447.31 History
History: 1987 a. 13.
447.34
447.34
Reliance by directors or officers. Unless the director or officer has knowledge that makes reliance unwarranted, a director or officer of a county or district dental society organized or continued under s.
447.12 may, in discharging his or her duties to the dental society, rely on information, opinions, reports or statements, any of which may be written or oral, formal or informal, including financial statements and other financial data, if prepared or presented by any of the following:
447.34(1)
(1) An officer or employee of the dental society whom the director or officer believes in good faith to be reliable and competent in the matters presented.
447.34(2)
(2) Legal counsel, certified public accountants licensed under ch.
442, or other persons as to matters the director or officer believes in good faith are within the person's professional or expert competence.
447.34(3)
(3) In the case of reliance by a director, a committee of the board of directors of which the director is not a member if the director believes in good faith that the committee merits confidence.
447.34 History
History: 1987 a. 13;
2001 a. 16.
447.36
447.36
Consideration of interests in addition to members' interests. In discharging his or her duties to a county or district dental society organized or continued under s.
447.12 and in determining what he or she believes to be in the best interests of the dental society, a director or officer may, in addition to considering the effects of any action on members, consider the following:
447.36(1)
(1) The effects of the action on employees, suppliers and customers of the dental society.
447.36(2)
(2) The effects of the action on communities in which the dental society operates.
447.36(3)
(3) Any other factors the director or officer considers pertinent.
447.36 History
History: 1987 a. 13.
447.38
447.38
Limited liability of directors and officers. 447.38(1)(1)
Except as provided in subs.
(2) and
(3), a director or officer of a county or district dental society organized or continued under s.
447.12 is not liable to the dental society, its members or creditors, or any person asserting rights on behalf of the dental society, its members or creditors, or any other person, for damages, settlements, fees, fines, penalties or other monetary liabilities arising from a breach of, or failure to perform, any duty resulting solely from his or her status as a director or officer, unless the person asserting liability proves that the breach or failure to perform constitutes any of the following:
447.38(1)(a)
(a) A willful failure to deal fairly with the dental society or its members in connection with a matter in which the director or officer has a material conflict of interest.
447.38(1)(b)
(b) A violation of criminal law, unless the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was lawful or no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.
447.38(1)(c)
(c) A transaction from which the director or officer derived an improper personal profit.
447.38(2)
(2) Except as provided in sub.
(3), this section does not apply to any of the following:
447.38(2)(a)
(a) A civil or criminal proceeding brought by or on behalf of any governmental unit, authority or agency.
447.38(2)(b)
(b) A proceeding brought by any person for a violation of state or federal law where the proceeding is brought pursuant to an express private right of action created by state or federal statute.
447.38(3)
(3) Subsection
(2) does not apply to a proceeding brought by a governmental unit, authority or agency in its capacity as a private party or contractor.
447.38 History
History: 1987 a. 13.
447.38 Annotation
Cooperative indemnification. La Rowe and Weine. WBB Sept. 1988.
447.40
447.40
Informed consent. Any dentist who treats a patient shall inform the patient about the availability of reasonable alternate modes of treatment and about the benefits and risks of these treatments. The reasonable dentist standard is the standard for informing a patient under this section. The reasonable dentist standard requires disclosure only of information that a reasonable dentist would know and disclose under the circumstances. The dentist's duty to inform the patient under this section does not require disclosure of any of the following:
447.40(1)
(1) Detailed technical information that in all probability a patient would not understand.
447.40(2)
(2) Risks apparent or known to the patient.
447.40(3)
(3) Extremely remote possibilities that might falsely or detrimentally alarm the patient.
447.40(4)
(4) Information in emergencies where failure to provide treatment would be more harmful to the patient than treatment.
447.40(5)
(5) Information in cases where the patient is incapable of consenting.
447.40(6)
(6) Information about alternate modes of treatment for any condition the dentist has not included in his or her diagnosis at the time the dentist informs the patient.
447.40 History
History: 2013 a. 345.
