Also under current law, the Marriage and Family Therapy, Professional
Counseling, and Social Work Examining Board is composed of a marriage and family
therapist section, a professional counselor section, and a social worker section. The
membership of that examining board consists of the following:
1. Three marriage and family therapists.
2. Three professional counselors.
3. Four social workers.
4. Three public members who represent groups promoting the interests of
consumers of services provided by marriage and family therapists, professional
counselors, and social workers.
The bill eliminates the individual sections of the Marriage and Family Therapy,
Professional Counseling, and Social Work Examining Board and reduces the
membership of the examining board to the following:
1. Three marriage and family therapists (no change).
2. Three professional counselors (no change).
3. Three social workers.
4. One public member.
7. Removal from office.
Under current law, members of examining boards, affiliated credentialing
boards, or other boards under DSPS, like most other state officers appointed by the
governor for a fixed term, may be removed from office only for cause, subject to
certain complaint and other procedural requirements. This bill authorizes the
governor to remove any member appointed for a fixed term to an examining board,
affiliated credentialing board, or other board under DSPS for, as determined by the
governor, excessive absenteeism, neglect of duties, conviction of a crime, or
unprofessional conduct. If the governor determines that one of those elements is
present, the removal is treated essentially as a removal from office at pleasure.

8. Meeting requirements.
Under current law, each board other than a board that serves as the head of a
department and each council must meet annually, and may meet at other times on
the call of the chairperson or a majority of its members. This bill deletes the annual
meeting requirements that apply to boards and councils in or attached to DSPS, to
examining boards, and to affiliated credentialing boards. The bill also deletes
various other mandatory meeting requirements that apply to specific bodies that are
in or attached to DSPS.
Buildings and safety
Under current law, the Contractor Certification Council recommends rules for
promulgation to DSPS concerning certain residential building contractors in
Wisconsin and advises DSPS about examinations for the continuing education of
such contractors. This bill eliminates the Contractor Certification Council.
The bill also eliminates the Plumbers Council, which is tasked with advising
DSPS with respect to DSPS's rules concerning plumbers, utility contractors,
plumbing apprentices, pipe layers, and registered learners.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB726,1 1Section 1. 15.07 (1) (b) 19m. of the statutes is repealed.
AB726,2 2Section 2. 15.07 (1) (b) 23. of the statutes is repealed.
AB726,3 3Section 3. 15.07 (1) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB726,9,124 15.07 (1) (cm) The term of one member of the government accountability board
5shall expire on each May 1. The terms of the 3 members of the land and water
6conservation board appointed under s. 15.135 (4) (b) 2. shall expire on January 1.
7The term of the member of the land and water conservation board appointed under
8s. 15.135 (4) (b) 2m. shall expire on May 1 of an even-numbered year. The terms of
9the appraiser members of the real estate appraisers board and the terms of the
10auctioneer and auction company representative members of the auctioneer board

11shall expire on May 1 in an even-numbered year. The terms of the members of the
12cemetery board shall expire on July 1 in an even-numbered year.
The term of the

1student member of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System who
2is at least 24 years old shall expire on May 1 of every even-numbered year.
AB726,4 3Section 4. 15.07 (1) (cm) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Acts
4118
and .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
AB726,10,125 15.07 (1) (cm) The terms of the 3 members of the land and water conservation
6board appointed under s. 15.135 (4) (b) 2. shall expire on January 1. The term of the
7member of the land and water conservation board appointed under s. 15.135 (4) (b)
82m. shall expire on May 1 of an even-numbered year. The terms of the appraiser
9members of the real estate appraisers board shall expire on May 1 in an
10even-numbered year. The term of the student member of the Board of Regents of the
11University of Wisconsin System who is at least 24 years old shall expire on May 1 of
12every even-numbered year.
