SB698,9,2519 252.15 (2) (a) 7. ak. A physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice
20nurse prescriber, based on information provided to the physician, physician
21assistant, or advanced practice nurse prescriber, determines and certifies in writing
22that the affected person has been significantly exposed. The certification shall
23accompany the request for testing and disclosure. If the affected person who is
24significantly exposed is a physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice nurse
25prescriber, he or she may not make this determination or certification. The

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1information that is provided to a physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice
2nurse prescriber to document the occurrence of a significant exposure and the
3physician's, physician assistant's, or advanced practice nurse prescriber's
4certification that an affected person has been significantly exposed, under this subd.
57. ak., shall be provided on a report form that is developed by the department of
6commerce under s. 101.02 (19) (a) or on a report form that the department of
7commerce determines, under s. 101.02 (19) (b), is substantially equivalent to the
8report form that is developed under s. 101.02 (19) (a).

SB698,10,1810 252.15 (5) (a) 11. To a person, including a person exempted from civil liability
11under the conditions specified under s. 895.48, 895.4802, or 895.4803, who renders
12to the victim of an emergency or accident emergency care during the course of which
13the emergency caregiver is significantly exposed to the emergency or accident victim,
14if a physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice nurse prescriber, based on
15information provided to the physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice
16nurse prescriber, determines and certifies in writing that the emergency caregiver
17has been significantly exposed and if the certification accompanies the request for
18disclosure.

SB698,11,220 252.15 (5) (a) 12. b. The coroner, medical examiner, or appointed assistant is
21significantly exposed to a person whose death is under direct investigation by the
22coroner, medical examiner, or appointed assistant, if a physician, physician
23assistant, or advanced practice nurse prescriber, based on information provided to
24the physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice nurse prescriber,
25determines and certifies in writing that the coroner, medical examiner, or appointed

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1assistant has been significantly exposed and if the certification accompanies the
2request for disclosure.

SB698,11,94 252.15 (5) (a) 14. If the test results of a test administered to an individual are
5positive and the individual is deceased, by the individual's attending physician,
6physician assistant, or advanced practice nurse prescriber, to persons, if known to
7the physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice nurse prescriber, with
8whom the individual has had sexual contact or has shared intravenous drug use
9paraphernalia.

SB698,11,2311 252.15 (5m) (a) If a person, including a person exempted from civil liability
12under the conditions specified under s. 895.48, 895.4802, or 895.4803, who renders
13to the victim of an emergency or accident emergency care during the course of which
14the emergency caregiver is significantly exposed to the emergency or accident victim
15and the emergency or accident victim subsequently dies prior to testing for the
16presence of HIV, antigen or nonantigenic products of HIV, or an antibody to HIV; if
17a physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice nurse prescriber, based on
18information provided to the physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice
19nurse prescriber, determines and certifies in writing that the emergency caregiver
20has been significantly exposed; and if the certification accompanies the request for
21testing and disclosure. Testing of a corpse under this paragraph shall be ordered by
22the coroner, medical examiner, or physician who certifies the victim's cause of death
23under s. 69.18 (2) (b), (c), or (d).

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1252.15 (5m) (b) If a funeral director, coroner, medical examiner, or appointed
2assistant to a coroner or medical examiner who prepares the corpse of a decedent for
3burial or other disposition or a person who performs an autopsy or assists in
4performing an autopsy is significantly exposed to the corpse; if a physician, physician
5assistant, or advanced practice nurse prescriber, based on information provided to
6the physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice nurse prescriber,
7determines and certifies in writing that the funeral director, coroner, medical
8examiner, or appointed assistant has been significantly exposed; and if the
9certification accompanies the request for testing and disclosure. Testing of a corpse
10under this paragraph shall be ordered by the attending physician, physician
11assistant, or advanced practice nurse prescriber of the funeral director, coroner,
12medical examiner, or appointed assistant who is so exposed.

SB698,12,2414 252.15 (5m) (c) If a health care provider or an agent or employee of a health
15care provider is significantly exposed to the corpse or to a patient who dies
16subsequent to the exposure and prior to testing for the presence of HIV, antigen or
17nonantigenic products of HIV, or an antibody to HIV; if a physician , physician
18assistant, or advanced practice nurse prescriber who is not the health care provider,
19based on information provided to the physician, physician assistant, or advanced
20practice nurse prescriber, determines and certifies in writing that the health care
21provider, agent, or employee has been significantly exposed; and if the certification
22accompanies the request for testing and disclosure. Testing of a corpse under this
23paragraph shall be ordered by the physician, physician assistant, or advanced
24practice nurse prescriber who certifies that the significant exposure has occurred.

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1252.15 (7m) Reporting of persons significantly exposed. (intro.) If a positive,
2validated test result is obtained from a test subject, the test subject's physician,
3physician assistant, or advanced practice nurse prescriber who maintains a record
4of the test result under sub. (4) (c) may report to the state epidemiologist the name
5of any person known to the physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice
6nurse prescriber to have been significantly exposed to the test subject, only after the
7physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice nurse prescriber has done all of
8the following:

SB698,13,1310 252.15 (7m) (b) Notified the test subject that the name of any person known
11to the physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice nurse prescriber to have
12been significantly exposed to the test subject will be reported to the state
13epidemiologist.

