AB163,107,19 15(5) The department shall deny an application for the issuance or renewal of a
16license or permit specified in sub. (1), or shall revoke the license or permit specified
17in sub. (1), if the department of workforce development certifies under s. 108.227 that
18the applicant for or holder of the license or permit is liable for delinquent
19unemployment insurance contributions.
AB163,434 20Section 434. 252.245 of the statutes is renumbered 463.16, and 463.16 (1), (2),
21(3), (4m), (5), (6), (8) and (9), as renumbered, are amended to read:
AB163,108,1522 463.16 (1) In the administration and enforcement of ss. 252.23 and 252.24
23463.10 and 463.12, the department may enter into a written agreement with a local
24health department with a jurisdictional area that has a population greater than
255,000, which designates the local health department as the department's agent in

1issuing licenses to and making investigations or inspections of tattooists and tattoo
2establishments and body piercers and body-piercing establishments. In a
3jurisdictional area of a local health department without agent status, the
4department of health services financial institutions and professional standards may
5issue licenses, collect license fees established by rule under ss. 252.23 (4) (a) and
6252.24 (4) (a)
s. 440.03 (9) and make investigations or inspections of tattooists and
7tattoo establishments and body piercers and body-piercing establishments. If the
8department of financial institutions and professional standards designates a local
9health department as its agent, the department of financial institutions and
10professional standards
or local health department may require no license for the
11same operations other than the license issued by the local health department under
12this subsection. If the designation is made and the services are furnished, the
13department of financial institutions and professional standards shall reimburse the
14local health department furnishing the service at the rate of 80% of the net license
15fee per license per year issued in the jurisdictional area.
AB163,108,22 16(2) A local health department designated as the department's agent under this
17section shall meet standards promulgated under ss. 252.23 463.10 (4) (a) and 252.24
18463.12 (4) (a). The department shall annually evaluate the licensing, investigation
19and inspection program of each local health department granted agent status. If, at
20any time, a local health department designated as the department's agent fails to
21meet the standards, the department of health services financial institutions and
22professional standards
may revoke its agent status.
AB163,108,25 23(3) The department shall provide education and training to agents designated
24under this section to ensure uniformity in the enforcement of s. 252.23 463.10 or
25252.24 463.12 and rules promulgated under s. 252.23 463.10 or 252.24 463.12.
AB163,109,7
1(4m) A local health department designated as the department's agent under
2this section may contract with the department of health services financial
3institutions and professional standards
for the department of health services
4financial institutions and professional standards to collect fees and issue licenses
5under s. 252.23 463.10 or 252.24 463.12. The department of financial institutions
6and professional standards
shall collect from the local health department the actual
7and reasonable cost of providing the services.
AB163,109,15 8(5) If, under this section, a local health department becomes an agent or its
9agent status is discontinued during a licensee's license year, the department of
10health services financial institutions and professional standards and the local health
11department shall divide any license fee paid by the licensee for that license year
12according to the proportions of the license year occurring before and after the local
13health department is designated as an agent or the agent status is discontinued. No
14additional fee may be required during the license year due to the change in agent
15status.
AB163,109,21 16(6) A village, city or county may enact ordinances and a local board of health
17may adopt regulations regarding the licensees and premises for which the local
18health department is the designated agent under this section, which are stricter than
19s. 252.23 463.10 or 252.24 463.12 or rules promulgated by the department of health
20services under s. 252.23 463.10 or 252.24 463.12. No such provision may conflict with
21s. 252.23 463.10 or 252.24 463.12 or with department rules.
AB163,110,5 22(8) The department shall hold a hearing under ch. 227 if, in lieu of proceeding
23under ch. 68, any interested person in the jurisdictional area of a local health
24department that is designated as the department's agent under this section appeals
25to the department of health services financial institutions and professional

1standards
alleging that a license fee for a tattooist or tattooist establishment or for
2a body piercer or body-piercing establishment exceeds the license issuer's
3reasonable costs of issuing licenses to, making investigations and inspections of, and
4providing education, training and technical assistance to the tattooist or tattooist
5establishment or to the body piercer or body-piercing establishment.
