Wisconsin Administrative Code

PA 1.01 Authority. The rules in chs. PA 1 to 4 are adopted by the Physician Assistant Affiliated Credentialing Board pursuant to the authority delegated by ss. 15.085 (5) (b), 440.09 (5), 448.973 (1), and 448.975 (5) (a), Stats.

PA 1.02 Definitions. As used in chs. PA 1 to 4: (1) “Alternate collaborator” means a physician or physician assistant who is designated temporary duties of collaboration by the collaborating physician when the collaborating physician is temporarily unavailable. (2) “Board” means …

PA 2.01 Initial licensure. Except as provided under sub. (3), the board shall grant an initial license to practice as a physician assistant to any applicant who has been found qualified by three-fourths of the members of the board and satisfies all of the following requirements, …

PA 2.015 Compact privilege. Every applicant for compact privilege shall meet all of the following requirements: (1) Satisfy all requirements under s. 448.988 (4), Stats. (2) Complete the compact application process. (3) Pay the fee specified in s. 448.9885 (2), Stats. Note: Appli…

PA 2.02 Education program approval. The board shall only approve an education program for a physician assistant or physician associate that is accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant or its successor, or, prior to 2001, by the Co…

PA 2.03 Oral interviews and personal appearances. (1) The board may require an applicant to complete an oral interview or personal appearance before the board, if any of the following circumstances apply: (a) The applicant has a medical condition which in any way impairs or limit…

PA 2.04 License renewal and continuing medical education. (1) A licensee shall renew their license as specified by ss. 440.03 (9) (a) and 440.08 (2) (a), Stats. (2) A licensee shall complete a renewal application approved by the board and return it with the required fee prior to …

PA 2.05 Reinstatement. (1) A licensee who fails for any reason to be licensed as required under this chapter may not exercise the rights or privileges conferred by any license granted by the board. (2) Failure to renew a license as specified in s. PA 2.04 shall cause the license …

PA 2.06 Reciprocal credentials for service members, former service members, and their spouses. A reciprocal license shall be granted to a service member, former service member, or the spouse of a service member or former service member who the board determines meets all of the re…

PA 2.07 Title protection. No person may designate himself or herself as a “physician assistant” or “physician associate” or use or assume the title “physician assistant” or “physician associate” or append to the person's name the words or letters “physician assistant”, “physician…

PA 3.01 Practice standards. (1) Except as provided in sub. (2) and ss. PA 3.02, 3.03, and 3.04, a physician assistant shall maintain and practice in accordance with a written collaborative agreement with a physician as specified in s. 448.975 (2) (a), Stats. (2) (a) A physician a…

PA 3.02 Practice of podiatry. A physician assistant may practice with the supervision and direction of a podiatrist pursuant to ss. 448.695 (4) (b) and 448.975 (1) (b) 2., Stats. eff. 8-1-23.

PA 3.03 Emergency, disaster, and volunteer practice. (1) A physician assistant licensed or with compact privilege under ch. PA 2 may perform any of the following: (a) Render such emergency medical care that they are able to provide at the scene of an accident or emergency situati…

PA 3.04 Practice during interruption in collaboration. If a physician assistant’s collaborating physician under s. PA 3.01 (2) is unable to collaborate as specified in that section due to an interruption in licensed practice, a leave of absence of 30 days or longer such that the …

PA 3.05 Minimum standards for patient health care records. (1) When patient healthcare records are not maintained by a separate entity, a physician assistant shall ensure patient health care records are maintained on every patient for a period of not less than 5 years after the d…

PA 3.06 Standards for dispensing and prescribing drugs. (1) PRESCRIPTIVE AUTHORITY. (a) A physician assistant may order, prescribe, procure, dispense, and administer prescription drugs, medical devices, services, and supplies. (b) A physician assistant practicing under the superv…

PA 3.07 Informed consent. (1) Pursuant to s. 448.9785, Stats., a physician assistant shall communicate alternate modes of treatment to a patient. (2) Any physician assistant who treats a patient shall inform the patient about the availability of reasonable alternative modes of tr…

PA 3.08 Telemedicine and telehealth practice. (1) In this section: (a) “Emergency medical condition” means a medical condition manifesting itself by acute symptoms of sufficient severity that the absence of immediate medical attention will result in serious jeopardy to patient he…

PA 4.005 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) “Chaperone” means an individual whom a physician assistant requests to be present during a clinical examination that exposes the breasts, genitals, or rectal area, and who can serve as a witness to the examination taking place should the…

