441.13(3)
(3) The remedy of injunction may be used in enforcing this chapter.
441.15(1)(1) In this section, "the practice of nurse-midwifery" means the management of care of a woman in normal childbirth and the provision of prenatal, intrapartal, postpartal and nonsurgical contraceptive methods and care for the mother and the newborn.
441.15(2)
(2) No person may practice nurse-midwifery:
441.15(2)(b)
(b) Unless such practice occurs in a health care facility approved by the board by rule under
sub. (3) (c), under the general supervision of a physician with training in obstetrics and pursuant to a formal written agreement with that physician.
441.15(3)(a)(a) The board shall grant a license to engage in the practice of nurse-midwifery to any person licensed as a registered nurse under this chapter who meets the educational and training prerequisites established by the board for the practice of nurse-midwifery and who pays the fee specified under
s. 440.05 (1).
441.15(3)(b)
(b) On or before the applicable renewal date specified under
s. 440.08 (2) (a), a person issued a certificate under
par. (a) and practicing nurse-midwifery shall submit to the board on furnished blanks a statement giving his or her name, residence and other information as the board requires by rule, with the applicable renewal fee specified under
s. 440.08 (2) (a).
441.15(3)(c)
(c) The board shall promulgate rules necessary to administer this section, including the establishment of appropriate limitations on the scope of the practice of nurse-midwifery, the facilities in which such practice may occur and the granting of temporary permits to practice nurse-midwifery pending qualification for certification.
441.15(4)
(4) A nurse-midwife who discovers evidence that any aspect of care involves any complication which jeopardizes the health or life of the newborn or mother shall immediately refer the patient to the supervising physician under
sub. (2) (b) or, if that physician is unavailable, to another physician.
441.16
441.16
Prescription privileges of nurses. 441.16(2)
(2) The board shall grant a certificate to issue prescription orders to an advanced practice nurse who meets the education, training and examination requirements established by the board for a certificate to issue prescription orders, and who pays the fee specified under
s. 440.05 (1).
441.16(3)
(3) The board shall promulgate rules necessary to administer this section, including rules for all of the following:
441.16(3)(a)
(a) Establishing the education, training or experience requirements that a registered nurse must satisfy to be an advanced practice nurse. The rules promulgated under this paragraph shall require a registered nurse to have education, training or experience that is in addition to the education, training or experience required for licensure as a registered nurse.
441.16(3)(am)
(am) Establishing the appropriate education, training and examination requirements that an advanced practice nurse must satisfy to qualify for a certificate to issue prescription orders.
441.16(3)(b)
(b) Defining the scope of practice within which an advanced practice nurse may issue prescription orders.
441.16(3)(c)
(c) Specifying the classes of drugs, individual drugs or devices that may not be prescribed by an advanced practice nurse.
441.16(3)(cm)
(cm) Specifying the conditions to be met for a registered nurse to do the following:
441.16(3)(cm)1.
1. Administer a drug prescribed by an advanced practice nurse who is certified to issue prescription orders.
441.16(3)(cm)2.
2. Administer a drug at the direction of an advanced practice nurse who is certified to issue prescription orders.
441.16(3)(d)
(d) Establishing procedures for maintaining a certificate to issue prescription orders, including requirements for continuing education.
441.16(3)(e)
(e) Establishing the minimum amount of malpractice liability insurance coverage that an advanced practice nurse shall have if he or she is certified to issue prescription orders. The board shall promulgate rules under this paragraph in consultation with the commissioner of insurance.
441.16(4)
(4) Every advanced practice nurse who is certified to issue prescription orders shall annually submit to the board evidence satisfactory to the board that he or she has in effect malpractice liability insurance coverage in the minimum amounts required by the rules of the board.
441.16(5)
(5) An advanced practice nurse who is certified to issue prescription orders may not delegate the act of issuing a prescription order to any nurse who is not certified to issue prescription orders.
441.16(6)
(6) Nothing in this section prohibits a nurse from issuing a prescription order as an act delegated by a physician.
441.16 History
History: 1993 a. 138;
1995 a. 448.
