448.63 Licensure of podiatrists.
448.65 Issuance of license; expiration and renewal; duplicate license.
448.655 Malpractice liability insurance.
448.665 Continuing education.
448.67 Practice requirements.
448.675 Disciplinary proceedings and actions.
448.685 Injunctive relief.
448.69 Penalties; appeal.
SUBCHAPTER V
DIETITIANS AFFILIATED CREDENTIALING BOARD
448.74 Duties of affiliated credentialing board.
448.78 Certification of dietitians.
448.80 Temporary certificate.
448.82 Reciprocal certificate.
448.86 Issuance of certificate; expiration and renewal.
448.87 Disciplinary proceedings and actions.
SUBCHAPTER VI
ATHLETIC TRAINERS AFFILIATED CREDENTIALING BOARD
448.9525 Duties of affiliated credentialing board.
448.953 Licensure of athletic trainers.
448.9545 Continuing education.
448.955 Issuance of license; expiration and renewal.
448.956 Practice requirements.
448.957 Disciplinary proceedings and actions.
448.958 Injunctive relief.
SUBCHAPTER VII
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS AFFILIATED CREDENTIALING BOARD
448.961 License required.
448.963 Licensure requirements; limited permits.
448.965 Duties and powers of affiliated credentialing board.
448.966 Reciprocal licensure.
448.967 Issuance of license; expiration and renewal.
448.968 Disciplinary proceedings and actions.
448.969 Injunctive relief.
448.970 Penalties; appeal.
Ch. 448 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See definitions in s.
440.01.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
448.01
448.01
Definitions. In this chapter:
448.01(2)
(2) "Disease" means any pain, injury, deformity or physical or mental illness or departure from complete health or the proper condition of the human body or any of its parts.
448.01(5)
(5) "Physician" means an individual possessing the degree of doctor of medicine or doctor of osteopathy or an equivalent degree as determined by the medical examining board, and holding a license granted by the medical examining board.
448.01(6)
(6) "Physician assistant" means an individual licensed by the medical examining board to provide medical care with physician supervision and direction.
448.01(9)
(9) "Practice of medicine and surgery" means:
448.01(9)(a)
(a) To examine into the fact, condition or cause of human health or disease, or to treat, operate, prescribe or advise for the same, by any means or instrumentality.
448.01(9)(b)
(b) To apply principles or techniques of medical sciences in the diagnosis or prevention of any of the conditions described in
par. (a) and in
sub. (2).
448.01(9)(c)
(c) To penetrate, pierce or sever the tissues of a human being.
448.01(9)(d)
(d) To offer, undertake, attempt or do or hold oneself out in any manner as able to do any of the acts described in this subsection.
448.01(9s)
(9s) "Scene of an emergency" means an area not within the confines of a hospital or other institution which has hospital facilities or the office of a person licensed, certified or holding a limited permit under this chapter.
448.01(10)
(10) "Treat the sick" means to examine into the fact, condition or cause of human health or disease, or to treat, operate, prescribe or advise for the same, or to undertake, offer, advertise, announce or hold out in any manner to do any of the aforementioned acts, for compensation, direct or indirect, or in the expectation thereof.
448.01(12)
(12) "Warn" means to privately apprise the holder of a license or certificate of the unprofessional nature of the holder's conduct and admonish the holder that continued or repeated conduct of such nature may give the medical examining board or an attached affiliated credentialing board cause to reprimand the holder or to limit, suspend or revoke such license or certificate.
448.01 Note
NOTE: Chapter 383, laws of 1975, which repealed and recreated chapter 448 of the statutes contains a statement of legislative policy in section 1.
448.01 Annotation
A physician, subject to certain limitations, may advise a patient whether or not continued chiropractic care is necessary without engaging in the unauthorized practice of chiropractic. 68 Atty. Gen. 316.
MEDICAL EXAMINING BOARD
Subch. II of ch. 448 Cross-reference
Cross Reference: See also
Med, Wis. adm. code.
448.015
448.015
Definitions. In this subchapter:
448.015(1)
(1) "Board" means medical examining board.
448.015(1e)
(1e) "Extracorporeal circulation" means the diversion of a patient's blood through a heart-lung machine or a similar device that assumes the functions of the patient's heart or lungs or both.