AB163,110,17 6(9) The department shall promulgate rules establishing state fees for its costs
7related to setting standards under ss. 252.23 463.10 and 252.24 463.12 and
8monitoring and evaluating the activities of, and providing education and training to,
9agent local health departments. The department may not promulgate a rule under
10which a local health department may charge an individual who is eligible for the
11veterans fee waiver program under s. 45.44 a state fee to obtain a license under s.
12252.23 463.10 (3) or 252.24 463.12 (3). Agent local health departments shall include
13the state fees in the license fees established under sub. (4), collect the state fees and
14reimburse the department for the state fees collected. For tattooists or tattoo
15establishments and for body piercers or body-piercing establishments, the state fee
16may not exceed 20% of the license fees established under s. 252.23 (4) (a) or 252.24
17(4) (a)
440.03 (9).
AB163,435 18Section 435. 254.115 (1) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
AB163,436 19Section 436. 255.08 of the statutes is renumbered 463.25, and 463.25 (2) (a)
20and (b), as renumbered, are amended to read:
AB163,110,2521 463.25 (2) (a) No person may operate a tanning facility without a permit that
22the department may, except as provided in ss. 250.041 and 254.115 s. 463.14, issue
23under this subsection. The holder of a permit issued under this subsection shall
24display the permit in a conspicuous place at the tanning facility for which the permit
25is issued.
AB163,111,7
1(b) Permits issued under this subsection shall expire annually on June 30.
2Except as provided in ss. 250.041 and 254.115 s. 463.14, a permit applicant shall
3submit an application for a permit to the department on a form provided by the
4department with a the permit fee established by the department by rule under s.
5440.03 (9)
. The application shall include the name and complete mailing address and
6street address of the tanning facility and any other information reasonably required
7by the department for the administration of this section.
AB163,437 8Section 437. 257.01 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB163,111,149 257.01 (5) (a) An individual who is licensed as a physician, a physician
10assistant, or a podiatrist under ch. 448, licensed as a registered nurse, licensed
11practical nurse, or nurse-midwife under ch. 441, licensed as a dentist under ch. 447,
12licensed as a pharmacist under ch. 450, licensed as a veterinarian or certified as a
13veterinary technician under ch. 453 89, or certified as a respiratory care practitioner
14under ch. 448.
AB163,438 15Section 438. 257.01 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB163,111,2316 257.01 (5) (b) An individual who was at any time within the previous 10 years,
17but is not currently, licensed as a physician, a physician assistant, or a podiatrist
18under ch. 448, licensed as a registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, or
19nurse-midwife, under ch. 441, licensed as a dentist under ch. 447, licensed as a
20pharmacist under ch. 450, licensed as a veterinarian or certified as a veterinary
21technician under ch. 453 89, or certified as a respiratory care practitioner under ch.
22448, if the individual's license or certification was never revoked, limited, suspended,
23or denied renewal.
AB163,439 24Section 439. 281.33 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB163,112,10
1281.33 (2) State storm water management plan. The department, in
2consultation with the department of safety and professional services,
shall
3promulgate by rule a state storm water management plan. This state plan is
4applicable to activities contracted for or conducted by any agency, as defined under
5s. 227.01 (1) but also including the office of district attorney, unless that agency
6enters into a memorandum of understanding with the department of natural
7resources in which that agency agrees to regulate activities related to storm water
8management. The department shall coordinate the activities of agencies, as defined
9under s. 227.01 (1), in storm water management and make recommendations to
10these agencies concerning activities related to storm water management.
AB163,440 11Section 440. 281.57 (7) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB163,112,1812 281.57 (7) (c) 1. Metropolitan sewerage districts that serve 1st class cities are
13limited in each fiscal year to receiving total grant awards not to exceed 33% of the
14sum of the amounts in the schedule for that fiscal year for the appropriation under
15s. 20.165 (2) (de)
$771,738 and the amount authorized under sub. (10) for that fiscal
16year plus the unencumbered balance at the end of the preceding fiscal year for the
17amount authorized under sub. (10). This subdivision is not applicable to grant
18awards provided during fiscal years 1985-86, 1986-87, 1988-89 and 1989-90.