SB698,13,1715 252.16 (3) (c) (intro.) Has submitted to the department a certification from a
16physician, as defined in s. 448.01 (5), physician assistant, or advanced practice nurse
17prescriber of all of the following:

SB698,13,2119 252.17 (3) (c) (intro.) Has submitted to the department a certification from a
20physician, as defined in s. 448.01 (5), physician assistant, or advanced practice nurse
21prescriber of all of the following:

SB698,14,10 23252.18 Handling foods. No person in charge of any public eating place or
24other establishment where food products to be consumed by others are handled may
25knowingly employ any person handling food products who has a disease in a form

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1that is communicable by food handling. If required by the local health officer or any
2officer of the department for the purposes of an investigation, any person who is
3employed in the handling of foods or is suspected of having a disease in a form that
4is communicable by food handling shall submit to an examination by the officer or
5by a physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice nurse prescriber
6designated by the officer. The expense of the examination, if any, shall be paid by the
7person examined. Any person knowingly infected with a disease in a form that is
8communicable by food handling who handles food products to be consumed by others
9and any persons knowingly employing or permitting such a person to handle food
10products to be consumed by others shall be punished as provided by s. 252.25.

SB698,15,912 343.16 (5) (a) The secretary may require any applicant for a license or any
13licensed operator to submit to a special examination by such persons or agencies as
14the secretary may direct to determine incompetency, physical or mental disability,
15disease, or any other condition that might prevent such applicant or licensed person
16from exercising reasonable and ordinary control over a motor vehicle. If the
17department requires the applicant to submit to an examination, the applicant shall
18pay for the examination. If the department receives an application for a renewal or
19duplicate license after voluntary surrender under s. 343.265 or receives a report from
20a physician, physician assistant, as defined in s. 448.01 (6), advanced practice nurse
21prescriber certified under s. 441.16 (2), or optometrist under s. 146.82 (3), or if the
22department has a report of 2 or more arrests within a one-year period for any
23combination of violations of s. 346.63 (1) or (5) or a local ordinance in conformity with
24s. 346.63 (1) or (5) or a law of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band
25in this state in conformity with s. 346.63 (1) or (5), or s. 346.63 (1m), 1985 stats., or

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1s. 346.63 (2) or (6) or 940.25, or s. 940.09 where the offense involved the use of a
2vehicle, the department shall determine, by interview or otherwise, whether the
3operator should submit to an examination under this section. The examination may
4consist of an assessment. If the examination indicates that education or treatment
5for a disability, disease or condition concerning the use of alcohol, a controlled
6substance or a controlled substance analog is appropriate, the department may order
7a driver safety plan in accordance with s. 343.30 (1q). If there is noncompliance with
8assessment or the driver safety plan, the department shall revoke the person's
9operating privilege in the manner specified in s. 343.30 (1q) (d).

SB698,15,1211 448.03 (5) (b) No physician or physician assistant shall be liable for any civil
12damages for either of the following:

SB698,15,1613 1. Reporting in good faith to the department of transportation under s. 146.82
14(3) a patient's name and other information relevant to a physical or mental condition
15of the patient which in the physician's or physician assistant's judgment impairs the
16patient's ability to exercise reasonable and ordinary control over a motor vehicle.

SB698,15,2117 2. In good faith, not reporting to the department of transportation under s.
18146.82 (3) a patient's name and other information relevant to a physical or mental
19condition of the patient which in the physician's or physician assistant's judgment
20does not impair the patient's ability to exercise reasonable and ordinary control over
21a motor vehicle.

SB698,16,1223 448.56 (1) Written referral. Except as provided in this subsection and s.
24448.52, a person may practice physical therapy only upon the written referral of a
25physician, physician assistant, chiropractor, dentist, podiatrist, or advanced practice

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1nurse prescriber certified under s. 441.16 (2). Written referral is not required if a
2physical therapist provides services in schools to children with disabilities, as
3defined in s. 115.76 (5), pursuant to rules promulgated by the department of public
4instruction; provides services as part of a home health care agency; provides services
5to a patient in a nursing home pursuant to the patient's plan of care; provides services
6related to athletic activities, conditioning, or injury prevention; or provides services
7to an individual for a previously diagnosed medical condition after informing the
8individual's physician, physician assistant, chiropractor, dentist, podiatrist, or
9advanced practice nurse prescriber certified under s. 441.16 (2) who made the
10diagnosis. The affiliated credentialing board may promulgate rules establishing
11additional services that are excepted from the written referral requirements of this
12subsection.

SB698,16,1914 448.56 (1m) (b) The affiliated credentialing board shall promulgate rules
15establishing the requirements that a physical therapist must satisfy if a physician,
16physician assistant, chiropractor, dentist, podiatrist, or advanced practice nurse
17prescriber makes a written referral under sub. (1). The purpose of the rules shall be
18to ensure continuity of care between the physical therapist and the health care
19practitioner.

SB698,17,521 448.67 (2) Separate billing required. Except as provided in sub. (4), a licensee
22who renders any podiatric service or assistance, or gives any podiatric advice or any
23similar advice or assistance, to any patient, podiatrist, physician, physician
24assistant, advanced practice nurse prescriber certified under s. 441.16 (2),
25partnership, or corporation, or to any other institution or organization, including a

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1hospital, for which a charge is made to a patient, shall, except as authorized by
2Title 18 or Title 19 of the federal Social Security Act, render an individual statement
3or account of the charge directly to the patient, distinct and separate from any
4statement or account by any other podiatrist, physician, physician assistant,
5advanced practice nurse prescriber, or other person.

SB698,17,77 450.01 (15r) "Physician assistant" has the meaning given in s. 448.01 (6).

SB698,17,99 450.01 (16) (h) 3. The patient's physician assistant.

SB698,17,1411 450.11 (7) (b) Information communicated to a physician , physician assistant,
12or advanced practice nurse prescriber in an effort to procure unlawfully a
13prescription drug or the administration of a prescription drug is not a privileged
14communication.

SB698,17,1716 450.11 (8) (b) The medical examining board, insofar as this section applies to
17physicians and physician assistants.

SB698,17,1919 450.13 (5) (c) The patient's physician assistant.