440.03(11m)(c)
(c) The department of regulation and licensing may not disclose a social security number obtained under
par. (a) to any person except the coordinated licensure information system under
s. 441.50 (7); the department of workforce development for purposes of administering
s. 49.22; and, for a social security number obtained under
par. (a) 1., the department of revenue for the sole purpose of requesting certifications under
s. 73.0301.
440.03(12m)
(12m) The department of regulation and licensing shall cooperate with the departments of justice and health and family services in developing and maintaining a computer linkup to provide access to information regarding the current status of a credential issued to any person by the department of regulation and licensing, including whether that credential has been restricted in any way.
440.03(13)
(13) The department may conduct an investigation to determine whether an applicant for a credential issued under
chs. 440 to
480 satisfies any of the eligibility requirements specified for the credential, including whether the applicant does not have an arrest or conviction record. In conducting an investigation under this subsection, the department may require an applicant to provide any information that is necessary for the investigation or, for the purpose of obtaining information related to an arrest or conviction record of an applicant, to complete forms provided by the department of justice or the federal bureau of investigation. The department shall charge the applicant any fees, costs or other expenses incurred in conducting the investigation under this subsection.
440.03(14)(a)1.1. The department shall grant a certificate of registration as a music therapist to a person if all of the following apply:
440.03(14)(a)1.a.
a. The person is certified, registered or accredited as a music therapist by the Certification Board for Music Therapists, National Music Therapy Registry, American Music Therapy Association or by another national organization that certifies, registers or accredits music therapists.
440.03(14)(a)1.b.
b. The organization that certified. registered or accredited the person under
subd. 1. a. is approved by the department.
440.03(14)(a)1.c.
c. The person pays the fee specified in
s. 440.05 (1) and files with the department evidence satisfactory to the department that he or she is certified, registered or accredited as required under
subd. 1. a.
440.03(14)(a)2.
2. The department shall grant a certificate of registration as an art therapist to a person if all of the following apply:
440.03(14)(a)2.a.
a. The person is certified, registered or accredited as an art therapist by the Art Therapy Credentials Board or by another national organization that certifies, registers or accredits art therapists.
440.03(14)(a)2.b.
b. The organization that certified, registered or accredited the person under
subd.2. a. is approved by the department.
440.03(14)(a)2.c.
c. The person pays the fee specified in
s. 440.05 (1) and files with the department evidence satisfactory to the department that he or she is certified, registered or accredited as required under
subd. 2. a.
440.03(14)(a)3.
3. The department shall grant a certificate of registration as a dance therapist to a person if all of the following apply:
440.03(14)(a)3.a.
a. The person is certified, registered or accredited as a dance therapist by the American Dance Therapy Association or by another national organization that certifies, registers or accredits dance therapists.
440.03(14)(a)3.b.
b. The organization that certified, registered or accredited the person under
subd.3. a. is approved by the department.
440.03(14)(a)3.c.
c. The person pays the fee specified in
s. 440.05 (1) and files with the department evidence satisfactory to the department that he or she is certified, registered or accredited as required under
subd. 3. a.
440.03(14)(am)
(am) The department may promulgate rules that establish requirements for granting a license to practice psychotherapy to a person who is registered under
par. (a). Rules promulgated under this paragraph shall establish requirements for obtaining such a license that are comparable to the requirements for obtaining a clinical social worker, marriage and family therapist, or professional counselor license under
ch. 457. If the department promulgates rules under this paragraph, the department shall grant a license under this paragraph to a person registered under
par. (a) who pays the fee specified in
s. 440.05 (1) and provides evidence satisfactory to the department that he or she satisfies the requirements established in the rules.
440.03(14)(b)
(b) A person who is registered under
par. (a) shall notify the department in writing within 30 days if an organization specified in
par. (a) 1. a.,
2. a. or
3. a. revokes the person's certification, registration, or accreditation specified in
par. (a) 1. a.,
2. a., or
3. a. The department shall revoke a certificate of registration granted under
par. (a) if such an organization revokes such a certification, registration, or accreditation. If the department revokes the certificate of registration of a person who also holds a license granted under the rules promulgated under
par. (am), the department shall also revoke the license.
440.03(14)(c)
(c) The renewal dates for certificates granted under
par. (a) and licenses granted under
par. (am) are specified in
s. 440.08 (2) (a). Renewal applications shall be submitted to the department on a form provided by the department and shall include the renewal fee specified in
s. 440.08 (2) (a) and evidence satisfactory to the department that the person's certification, registration, or accreditation specified in
par. (a) 1. a.,
2. a. or
3. a. has not been revoked.
440.03(14)(d)
(d) The department shall promulgate rules that specify the services within the scope of practice of music, art, or dance therapy that a person who is registered under
par. (a) is qualified to perform. The rules may not allow a person registered under
par. (a) to perform psychotherapy unless the person is granted a license under the rules promulgated under
par. (am).
440.03 Cross-reference
Cross Reference: See also chs.
RL 140,
141, and
142, Wis. adm. code.
440.03(14)(e)
(e) Subject to the rules promulgated under
sub. (1), the department may make investigations and conduct hearings to determine whether a violation of this subsection or any rule promulgated under
par. (d) has occurred and may reprimand a person who is registered under
par. (a) or holds a license granted under the rules promulgated under
par. (am) or may deny, limit, suspend, or revoke a certificate of registration granted under
par. (a) or a license granted under the rules promulgated under
par. (am) if the department finds that the applicant or certificate or license holder has violated this subsection or any rule promulgated under
par. (d).
440.03(14)(f)
(f) A person who is registered under
par. (a) or holds a license granted under the rules promulgated under
par. (am) who violates this subsection or any rule promulgated under
par. (d) may be fined not more than $200 or imprisoned for not more than 6 months or both.
440.03(16)
(16) Annually, the department shall distribute the form developed by the medical and optometry examining boards under
2001 Wisconsin Act 16, section 9143 (3c), to all school districts and charter schools that offer kindergarten, to be used by pupils to provide evidence of eye examinations under
s. 118.135.
440.03 History
History: 1977 c. 418 ss.
24,
792;
1979 c. 34,
221,
337;
1981 c. 94;
1985 a. 29,
340;
1989 a. 31,
340;
1991 a. 39;
1993 a. 16,
102,
107,
443,
445,
490,
491;
1995 a. 27 ss.
6472g,
6472j,
9126 (19);
1995 a. 233;
1997 a. 27,
75,
79;
1997 a. 191 ss.
312,
313,
318;
1997 a. 231,
237;
1997 a. 261 ss.
1 to
4,
7,
10,
13;
1997 a. 311;
1999 a. 9,
32;
2001 a. 16,
66,
80.
440.03 Cross-reference
Cross Reference: See also
RL, Wis. adm. code.
440.035
440.035
General duties of examining boards and affiliated credentialing boards. Each examining board or affiliated credentialing board attached to the department or an examining board shall:
440.035(1)
(1) Independently exercise its powers, duties and functions prescribed by law with regard to rule-making, credentialing and regulation.
440.035(2)
(2) Be the supervising authority of all personnel, other than shared personnel, engaged in the review, investigation or handling of information regarding qualifications of applicants for credentials, examination questions and answers, accreditation, related investigations and disciplinary matters affecting persons who are credentialed by the examining board or affiliated credentialing board, or in the establishing of regulatory policy or the exercise of administrative discretion with regard to the qualifications or discipline of applicants or persons who are credentialed by the examining board, affiliated credentialing board or accreditation.
440.035(3)
(3) Maintain, in conjunction with their operations, in central locations designated by the department, all records pertaining to the functions independently retained by them.
440.035(4)
(4) Compile and keep current a register of the names and addresses of all persons who are credentialed to be retained by the department and which shall be available for public inspection during the times specified in
s. 230.35 (4) (a). The department may also make the register available to the public by electronic transmission.
440.04
440.04
Duties of the secretary. The secretary shall:
440.04(1)
(1) Centralize, at the capital and in such district offices as the operations of the department and the attached examining boards and affiliated credentialing boards require, the routine housekeeping functions required by the department, the examining boards and the affiliated credentialing boards.
440.04(2)
(2) Provide the bookkeeping, payroll, accounting and personnel advisory services required by the department and the legal services, except for representation in court proceedings and the preparation of formal legal opinions, required by the attached examining boards and affiliated credentialing boards.
440.04(3)
(3) Control the allocation, disbursement and budgeting of the funds received by the examining boards and affiliated credentialing boards in connection with their credentialing and regulation.
440.04(4)
(4) Employ, assign and reassign such staff as are required by the department and the attached examining boards and affiliated credentialing boards in the performance of their functions.
440.04(5)
(5) With the advice of the examining boards or affiliated credentialing boards:
440.04(5)(a)
(a) Provide the department with such supplies, equipment, office space and meeting facilities as are required for the efficient operation of the department.
440.04(5)(b)
(b) Make all arrangements for meetings, hearings and examinations.
440.04(5)(c)
(c) Provide such other services as the examining boards or affiliated credentialing boards request.
440.04(6)
(6) Appoint outside the classified service an administrator for any division established in the department and a director for any bureau established in the department as authorized in
s. 230.08 (2). The secretary may assign any bureau director appointed in accordance with this subsection to serve concurrently as a bureau director and a division administrator.
440.04(7)
(7) Unless otherwise specified in
chs. 440 to
480, provide examination development, administration, research and evaluation services as required.
440.04(8)
(8) Collect data related to the registration of speech-language pathologists and audiologists under
subch. III of ch. 459 and, on January 15, 1993, report the data and recommendations on whether the licensure of speech-language pathologists and audiologists under
subch. II of ch. 459 is appropriate to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution in the manner provided under
s. 13.172 (2).
440.04(9)
(9) Annually prepare and submit a report to the legislature under
s. 13.172 (2) on the number of minority group members who applied for licensure as a certified public accountant under
ch. 442, the number who passed the examination required for licensure as a certified public accountant and the number who were issued a certified public accountant license under
ch. 442, during the preceding year.
440.042
440.042
Advisory committees. 440.042(1)(1) The secretary may appoint persons or advisory committees to advise the department and the boards, examining boards and affiliated credentialing boards in the department on matters relating to the regulation of credential holders. The secretary shall appoint an advisory committee to advise the department on matters relating to carrying out the duties specified in
s. 440.982 and making investigations, conducting hearings and taking disciplinary action under
s. 440.986. A person or an advisory committee member appointed under this subsection shall serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed for his or her actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his or her duties.
440.042(2)
(2) Any person who in good faith testifies before the department or any examining board, affiliated credentialing board or board in the department or otherwise provides the department or any examining board, affiliated credentialing board or board in the department with advice or information on a matter relating to the regulation of a person holding a credential is immune from civil liability for his or her acts or omissions in testifying or otherwise providing such advice or information. The good faith of any person specified in this subsection shall be presumed in any civil action and an allegation that such a person has not acted in good faith must be proven by clear and convincing evidence.
440.045
440.045
Disputes. Any dispute between an examining board or an affiliated credentialing board and the secretary shall be arbitrated by the governor or the governor's designee after consultation with the disputants.
440.045 History
History: 1977 c. 418 s.
27;
1979 c. 34;
1993 a. 107.
440.045 Annotation
The relationship between the department, cosmetology examining board, and governor is discussed. 70 Atty. Gen. 172.
440.05
440.05
Standard fees. The following standard fees apply to all initial credentials, except as provided in
ss. 440.42,
440.43,
440.44,
440.51,
444.03,
444.05,
444.11,
447.04 (2) (c) 2.,
449.17,
449.18 and
459.46:
440.05(1)(a)(a) Initial credential: $53. Each applicant for an initial credential shall pay the initial credential fee to the department when the application materials for the initial credential are submitted to the department.
440.05(1)(b)
(b) Examination: If an examination is required, the applicant shall pay an examination fee to the department. If the department prepares, administers, or grades the examination, the fee to the department shall be an amount equal to the department's best estimate of the actual cost of preparing, administering, or grading the examination. If the department approves an examination prepared, administered, and graded by a test service provider, the fee to the department shall be an amount equal to the department's best estimate of the actual cost of approving the examination, including selecting, evaluating, and reviewing the examination.
440.05(2)
(2) Reciprocal credential, including any credential described in
s. 440.01 (2) (d) and any credential that permits temporary practice in this state in whole or in part because the person holds a credential in another jurisdiction: The applicable credential renewal fee under
s. 440.08 (2) (a) and, if an examination is required, an examination fee under
sub. (1).
440.05(6)
(6) Apprentice, journeyman, student or other temporary credential, granted pending completion of education, apprenticeship or examination requirements: $10.
440.05(7)
(7) Replacement of lost credential, name or address change on credential, issuance of duplicate credential or transfer of credential: $10.
440.05(9)
(9) Endorsement of persons who are credentialed to other states: $10.
440.05(10)
(10) Expedited service: If an applicant for a credential requests that the department process an application on an expedited basis, the applicant shall pay a service fee that is equal to the department's best estimate of the cost of processing the application on an expedited basis, including the cost of providing counter or other special handling services.
440.05 History
History: 1977 c. 29,
418;
1979 c. 34;
1979 c. 175 s.
53;
1979 c. 221 s.
2202 (45);
1983 a. 27;
1985 a. 29;
1987 a. 264,
265,
329,
399,
403;
1989 a. 31,
229,
307,
316,
336,
340,
341,
359;
1991 a. 39,
269,
278,
315;
1993 a. 16;
1995 a. 27;
1997 a. 27,
96;
1999 a. 9;
2001 a. 16.
440.05 Cross-reference
Cross Reference: See also ch.
RL 4, Wis. adm. code.
440.055
440.055
Credit card payments. 440.055(2)
(2) If the department permits the payment of a fee with use of a credit card, the department shall charge a credit card service charge for each transaction. The credit card service charge shall be in addition to the fee that is being paid with the credit card and shall be sufficient to pay the costs to the department for providing this service to persons who request it, including the cost of any services for which the department contracts under
sub. (3).
440.055(3)
(3) The department may contract for services relating to the payment of fees by credit card under this section.
440.055 History
History: 1995 a. 27;
1999 a. 9.
440.06
440.06
Refunds and reexaminations. The secretary may establish uniform procedures for refunds of fees paid under
s. 440.05 or
440.08 and uniform procedures and fees for reexaminations under
chs. 440 to
480.
440.06 Cross-reference
Cross Reference: See also ch.
RL 4, Wis. adm. code.
440.07
440.07
Examination standards and services. 440.07(1)
(1) In addition to the standards specified in
chs. 440 to
480, examinations for credentials shall reasonably relate to the skills likely to be needed for an applicant to practice in this state at the time of examination and shall seek to determine the applicant's preparedness to exercise the skills.
440.07(2)
(2) The department, examining board or affiliated credentialing board having authority to credential applicants may do any of the following:
440.07(2)(a)
(a) Prepare, administer and grade examinations.
440.07(2)(b)
(b) Approve, in whole or in part, an examination prepared, administered and graded by a test service provider.
440.07(3)
(3) The department may charge a fee to an applicant for a credential who fails an examination required for the credential and requests a review of his or her examination results. The fee shall be based on the cost of the review. No fee may be charged for the review unless the amount of the fee or the procedure for determining the amount of the fee is specified in rules promulgated by the department.
440.07 Cross-reference
Cross Reference: See also ch.
RL 4, Wis. adm. code.
440.07 Annotation
Department of Regulation and Licensing test scores were subject to disclosure under the open records law. Munroe v. Braatz,
201 Wis. 2d 442,
549 N.W.2d 452 (Ct. App. 1996).
440.08
440.08
Credential renewal. 440.08(1)(1)
Notice of renewal. The department shall give a notice of renewal to each holder of a credential at least 30 days prior to the renewal date of the credential. Notice may be mailed to the last address provided to the department by the credential holder or may be given by electronic transmission. Failure to receive a notice of renewal is not a defense in any disciplinary proceeding against the holder or in any proceeding against the holder for practicing without a credential. Failure to receive a notice of renewal does not relieve the holder from the obligation to pay a penalty for late renewal under
sub. (3).
440.08(2)
(2) Renewal dates, fees and applications. 440.08(2)(a)1.
1. Accountant, certified public: January 1 of each even-numbered year; $59.
440.08(2)(a)3.
3. Accounting corporation or partnership: January 1 of each even-numbered year; $56.
440.08(2)(a)4.
4. Acupuncturist: July 1 of each odd-numbered year; $70.