AB163,441 19Section 441. 281.59 (1m) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB163,442 20Section 442. 321.60 (1) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB163,113,221 321.60 (1) (a) 4. A license, certificate of approval, provisional license,
22conditional license, certification, certification card, registration, permit, training
23permit, or approval specified in s. 49.45 (2) (a) 11., 51.42 (7) (b) 11., 51.421 (3) (a),
24252.23 (2), 252.24 (2), 254.176, 254.178 (2) (a), 254.20 (2), (3), or (4), 254.64 (1) (a) or

1(b), 254.71 (2), 255.08 (2) (a), 256.15 (5) (a) or (b), (6g) (a), (7), or (8) (a) or (f), or 343.305
2(6) (a) or a permit for the operation of a campground specified in s. 254.47 (1).
AB163,443 3Section 443. 321.60 (1) (a) 6m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB163,113,54 321.60 (1) (a) 6m. A license, certification, or permit issued under s. 89.06 or
589.072.
AB163,444 6Section 444. 321.60 (1) (a) 12. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB163,113,107 321.60 (1) (a) 12. A license or certificate of registration issued by the
8department of financial institutions, or a division of it, and professional standards
9under ss. 138.09, 138.12, 138.14, 202.13, 202.14, 217.06, 218.0101 to 218.0163,
10218.02, 218.04, 218.05, 224.72, 224.725, or 224.93 or subch. IV of ch. 551.
AB163,445 11Section 445. 409.501 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB163,113,1512 409.501 (1) (b) The office of the department of financial institutions and
13professional standards
or any office duly authorized by the department, in all other
14cases, including a case in which the collateral is goods that are or are to become
15fixtures and the financing statement is not filed as a fixture filing.
AB163,446 16Section 446. 426.103 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB163,113,19 17426.103 Administrator. "Administrator" means the secretary of financial
18institutions and professional standards or an employee of the department of
19financial institutions and professional standards designated by the secretary
.
AB163,447 20Section 447. 426.104 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB163,114,321 426.104 (2) (intro.) The administrator shall report annually on practices in
22consumer transactions, on the use of consumer credit in the state, on problems
23attending the collection of debts, on the problems of persons of limited means in
24consumer transactions, and on the operation of chs. 421 to 427 and 429. For the
25purpose of making the report, the administrator may conduct research and make

1appropriate studies. The report shall be given to the division of banking for inclusion
2included in the department's report of the division of banking under s. 220.14 and
3shall include:
AB163,448 4Section 448. 426.203 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB163,114,11 5426.203 Penalties. Whoever fails to comply with the registration
6requirements under s. 426.201 or fails to pay a fee required under s. 426.202 may be
7required to forfeit not more than $50. Each day that this failure continues
8constitutes a separate offense. Forfeitures received by the administrator under this
9section shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.144 (1) 20.142 (2)
10(h) and may be expended from the account only for consumer or merchant education
11programs.
AB163,449 12Section 449. Chapter 440 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB163,114,1313 CHAPTER 440
AB163,114,15 14DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY AND
15 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES licensing
AB163,450 16Section 450. 440.01 (2) (cs) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB163,114,1817 440.01 (2) (cs) "Minority group member" has the meaning given in s. 16.287
18203.07 (1) (f).
AB163,451 19Section 451. 440.03 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB163,114,2320 440.03 (3) If the secretary reorganizes the department, no modification may
21be made in the powers and responsibilities of the examining boards or affiliated
22credentialing boards attached to the department or an examining board under s.
2315.405 15.175 or 15.406 15.176.
AB163,452 24Section 452. 440.03 (3q) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB163,115,3
1440.03 (3q) Notwithstanding sub. (3m), the department of safety and
2professional services
shall investigate any report that it receives under s. 146.40 (4r)
3(em).
AB163,453 4Section 453. 440.03 (9) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB163,115,185 440.03 (9) (a) 2. Not later than January 31 of each odd-numbered year,
6adjusting for the succeeding fiscal biennium each fee for an initial credential for
7which an examination is not required, for a reciprocal credential, and, subject to s.
8440.08 (2) (a), for a credential renewal, if an adjustment is necessary to reflect the
9approximate administrative and enforcement costs of the department that are
10attributable to the regulation of the particular occupation or business during the
11period in which the initial or reciprocal credential or credential renewal is in effect
12and, for purposes of each fee for a credential renewal, to reflect an estimate of any
13additional moneys available for the department's general program operations as a
14result of appropriation transfers that have been or are estimated to be made under
15s. 20.165 (1) 20.142 (3) (i) during the fiscal biennium in progress at the time of the
16deadline for an adjustment under this subdivision or during the fiscal biennium
17beginning on the July 1 immediately following the deadline for an adjustment under
18this subdivision.
AB163,454 19Section 454. 440.03 (11m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB163,116,220 440.03 (11m) (c) The department of safety and professional services may not
21disclose a social security number obtained under par. (a) to any person except the
22coordinated licensure information system under s. 441.50 (7); the department of
23children and families for purposes of administering s. 49.22; and, for a social security
24number obtained under par. (a) 1., the department of revenue for the purpose of
25requesting certifications under s. 73.0301 and administering state taxes and the

1department of workforce development for the purpose of requesting certifications
2under s. 108.227.
AB163,455 3Section 455. 440.03 (12m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB163,116,94 440.03 (12m) The department of safety and professional services shall
5cooperate with the departments of justice, children and families, and health services
6in developing and maintaining a computer linkup to provide access to information
7regarding the current status of a credential issued to any person by the department
8of safety and professional services, including whether that credential has been
9restricted in any way.
AB163,456 10Section 456. 440.03 (13) (b) 73. of the statutes is repealed.
AB163,457 11Section 457. 440.03 (13) (b) 74. of the statutes is repealed.
AB163,458 12Section 458 . 440.08 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2013
13Wisconsin Act 240
, is amended to read:
AB163,116,1614 440.08 (2) (a) (intro.) Except as provided in par. (b) and in ss. 440.51, 442.04,
15444.03, 444.11, 447.04 (2) (c) 2., 449.17 (1m) (d), and 449.18 (2) (d), 463.10, 463.12,
16and 463.25
and subch. II of ch. 448, the renewal dates for credentials are as follows:
AB163,459 17Section 459. 440.08 (2) (a) 70. of the statutes is repealed.
AB163,460 18Section 460. 440.08 (2) (a) 71. of the statutes is repealed.
AB163,461 19Section 461. 440.13 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB163,116,2220 440.13 (1) (b) "Memorandum of understanding" means a memorandum of
21understanding entered into by the department of safety and professional services
22and the department of children and families under s. 49.857.
AB163,462 23Section 462. 440.22 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB163,117,1024 440.22 (2) In any disciplinary proceeding against a holder of a credential in
25which the department or an examining board, affiliated credentialing board or board

1in the department orders suspension, limitation or revocation of the credential or
2reprimands the holder, the department, examining board, affiliated credentialing
3board or board may, in addition to imposing discipline, assess all or part of the costs
4of the proceeding against the holder. Costs assessed under this subsection are
5payable to the department. Interest shall accrue on costs assessed under this
6subsection at a rate of 12% per year beginning on the date that payment of the costs
7are due as ordered by the department, examining board, affiliated credentialing
8board or board. Upon the request of the department of safety and professional
9services
, the department of justice may commence an action to recover costs assessed
10under this subsection and any accrued interest.
AB163,463 11Section 463. 440.25 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB163,117,19 12440.25 Judicial review. The department may seek judicial review under ch.
13227 of any final disciplinary decision of the medical examining board or affiliated
14credentialing board attached to the medical examining board. The department shall
15be represented in such review proceedings by an attorney within the department.
16Upon request of the medical examining board or the interested affiliated
17credentialing board, the attorney general may represent the board. If the attorney
18general declines to represent the board, the board may retain special counsel which
19shall be paid for out of the appropriation under s. 20.165 (1) 20.142 (3) (hg).
