AB273, s. 19 5Section 19. 180.1901 (1m) (bk) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB273,11,76 180.1901 (1m) (bk) Podiatrists Podiatry affiliated credentialing board under
7subch. IV of ch. 448.
AB273, s. 20 8Section 20. 185.981 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB273,11,149 185.981 (1) Cooperative associations may be organized under this chapter
10without capital stock, exclusively to establish and operate in the state or in any
11county or counties therein a nonprofit plan or plans for sickness care, including
12hospital care, for their members and their dependents through contracts with
13physicians, medical societies, chiropractors, optometrists, dentists, dental societies,
14hospitals, podiatrists and others.
AB273, s. 21 15Section 21. 185.981 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB273,12,216 185.981 (2) Such associations shall operate only on a cooperative nonprofit
17basis and for the purpose of establishing, maintaining and operating a voluntary
18nonprofit health, dental or vision care plan or plans or for constructing, operating
19and maintaining nonprofit hospitals or other facilities whereby sickness care,
20including hospital, dental or vision care, is provided at the expense of such
21association, its members or both, to such persons or groups of persons as shall become
22subscribers to such plan, under contracts which will entitle each such subscriber to
23definite medical, surgical, chiropractic, vision, dental or hospital care, appliances
24and supplies, by physicians and surgeons licensed and registered under ch. 448,
25podiatrists licensed under ch. 448, optometrists licensed under ch. 449, chiropractors

1licensed under ch. 446 and dentists licensed under ch. 447 in their offices, in
2hospitals, in other facilities and in the home.
AB273, s. 22 3Section 22. 185.981 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB273,12,114 185.981 (3) No cooperative association organized for the purposes provided in
5ss. 185.981 to 185.983 shall be prevented from contracting with any hospital in this
6state for the rendition of such hospital care as is included within such a plan because
7such hospital participates in any other such plan, or in a plan organized and operated
8under ss. 148.03 and 613.80. No hospital may discriminate against any physician
9and surgeon, chiropractor or, dentist , or podiatrist with respect to the use of such
10hospital's facilities by reason of his or her participation in a sickness care plan of a
11cooperative.
AB273, s. 23 12Section 23. 185.981 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB273,12,2313 185.981 (4) No contract by or on behalf of any such cooperative association shall
14provide for the payment of any cash, indemnity or other material benefit by that
15association to the subscriber or the subscriber's estate on account of death, illness or
16injury, nor be in any way related to the payment of any such benefit by any other
17agency, but any such association may stipulate in its plan that it will pay any
18nonparticipating physician and surgeon, optometrist, chiropractor, dentist or,
19podiatrist, or hospital outside of its normal territory for sickness or hospital care
20rendered any covered member or a member's covered dependent who is in need of the
21benefits of such plan when he or she is outside of the territory of such association in
22which the benefits of such plan are normally available. Any such plan may prescribe
23monetary limitations with respect to such extraterritorial benefits.
AB273, s. 24 24Section 24. 185.982 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1185.982 (1) No sickness care plan or contract issued thereunder by such
2cooperative association shall interfere with the manner or mode of the practice of
3medicine, optometry, chiropractic or, dentistry, or podiatry, the relationship of
4physician, chiropractor, optometrist or, dentist, or podiatrist and patient, nor the
5responsibility of physician, chiropractor, optometrist or , dentist, or podiatrist to
6patient. A plan may require persons covered to utilize health care providers
7designated by the cooperative association. The cooperative association may provide
8health care services directly through providers who are employees of the cooperative
9association or through agreements with individual providers or groups of providers
10organized on a group practice or individual practice basis. In making such
11agreements, no plan may refuse to provide coverage for vision care services or
12procedures provided by an optometrist licensed under ch. 449 within the scope of the
13practice of optometry, as defined in s. 449.01 (1), if the plan provides coverage for the
14same services or procedures when provided by another health care provider.
AB273, s. 25 15Section 25. 343.62 (4) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB273,13,2416 343.62 (4) (a) 4. The applicant submits with the application a statement
17completed within the immediately preceding 24 months, except as provided by rule,
18by a physician licensed to practice medicine in any state, from an advanced practice
19nurse licensed to practice nursing in any state, from a physician assistant licensed
20or certified to practice in any state, from a podiatrist licensed to practice in any state,
21from a chiropractor licensed to practice chiropractic in any state, or from a Christian
22Science practitioner residing in this state, and listed in the Christian Science journal
23certifying that, in the medical care provider's judgment, the applicant is physically
24fit to teach driving.
AB273, s. 26
1Section 26. Subchapter IV (title) of chapter 448 [precedes 448.60] of the
2statutes is amended to read:
AB273,14,33 CHAPTER 448
AB273,14,44 SUBCHAPTER IV
AB273,14,6 5PODIATRISTS PODIATRY AFFILIATED
6 CREDENTIALING BOARD
AB273, s. 27 7Section 27. 448.60 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB273,14,98 448.60 (1) "Affiliated credentialing board" means the podiatrists podiatry
9affiliated credentialing board.
AB273, s. 28 10Section 28. 450.11 (8) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB273,14,1211 450.11 (8) (bm) The podiatrists podiatry affiliated credentialing board, insofar
12as this section applies to podiatrists.
AB273, s. 29 13Section 29. 632.64 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB273,14,23 14632.64 Certification of disability. Insurers For the purpose of insurance
15policies that they issue, insurers
doing a life insurance business in this state shall
16afford equal weight to a certification of disability signed by a physician with respect
17to matters within the scope of the physician's professional license and, to a
18certification of disability signed by a chiropractor with respect to matters within the
19scope of the chiropractor's professional license for the purpose of insurance policies
20they issue
, and to a certification of disability signed by a podiatrist with respect to
21matters within the scope of the podiatrist's professional license
. This section does
22not require an insurer to treat a certificate of disability as conclusive evidence of
23disability.
AB273, s. 30 24Section 30. 632.99 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB273,15,10
1632.99 Certifications of disability. Every For the purpose of insurance
2policies that they issue, every
insurer doing a health or disability insurance business
3in this state shall afford equal weight to a certification of disability signed by a
4physician with respect to matters within the scope of the physician's professional
5license and, to a certification of disability signed by a chiropractor with respect to
6matters within the scope of the chiropractor's professional license for the purpose of
7insurance policies they issue
, and to a certification of disability signed by a podiatrist
8with respect to matters within the scope of the podiatrist's professional license
. This
9section does not require an insurer to treat any certification of disability as
10conclusive evidence of disability.
AB273, s. 31 11Section 31. 655.45 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB273,15,1712 655.45 (1) For the quarter beginning on July 1, 1986, and for each quarter
13thereafter, the director of state courts shall file reports complying with sub. (2) with
14the medical examining board, the physical therapists affiliated credentialing board,
15the podiatrists podiatry affiliated credentialing board, the board of nursing and the
16department, respectively, regarding health care providers licensed by the respective
17bodies.
AB273, s. 32 18Section 32. 812.30 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB273,15,2319 812.30 (9) "Need-based public assistance" means aid to families with
20dependent children, relief funded by a relief block grant under ch. 49, relief provided
21by counties under s. 59.53 (21), medical assistance, supplemental security income,
22food stamps, or benefits received by veterans under s. 45.40 (1) (1m) or under 38 USC
23501
to 562.
AB273, s. 33 24Section 33. 814.29 (1) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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1814.29 (1) (d) 1. That the person is a recipient of means-tested public
2assistance, including aid to families with dependent children, relief funded by a relief
3block grant under ch. 49, relief provided by counties under s. 59.53 (21), medical
4assistance, supplemental security income, food stamps or benefits received by
5veterans under s. 45.40 (1) (1m) or under 38 USC 501 to 562.