AB726,5 13Section 5. 15.07 (1) (cs) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB726,10,1614 15.07 (1) (cs) No member of the auctioneer board, cemetery board, or real estate
15appraisers board may be an officer, director, or employee of a private organization
16that promotes or furthers any profession or occupation regulated by that board.
AB726,6 17Section 6. 15.07 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB726,10,2218 15.07 (3) (b) Except as provided in par. pars. (bm) and (c), each board not
19covered under par. (a) shall meet annually, and may meet at other times on the call
20of the chairperson or a majority of its members. The auctioneer board, the cemetery
21board, and the real estate appraisers board shall also meet on the call of the secretary
22of safety and professional services or his or her designee within the department.
AB726,7 23Section 7. 15.07 (3) (bm) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
AB726,8 24Section 8. 15.07 (3) (bm) 6. of the statutes is repealed.
AB726,9 25Section 9. 15.07 (3) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB726,11,6
115.07 (3) (c) Paragraph (b) does not apply to a board in or attached to the
2department of safety and professional services. A board in or attached to the
3department of safety and professional services shall meet on the call of the
4chairperson or a majority of its members. The real estate appraisers board shall also
5meet on the call of the secretary of safety and professional services or his or her
6designee within the department.
AB726,10 7Section 10. 15.07 (5) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB726,11 8Section 11. 15.07 (5) (z) of the statutes is repealed.
AB726,12 9Section 12. 15.08 (1m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB726,11,2010 15.08 (1m) (b) The public members of the chiropractic examining board, the
11dentistry examining board, the hearing and speech examining board, the medical
12examining board, the physical medical therapy examining board, perfusionists
13examining
the medical assistants council, the respiratory care practitioners
14examining council and council on physician assistants, the board of nursing, the
15nursing home administrator examining board, the veterinary examining board, the
16optometry examining board, the pharmacy examining board, the marriage and
17family therapy, professional counseling, and social work examining board, and the
18psychology examining board, and the radiography examining board shall not be
19engaged in any profession or occupation concerned with the delivery of physical or
20mental health care.
AB726,13 21Section 13. 15.08 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB726,11,2322 15.08 (3) (a) Every examining board shall meet annually and may meet at other
23times
on the call of the chairperson or of a majority of its members.
AB726,14 24Section 14. 15.08 (3) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB726,15 25Section 15. 15.085 (1m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB726,16
1Section 16. 15.085 (3) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 15.085 (3) and
2amended to read:
AB726,12,53 15.085 (3) Frequency of meetings. Every affiliated credentialing board shall
4meet annually and may meet at other times on the call of the chairperson or of a
5majority of its members.
AB726,17 6Section 17. 15.085 (3) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB726,18 7Section 18. 15.09 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 15.09 (3) (a) and amended
8to read:
AB726,12,129 15.09 (3) (a) Unless otherwise provided by law and except as provided in par.
10(b)
, every council shall meet at least annually and shall also meet on the call of the
11head of the department or independent agency in which it is created, and may meet
12at other times on the call of the chairperson or a majority of its members. A
AB726,12,16 13(c) Unless otherwise provided by law, a council shall meet at such locations as
14may be determined by it unless the constitutional officer or secretary heading the
15department or the chief executive officer of the independent agency in which it is
16created determines a specific meeting place.
AB726,19 17Section 19. 15.09 (3) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB726,12,2218 15.09 (3) (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to a council in or attached to the
19department of safety and professional services. Unless otherwise provided by law,
20a council in or attached to the department of safety and professional services shall
21meet on the call of the secretary of safety and professional services or on the call of
22the chairperson or a majority of its members.
AB726,20 23Section 20. 15.405 (2) (intro.) and (a) of the statutes are consolidated,
24renumbered 15.405 (2) and amended to read:
AB726,13,16
115.405 (2) Examining board of architects, landscape architects,
2professional engineers, designers, and professional land surveyors.