448.015(1m)
(1m) "Perfusion" means that branch or system of treating the sick that is limited to the operation and management of extracorporeal circulation to support, temporarily replace, measure, treat, or supplement the cardiopulmonary and circulatory system of a patient, including, when necessary to and part of the management and operation of extracorporeal circulation, the use of blood testing and advanced life support techniques and technologies, autotransfusion, and the administration of blood, blood products, and anesthetic and pharmacological agents.
448.015(1s)
(1s) "Perfusionist" means an individual who practices perfusion.
448.015(2)
(2) "Respiratory care" means that branch or system of treating the sick which is limited to assisting in the prevention, diagnosis and therapeutic treatment of respiratory disorders by various means, including the administration of medical gases, oxygen therapy, ventilation therapy, artificial airway care, bronchial hygiene therapy, aerosolization of pharmacological agents, respiratory rehabilitation therapy and other treatment, testing, evaluation and rehabilitation procedures performed under the direction of a physician, but not including the use of general anesthetic agents.
448.015(3)
(3) "Respiratory care practitioner" means an individual who practices respiratory care.
448.015(4)
(4) "Unprofessional conduct" means those acts or attempted acts of commission or omission defined as unprofessional conduct by the board under the authority delegated to the board by
s. 15.08 (5) (b) and any act by a physician or physician assistant in violation of
ch. 450 or
961.
448.015 History
History: 1997 a. 175 ss.
16,
23,
24,
25,
27;
1999 a. 32;
2001 a. 89,
105.
448.02(1)(1)
License. The board may grant licenses, including various classes of temporary licenses, to practice medicine and surgery, to practice perfusion, and to practice as a physician assistant.
448.02(2)
(2) Certificate. The board may certify respiratory care practitioners.
448.02(3)
(3) Investigation; hearing; action. 448.02(3)(a)(a) The board shall investigate allegations of unprofessional conduct and negligence in treatment by persons holding a license, certificate or limited permit granted by the board. An allegation that a physician has violated
s. 253.10 (3),
448.30 or
450.13 (2) or has failed to mail or present a medical certification required under
s. 69.18 (2) within 21 days after the pronouncement of death of the person who is the subject of the required certificate or that a physician has failed at least 6 times within a 6-month period to mail or present a medical certificate required under
s. 69.18 (2) within 6 days after the pronouncement of death of the person who is the subject of the required certificate is an allegation of unprofessional conduct. Information contained in reports filed with the board under
s. 49.45 (2) (a) 12r.,
50.36 (3) (b),
609.17 or
632.715, or under
42 CFR 1001.2005, shall be investigated by the board. Information contained in a report filed with the board under
s. 655.045 (1), as created by
1985 Wisconsin Act 29, which is not a finding of negligence or in a report filed with the board under
s. 50.36 (3) (c) may, within the discretion of the board, be used as the basis of an investigation of a person named in the report. The board may require a person holding a license, certificate or limited permit to undergo and may consider the results of one or more physical, mental or professional competency examinations if the board believes that the results of any such examinations may be useful to the board in conducting its investigation.
448.02(3)(b)
(b) After an investigation, if the board finds that there is probable cause to believe that the person is guilty of unprofessional conduct or negligence in treatment, the board shall hold a hearing on such conduct. The board may use any information obtained by the board or the department under
s. 655.17 (7) (b), as created by
1985 Wisconsin Act 29, in an investigation or a disciplinary proceeding, including a public disciplinary proceeding, conducted under this subsection and the board may require a person holding a license, certificate or limited permit to undergo and may consider the results of one or more physical, mental or professional competency examinations if the board believes that the results of any such examinations may be useful to the board in conducting its hearing. A unanimous finding by a panel established under s.
655.02, 1983 stats., or a finding by a court that a physician has acted negligently in treating a patient is conclusive evidence that the physician is guilty of negligence in treatment. A finding that is not a unanimous finding by a panel established under s.
655.02, 1983 stats., that a physician has acted negligently in treating a patient is presumptive evidence that the physician is guilty of negligence in treatment. A certified copy of the findings of fact, conclusions of law and order of the panel or the order of a court is presumptive evidence that the finding of negligence in treatment was made. The board shall render a decision within 90 days after the date on which the hearing is held or, if subsequent proceedings are conducted under
s. 227.46 (2), within 90 days after the date on which those proceedings are completed.
