigned under sub. (6) (a) shall have not less than 25 hours of mediation training or not less than 3 years of professional experience in dispute resolution. Every mediator assigned under sub. (6) (a) shall have training on the dynamics of domestic violence and the effects of domestic violence on victims of domestic violence and on children. Every mediator assigned under sub. (6) (a) shall have completed a training course approved under s. 48.47 (9).

Note: Requires the completion of a mandated reporter training course as a condition for assignment as a family court mediator.

SB18,195 Section 195. 895.442 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB18,62,2 895.442 (1) (a) "Member of the clergy" has the meaning given in s. 48.981 (1) (cx) (2) (bm) 1d. c.

SB18,196 Section 196. 895.442 (5) of the statutes is amended to read: