15.07(5)
(5) Reimbursement for expenses; compensation. Except as provided in
sub. (5m), the members of each board shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties, such reimbursement in the case of an officer or employee of this state who represents an agency as a member of a board to be paid by the agency which pays the member's salary. The members shall receive no compensation for their services, except that the following members of boards, except full-time state officers or employees, also shall be paid the per diem stated below for each day on which they were actually and necessarily engaged in the performance of their duties:
15.07(5)(a)
(a) Members of the investment board, $50 per day.
15.07(5)(b)
(b) Members of the banking review board, $25 per day but not to exceed $1,500 per year.
15.07(5)(c)
(c) Members of the auctioneer board, $25 per day.
15.07(5)(d)
(d) Members of the board of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, not exceeding $35 per day as fixed by the board with the approval of the governor, but not to exceed $1,000 per year.
15.07(5)(e)
(e) In lieu of a per diem, the members of the technical college system board shall receive $100 annually.
15.07(5)(f)
(f) Members of the teachers retirement board, appointive members of the Wisconsin retirement board, appointive members of the group insurance board, members of the deferred compensation board and members of the employee trust funds board, $25 per day.
15.07(5)(g)
(g) Members of the savings institutions review board, $10 per day.
15.07(5)(h)
(h) Voting members of the land and water conservation board, $25 per day.
15.07(5)(i)
(i) Members of the educational approval board, $25 per day.
15.07(5)(j)
(j) Members of the state fair park board, $10 per day but not to exceed $600 per year.
15.07(5)(k)
(k) Members of the ethics board, $25 per day.
15.07(5)(L)
(L) Members of the school district boundary appeal board, $25 per day.
15.07(5)(n)
(n) Members of the elections board, $25 per day.
15.07(5)(o)
(o) Members of the burial sites preservation board, $25 per day.
15.07(5)(r)
(r) Members of the real estate board, $25 per day.
15.07(5)(s)
(s) Members of the credit union review board, $25 per day but not to exceed $1,500 per year.
15.07(5)(t)
(t) Members of the waste facility siting board who are town or county officials, $35 per day.
15.07(5)(w)
(w) Members of the lower Wisconsin state riverway board, $25 per day.
15.07(5)(x)
(x) Members of the real estate appraisers board, $25 per day.
15.07(5)(y)
(y) Members of the Kickapoo reserve management board, $25 per day.
15.07(5m)
(5m) Limitations on salary and expenses. 15.07(5m)(b)(b)
Lower Wisconsin state riverway board. The members, except for the chairperson, of the lower Wisconsin state riverway board shall be reimbursed under
sub. (5) for only their necessary and actual travel expenses incurred in the performance of their duties, or shall be paid $25 plus mileage incurred in the performance of their duties, whichever is greater. The chairperson of the lower Wisconsin state riverway board shall be reimbursed for all his or her actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his or her duties. The lower Wisconsin state riverway board shall determine which expenses of the chairperson are actual and necessary before reimbursement.
15.07(6)
(6) Reports. Every board created in or attached to a department or independent agency shall submit to the head of the department or independent agency, upon request of that person not more often than annually, a report on the operation of the board.
15.07(7)
(7) Official oath. Each member of a board shall take and file the official oath prior to assuming office.
15.07 History
History: 1971 c. 100 s.
23;
1971 c. 125,
261,
270,
323;
1973 c. 90,
156,
299,
334;
1975 c. 39,
41,
422;
1977 c. 29 ss.
24,
26,
1650m (3);
1977 c. 203,
277,
418,
427;
1979 c. 34,
110,
221,
346;
1981 c. 20,
62,
94,
96,
156,
314,
346,
374,
391;
1983 a. 27,
282,
403;
1985 a. 20,
29,
316;
1987 a. 27,
119,
142,
354,
399,
403;
1989 a. 31,
102,
114,
219,
299,
340;
1991 a. 25,
39,
116,
221,
269,
316;
1993 a. 16,
75,
102,
184,
349,
399,
490;
1995 a. 27,
216,
247;
1997 a. 27;
1999 a. 9,
44,
181,
197;
2001 a. 16;
2003 a. 33 ss.
79 to
85,
2811;
2003 a. 48 s.
11;
2003 a. 171.
15.07 Annotation
"Membership" as used in sub. (4) means the authorized number of positions and not the number of positions that are currently occupied. 66 Atty. Gen. 192.
15.08
15.08
Examining boards and councils. 15.08(1)
(1)
Selection of members. All members of examining boards shall be residents of this state and shall, unless otherwise provided by law, be nominated by the governor, and with the advice and consent of the senate appointed. Appointments shall be for the terms provided by law. Terms shall expire on July 1. No member may serve more than 2 consecutive terms. No member of an examining board may be an officer, director or employee of a private organization which promotes or furthers the profession or occupation regulated by that board.
15.08(1m)(a)(a) Public members appointed under
s. 15.405 or
15.407 shall have all the powers and duties of other members except they shall not prepare questions for or grade any licensing examinations.
15.08(1m)(am)
(am) Public members appointed under
s. 15.405 or
15.407 shall not be, nor ever have been, licensed, certified, registered or engaged in any profession or occupation licensed or otherwise regulated by the board, examining board or examining council to which they are appointed, shall not be married to any person so licensed, certified, registered or engaged, and shall not employ, be employed by or be professionally associated with any person so licensed, certified, registered or engaged.
15.08(1m)(b)
(b) The public members of the chiropractic examining board, the dentistry examining board, the hearing and speech examining board, the medical examining board, perfusionists examining council, respiratory care practitioners examining council and council on physician assistants, the board of nursing, the nursing home administrator examining board, the veterinary examining board, the optometry examining board, the pharmacy examining board, the marriage and family therapy, professional counseling, and social work examining board, and the psychology examining board shall not be engaged in any profession or occupation concerned with the delivery of physical or mental health care.
15.08(1m)(c)
(c) The membership of each examining board and examining council created in the department of regulation and licensing after June 1, 1975, shall be increased by one member who shall be a public member appointed to serve for the same term served by the other members of such examining board or examining council, unless the act relating to the creation of such examining board or examining council provides that 2 or more public members shall be appointed to such examining board or examining council.
15.08(2)
(2) Selection of officers. At its first meeting in each year, every examining board shall elect from among its members a chairperson, vice chairperson and, unless otherwise provided by law, a secretary. Any officer may be reelected to succeed himself or herself.
15.08(3)(a)(a) Every examining board shall meet annually and may meet at other times on the call of the chairperson or of a majority of its members.
15.08(3)(b)
(b) The medical examining board shall meet at least 12 times annually.
15.08(3)(c)
(c) The hearing and speech examining board shall meet at least once every 3 months.
15.08(4)(a)(a) A majority of the membership of an examining board constitutes a quorum to do business, and a majority of a quorum may act in any matter within the jurisdiction of the examining board.
15.08(4)(b)
(b) Notwithstanding
par. (a), no certificate or license which entitles the person certified or licensed to practice a trade or profession shall be suspended or revoked without the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the voting membership of the examining board.
15.08(5)
(5) General powers. Each examining board:
15.08(5)(a)
(a) May compel the attendance of witnesses, administer oaths, take testimony and receive proof concerning all matters within its jurisdiction.
15.08(5)(b)
(b) Shall promulgate rules for its own guidance and for the guidance of the trade or profession to which it pertains, and define and enforce professional conduct and unethical practices not inconsistent with the law relating to the particular trade or profession.
15.08(5)(c)
(c) May limit, suspend or revoke, or reprimand the holder of, any license, permit or certificate granted by the examining board.
15.08(6)
(6) Improvement of the profession. In addition to any other duties vested in it by law, each examining board shall foster the standards of education or training pertaining to its own trade or profession, not only in relation of the trade or profession to the interest of the individual or to organized business enterprise, but also in relation to government and to the general welfare. Each examining board shall endeavor, both within and outside its own trade or profession, to bring about a better understanding of the relationship of the particular trade or profession to the general welfare of this state.
15.08(7)
(7) Compensation and reimbursement for expenses. Each member of an examining board shall, unless the member is a full-time salaried employee of this state, be paid a per diem of $25 for each day on which the member was actually and necessarily engaged in the performance of examining board duties. Each member of an examining board shall be reimbursed for the actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of examining board duties.
15.08(8)
(8) Official oath. Every member of an examining board shall take and file the official oath prior to assuming office.
15.08(9)
(9) Annual reports. Every examining board shall submit to the head of the department in which it is created, upon request of that person not more often than annually, a report on the operation of the examining board.
15.08(10)
(10) Seal. Every examining board may adopt a seal.
15.08 History
History: 1971 c. 40;
1975 c. 86,
199;
1977 c. 418;
1979 c. 32;
1979 c. 34 ss.
32e to
32s,
2102 (45) (a);
1979 c. 221;
1981 c. 94;
1983 a. 403,
524;
1985 a. 332,
340;
1987 a. 399;
1989 a. 229,
316,
359;
1991 a. 39,
160,
316;
1993 a. 105,
107,
184,
490;
1995 a. 245;
1997 a. 175;
1999 a. 180;
2001 a. 80,
89,
105.
15.08 Annotation
Selection and terms of officers of regulatory and licensing boards are discussed.
75 Atty. Gen. 247 (1986).
15.085
15.085
Affiliated credentialing boards. 15.085(1)
(1)
Selection of members. All members of affiliated credentialing boards shall be residents of this state and shall, unless otherwise provided by law, be nominated by the governor, and with the advice and consent of the senate appointed. Appointments shall be for the terms provided by law. Terms shall expire on July 1. No member may serve more than 2 consecutive terms. No member of an affiliated credentialing board may be an officer, director or employee of a private organization which promotes or furthers the profession or occupation regulated by that board.
15.085(1m)(a)(a) Public members appointed under
s. 15.406 shall have all of the powers and duties of other members except that they shall not prepare questions for or grade any licensing examinations.
15.085(1m)(am)
(am) Public members appointed under
s. 15.406 shall not be, nor ever have been, licensed, certified, registered or engaged in any profession or occupation licensed or otherwise regulated by the affiliated credentialing board to which they are appointed, shall not be married to any person so licensed, certified, registered or engaged, and shall not employ, be employed by or be professionally associated with any person so licensed, certified, registered or engaged.
15.085(1m)(b)
(b) The public members of the physical therapists affiliated credentialing board, podiatrists affiliated credentialing board or occupational therapists affiliated credentialing board shall not be engaged in any profession or occupation concerned with the delivery of physical or mental health care.
15.085(2)
(2) Selection of officers. At its first meeting in each year, every affiliated credentialing board shall elect from among its members a chairperson, vice chairperson and, unless otherwise provided by law, a secretary. Any officer may be reelected to succeed himself or herself.
15.085(3)(a)(a) Every affiliated credentialing board shall meet annually and may meet at other times on the call of the chairperson or of a majority of its members.
15.085(3)(b)
(b) The chairperson of an affiliated credentialing board shall meet at least once every 6 months with the examining board to which the affiliated credentialing board is attached to consider all matters of joint interest.
15.085(4)(a)(a) A majority of the membership of an affiliated credentialing board constitutes a quorum to do business, and a majority of a quorum may act in any matter within the jurisdiction of the affiliated credentialing board.
15.085(4)(b)
(b) Notwithstanding
par. (a), no certificate or license which entitles the person certified or licensed to practice a trade or profession shall be suspended or revoked without the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the membership of the affiliated credentialing board.
15.085(5)
(5) General powers. Each affiliated credentialing board:
15.085(5)(a)
(a) May compel the attendance of witnesses, administer oaths, take testimony and receive proof concerning all matters within its jurisdiction.
15.085(5)(b)
(b) Shall promulgate rules for its own guidance and for the guidance of the trade or profession to which it pertains, and define and enforce professional conduct and unethical practices not inconsistent with the law relating to the particular trade or profession. In addition to any other procedure under
ch. 227 relating to the promulgation of rules, when promulgating a rule, other than an emergency rule under
s. 227.24, an affiliated credentialing board shall do all of the following:
15.085(5)(b)1.
1. Submit the proposed rule to the examining board to which the affiliated credentialing board is attached. The proposed rule shall be submitted under this subdivision at least 60 days before the proposed rule is submitted to the legislative council staff under
s. 227.15 (1).