AB273, s. 34 6Section 34. 895.48 (1m) (a) (intro.) and 2. of the statutes are amended to read:
AB273,16,177 895.48 (1m) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), any physician, physician
8assistant, podiatrist,
or athletic trainer licensed under ch. 448, chiropractor licensed
9under ch. 446, dentist licensed under ch. 447, emergency medical technician licensed
10under s. 256.15, first responder certified under s. 256.15 (8), physician assistant
11licensed under ch. 448,
registered nurse licensed under ch. 441, or a massage
12therapist or bodyworker issued a certificate under ch. 460 who renders voluntary
13health care to a participant in an athletic event or contest sponsored by a nonprofit
14corporation, as defined in s. 66.0129 (6) (b), a private school, as defined in s. 115.001
15(3r), a public agency, as defined in s. 46.856 (1) (b), or a school, as defined in s. 609.655
16(1) (c), is immune from civil liability for his or her acts or omissions in rendering that
17care if all of the following conditions exist:
AB273,16,2118 2. The physician, podiatrist, athletic trainer, chiropractor, dentist, emergency
19medical technician, first responder, physician assistant, registered nurse, massage
20therapist or bodyworker does not receive compensation for the health care, other
21than reimbursement for expenses.
AB273, s. 35 22Section 35. 905.04 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB273,17,2 23905.04 (title) Physician-patient, registered nurse-patient,
24chiropractor-patient, psychologist-patient, social worker-patient,

1marriage and family therapist-patient
, podiatrist-patient and
2professional counselor-patient privilege.
AB273, s. 36 3Section 36. 905.04 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB273,17,114 905.04 (1) (b) A communication or information is "confidential" if not intended
5to be disclosed to 3rd persons other than those present to further the interest of the
6patient in the consultation, examination, or interview, or to persons reasonably
7necessary for the transmission of the communication or information , or to persons
8who are participating in the diagnosis and treatment under the direction of the
9physician, podiatrist, registered nurse, chiropractor, psychologist, social worker,
10marriage and family therapist or professional counselor, including the members of
11the patient's family.
AB273, s. 37 12Section 37. 905.04 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB273,17,1613 905.04 (1) (c) "Patient" means an individual, couple, family or group of
14individuals who consults with or is examined or interviewed by a physician,
15podiatrist, registered nurse, chiropractor, psychologist, social worker, marriage and
16family therapist or professional counselor.
AB273, s. 38 17Section 38. 905.04 (1) (dg) of the statutes is created to read:
AB273,17,1918 905.04 (1) (dg) "Podiatrist" means a person licensed under s. 448.63 or a person
19reasonably believed by the patient to be a podiatrist.
AB273, s. 39 20Section 39. 905.04 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB273,18,621 905.04 (2) General rule of privilege. A patient has a privilege to refuse to
22disclose and to prevent any other person from disclosing confidential
23communications made or information obtained or disseminated for purposes of
24diagnosis or treatment of the patient's physical, mental or emotional condition,
25among the patient, the patient's physician, the patient's podiatrist, the patient's

1registered nurse, the patient's chiropractor, the patient's psychologist, the patient's
2social worker, the patient's marriage and family therapist, the patient's professional
3counselor or persons, including members of the patient's family, who are
4participating in the diagnosis or treatment under the direction of the physician,
5podiatrist, registered nurse, chiropractor, psychologist, social worker, marriage and
6family therapist or professional counselor.
AB273, s. 40 7Section 40. 905.04 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB273,18,138 905.04 (3) Who may claim the privilege. The privilege may be claimed by the
9patient, by the patient's guardian or conservator, or by the personal representative
10of a deceased patient. The person who was the physician, podiatrist, registered
11nurse, chiropractor, psychologist, social worker, marriage and family therapist or
12professional counselor may claim the privilege but only on behalf of the patient. The
13authority so to do is presumed in the absence of evidence to the contrary.
AB273, s. 41 14Section 41. Initial applicability.
AB273,18,1515 (1) Certifications of disability by podiatrists.
AB273,18,1916 (a) Life insurance. If a life insurance policy that is in effect on the effective date
17of this subsection contains a provision that is inconsistent with the treatment of
18section 632.64 of the statutes, the treatment of section 632.64 of the statutes first
19applies to that life insurance policy on the date on which it is renewed.
AB273,18,2420 (b) Health or disability insurance. If a health or disability insurance policy that
21is in effect on the effective date of this subsection contains a provision that is
22inconsistent with the treatment of section 632.99 of the statutes, the treatment of
23section 632.99 of the statutes first applies to that health or disability insurance policy
24on the date on which it is renewed.
AB273,18,2525 (End)
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