There is
3created an examining board of architects, landscape architects, professional
4engineers, designers, and professional land surveyors in the department of safety
5and professional services. Any professional member appointed to the examining
6board shall be registered or licensed to practice architecture, landscape architecture,
7professional engineering, the design of engineering systems, or professional land
8surveying under ch. 443. The examining board shall consist of the following
9members appointed for 4-year terms: 3 2 architects, 3 2 landscape architects, 3
102 professional engineers, 3 2 designers, 3 2 professional land surveyors, and 10
11one public members. (a) In operation, the examining board shall be divided into an
12architect section, a landscape architect section, a professional engineer section, a
13designer section, and a professional land surveyor section. Each section shall consist
14of the 3 members of the named profession appointed to the examining board and 2
15public members appointed to the section. The examining board shall elect its own
16officers and shall meet at least twice annually
member.
AB726,21 17Section 21. 15.405 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB726,22 18Section 22. 15.405 (2) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB726,23 19Section 23. 15.405 (2m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB726,24 20Section 24. 15.405 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
AB726,25 21Section 25. 15.405 (3m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB726,26 22Section 26. 15.405 (6m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB726,13,2423 15.405 (6m) (a) Three Two hearing instrument specialists licensed under
24subch. I of ch. 459.
AB726,27 25Section 27. 15.405 (6m) (dm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB726,14,2
115.405 (6m) (dm) Two interpreters licensed under s. 459.42, at least one of
2whom holds a renewable license under s. 459.42 (1).
AB726,28 3Section 28. 15.405 (6m) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB726,14,54 15.405 (6m) (e) Two Three public members. One Two of the public members
5shall be a hearing aid user deaf or hard of hearing individuals.
AB726,29 6Section 29. 15.405 (7c) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB726,14,87 15.405 (7c) (a) 1. Four Three social worker members who are certified or
8licensed under ch. 457.
AB726,30 9Section 30. 15.405 (7c) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB726,14,1210 15.405 (7c) (a) 4. Three One public members who represent groups that
11promote the interests of consumers of services provided by persons who are certified
12or licensed under ch. 457
member.
AB726,31 13Section 31. 15.405 (7c) (am) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB726,14,1514 15.405 (7c) (am) (intro.) The 4 members appointed under par. (a) 1. shall
15consist of the following:
AB726,32 16Section 32. 15.405 (7c) (am) 4. of the statutes is repealed.
AB726,33 17Section 33. 15.405 (7c) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB726,34 18Section 34. 15.405 (7c) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB726,35 19Section 35. 15.405 (7c) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
AB726,36 20Section 36. 15.405 (7c) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
AB726,37 21Section 37. 15.405 (7c) (f) of the statutes is repealed.
AB726,38 22Section 38. 15.405 (7e) of the statutes is repealed.
AB726,39 23Section 39. 15.405 (7r) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB726,15,224 15.405 (7r) Physical Medical therapy examining board. (intro.) There is
25created in the department of safety and professional services a physical medical

1therapy examining board consisting of the following members appointed for
2staggered 4-year terms:
AB726,40 3Section 40. 15.405 (7r) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB726,15,54 15.405 (7r) (a) Three physical therapists who are licensed under subch. III I
5of ch. 448 464.
AB726,41 6Section 41. 15.405 (7r) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB726,15,87 15.405 (7r) (am) One physical therapist assistant licensed under subch. III I
8of ch. 448 464.
AB726,42 9Section 42. 15.405 (7r) (ar) of the statutes is created to read:
AB726,15,1010 15.405 (7r) (ar) One occupational therapist licensed under subch. II of ch. 464.
AB726,43 11Section 43. 15.405 (7r) (at) of the statutes is created to read:
AB726,15,1212 15.405 (7r) (at) One athletic trainer licensed under subch. III of ch. 464.
AB726,44 13Section 44. 15.405 (7r) (av) of the statutes is created to read:
AB726,15,1514 15.405 (7r) (av) One massage therapist or bodywork therapist licensed under
15subch. IV of ch. 464.
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