15.085(5)(b)2.
2. Consider any comments on a proposed rule made by the examining board to which the affiliated credentialing board is attached, if the examining board submits the comments to the affiliated credentialing board within 30 days after a public hearing on the proposed rule under
s. 227.18 or, if no hearing is held, within 30 days after the proposed rule is published under
s. 227.16 (2) (e).
15.085(5)(b)3.
3. Include, in the report submitted to the legislature under
s. 227.19 (2), any comments on the proposed rule submitted by the examining board under
subd. 2. and the affiliated credentialing board's responses to those comments.
15.085(5)(c)
(c) May limit, suspend or revoke, or reprimand the holder of, any license, permit or certificate granted by the affiliated credentialing board.
15.085(6)
(6) Improvement of the profession. In addition to any other duties vested in it by law, each affiliated credentialing board shall foster the standards of education or training pertaining to its own trade or profession, not only in relation of the trade or profession to the interest of the individual or to organized business enterprise, but also in relation to government and to the general welfare. Each affiliated credentialing board shall endeavor, both within and outside its own trade or profession, to bring about a better understanding of the relationship of the particular trade or profession to the general welfare of this state.
15.085(7)
(7) Compensation and reimbursement for expenses. Each member of an affiliated credentialing board shall, unless the member is a full-time salaried employee of this state, be paid a per diem of $25 for each day on which the member was actually and necessarily engaged in the performance of affiliated credentialing board duties. Each member of an affiliated credentialing board shall be reimbursed for the actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of affiliated credentialing board duties.
15.085(8)
(8) Official oath. Every member of an affiliated credentialing board shall take and file the official oath prior to assuming office.
15.085(9)
(9) Annual reports. Every affiliated credentialing board shall submit to the head of the department in which it is created, upon request of that person not more often than annually, a report on the operation of the affiliated credentialing board.
15.085(10)
(10) Seal. Every affiliated credentialing board may adopt a seal.
15.09(1)(a)(a) Unless otherwise provided by law, the governor shall appoint the members of councils for terms prescribed by law. Except as provided in
par. (b), fixed terms shall expire on July 1 and shall, if the term is for an even number of years, expire in an odd-numbered year.
15.09(2)
(2) Selection of officers. Unless otherwise provided by law, at its first meeting in each year every council shall elect a chairperson, vice chairperson and secretary from among its members. Any officer may be reelected for successive terms. For any council created under the general authority of
s. 15.04 (1) (c), the constitutional officer or secretary heading the department or the chief executive officer of the independent agency in which such council is created shall designate an employee of the department or independent agency to serve as secretary of the council and to be a voting member thereof.
15.09(3)
(3) Location and frequency of meetings. Unless otherwise provided by law, every council shall meet at least annually and shall also meet on the call of the head of the department or independent agency in which it is created, and may meet at other times on the call of the chairperson or a majority of its members. A council shall meet at such locations as may be determined by it unless the constitutional officer or secretary heading the department or the chief executive officer of the independent agency in which it is created determines a specific meeting place.
15.09(4)
(4) Quorum. Except as otherwise expressly provided, a majority of the membership of a council constitutes a quorum to do business, and a majority of a quorum may act in any matter within the jurisdiction of the council.
15.09(5)
(5) Powers and duties. Unless otherwise provided by law, a council shall advise the head of the department or independent agency in which it is created and shall function on a continuing basis for the study, and recommendation of solutions and policy alternatives, of the problems arising in a specified functional area of state government.
15.09(6)
(6) Reimbursement for expenses. Members of a council shall not be compensated for their services, but, except as otherwise provided in this subsection, members of councils created by statute shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties, such reimbursement in the case of an elective or appointive officer or employee of this state who represents an agency as a member of a council to be paid by the agency which pays his or her salary. Members of the loan originator council under
s. 15.187 (1) may not be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
15.09(7)
(7) Reports. Unless a different provision is made by law for transmittal or publication of a report, every council created in a department or independent agency shall submit to the head of the department or independent agency, upon request of that person not more often than annually, a report on the operation of the council.