AB163,464 20Section 464. Subchapter V (title) of chapter 440 [precedes 440.51] of the
21statutes is amended to read:
AB163,117,2222 CHAPTER 440
AB163,117,2323 SUBCHAPTER V
AB163,117,2424 PEDDLERS; PRIVATE schools
AB163,465 25Section 465. 440.52 (title) of the statutes is created to read:
AB163,118,1
1440.52 (title) Private trade, business, technical, and other schools.
AB163,466 2Section 466. 440.52 (7m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB163,118,53 440.52 (7m) Authorization of schools. (a) In this subsection, "proprietary
4school" means a private trade, correspondence, business, or technical school or any
5other private school seeking funding under 20 USC 1070 to 1099d.
AB163,118,86 (b) Upon application, the department shall issue written authorization to a
7proprietary school doing business within this state if the requirements established
8by rule under par. (c) are satisfied.
AB163,118,119 (c) The rules required under sub. (3) shall include rules related to providing
10authorization under this subsection and revoking authorization previously
11provided. The rules shall include all of the following:
AB163,118,1412 1. Criteria or standards for providing authorization, which must include a
13requirement that the school has accreditation recognized by the U.S. secretary of
14education or recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.
AB163,118,1615 2. The period for which the department's authorization is valid, which period
16may be no longer than 4 years.
AB163,118,1917 3. Criteria or standards, and a procedure, for revoking authorization
18previously provided, which must allow revocation if the school has lost the
19accreditation specified in subd. 1.
AB163,118,2120 4. Criteria or standards, and a procedure, for a school to regain authorization
21after its authorization has been revoked.
AB163,118,2422 5. The fees to be paid to the department for authorization under this subsection.
23Fees collected under this subdivision shall be sufficient to cover all costs that the
24department incurs in authorizing proprietary schools under this subsection.
AB163,119,3
1(d) A school issued authorization by the department under par. (b) shall
2promptly notify the department if it loses the accreditation specified in par. (c) 1.
3within the period of authorization.
AB163,119,64 (e) With respect to any school authorized by the department under par. (b) or
5for which the department has a pending application for authorization, the
6department shall do all of the following:
AB163,119,771. Fulfill any obligation of this state specified in 20 USC 1099a.
AB163,119,128 2. Cooperate with any accrediting agency or association recognized by the
9federal secretary of education as meeting the criteria established under 20 USC
101099b
, and with the federal secretary of education, with respect to certification or
11recertification under 20 USC 1099c of any school for purposes of the school's
12participation in programs of the federal department of education.
AB163,467 13Section 467. 440.52 (11) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB163,119,2114 440.52 (11) (bm) If a school operating in this state proposes to discontinue its
15operations or is in imminent danger of discontinuing its operations, the school shall
16give notice to the department. Upon receiving this notice, if the department
17determines that the student records of the school are in danger of being destroyed,
18secreted, mislaid, or otherwise made unavailable to the persons who are the subjects
19of those student records or the authorized representatives of those persons, the
20department may take possession of those student records if those student records
21have not already been taken into possession under par. (b) 2.
AB163,468 22Section 468. 440.905 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB163,119,2523 440.905 (1) In addition to the other duties and powers of the board under this
24subchapter, the board shall advise the secretary of safety and professional services
25on matters relating to cemeteries, to this chapter, or to the board.
AB163,469
1Section 469. 440.92 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB163,120,152 440.92 (2) (d) A preneed seller may not sell any undeveloped space unless the
3plans for the construction of the mausoleum have been submitted to the department
4of safety and professional services for approval under s. 157.12 (2) (a) and the
5preneed sales contract includes the following language in not less than 10-point
6boldface type: "THE PLANS FOR CONSTRUCTING THE MAUSOLEUM SPACE
7HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY AND
8PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND
9PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS
FOR APPROVAL. THE SELLER IS
10RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL COSTS REQUIRED TO OBTAIN APPROVAL OF THE
11PLANS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
12FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS, COMPLETE
13THE CONSTRUCTION, AND OBTAIN CERTIFICATION OF THE
14CONSTRUCTION BY THE DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY AND PROFESSIONAL
15SERVICES
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS."
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