PA 4.01 Unprofessional conduct. “Unprofessional conduct” includes the following, or aiding or abetting the same: (1) DISHONESTY AND CHARACTER. (a) Violating or attempting to violate any provision or term of subch. IX of ch. 448, Stats., or of any valid rule of the board. (b) Viol…

PA 4.02 Discipline. (1) The board may conduct investigations and hearings to determine whether a licensee has violated s. PA 4.01 or has violated any state or federal law or any other jurisdiction that substantially relates to the practice of a physician assistant. (2) The board …

PAC 1.01 Authority. This chapter is promulgated under ss. 227.11 (2), 304.06 (1) (e), and 304.06 (1) (em), Stats. History: EmR0940: emerg. r. and recr. eff. 12-31-09; CR 09-119: cr. Register November 2010 No. 659, eff. 12-1-10.

PAC 1.02 Purpose. This chapter establishes the process by which the commission reviews requests for parole or release to extended supervision under chs. 302 and 304, Stats. History: EmR0940: emerg. r. and recr. eff. 12-31-09; CR 09-119: cr. Register November 2010 No. 659, eff. 12…

PAC 1.03 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) XChairpersonY means the chairperson of the commission. XChairpersonY includes a commissioner who is designated by the chairperson to perform a specific assignment or duty. (2) XCommissionY means the parole commission, including the chair…

PAC 1.04 Purpose of release consideration. The purpose of release consideration is to evaluate all of the following factors: (1) Depreciation of the seriousness of the offense resulting from early release. (2) Risk to the community. (3) Reasonable certainty of a crime-free reinte…

PAC 1.05 Eligibility for release consideration. (1) INITIAL ELIGIBILITY. The commission shall not consider for parole or release to extended supervision any person who is sentenced to the department[s custody until the person has been confined at least 60 days following sentencin…

PAC 1.06 Release consideration. (1) Except as provided in s. PAC 1.05 (1), for persons sentenced for offenses that occurred before December 31, 1999, the initial release consideration shall be scheduled during the month prior to the date of first statutory eligibility for parole,…

PAC 1.07 Commission recommendations. (1) Following release consideration under s. PAC 1.06, a commissioner may recommend release with or without special conditions, or may deny release and defer consideration for a specified period of time. The commissioner shall make the recomme…

PAC 1.08 Release due to extraordinary health condition or age. (1) ELIGIBILITY. An inmate serving a bifurcated sentence imposed under s. 973.01, Stats., or, notwithstanding s. 973.014 (1g) (a) or (2), Stats., serving a life sentence imposed under s. 973.014, Stats., may petition …

PAC 1.09 Presumptive mandatory release review. (1) For an inmate who is subject to PMR and who has been deferred to the mandatory release date of the PMR offense or has waived consideration but is approaching the mandatory release date, a commissioner shall conduct a review two m…

PD 1.01 Annual review. (1) The state public defender shall annually notify each active member of the state bar of Wisconsin of the procedure for applying for certification under the provisions of s. 977.08, Stats. Publication of a notice in the publication of the state bar of Wis…

PD 1.02 Certification of newly admitted attorneys. The state public defender shall provide the Wisconsin supreme court and the state bar of Wisconsin with materials to insure that every person admitted to the state bar after January 1, 1978, is provided with information for apply…

PD 1.03 Certification application and decisions. (1) APPLICATION FORM. The state public defender shall prepare an application form to be completed by attorneys seeking certification or recertification as provided in s. 977.08 (3), Stats. The state public defender shall notify in …

PD 1.035 Requirements for certification. In order to obtain and retain certification under this chapter, an attorney shall satisfy all of the following requirements: (1) APPLICATION. The attorney shall submit an application under s. PD 1.03 (1). (2) LICENSE TO PRACTICE. The attor…

PD 1.037 Provisional certification. (1) APPLICABILITY. The state public defender may provisionally certify an attorney. All attorneys who have not been previously certified and all attorneys whose certification status is reinstated shall be provisionally certified under this sect…

PD 1.04 Certification lists. An attorney may be placed on the list to accept an appointment to represent state public defender clients in the following case types if the attorney requests appointments in the case type, satisfies the requirements of s. PD 1.035, and satisfies the …

PD 1.05 Appeal of certification decisions. (2) Any attorney may appeal the state public defender’s certification decision under s. PD 1.03 (2) by serving a letter of appeal to the state public defender within 30 days of the notice of the decision. The attorney shall state in the …

PD 1.07 Voluntary removal. Any attorney may request to be removed from any certification list, and the state public defender shall remove the attorney. An attorney seeking reinstatement to a certification list after voluntary removal shall submit an application as provided in s. …

PD 1.075 Inactive status. (1) An attorney may decline to accept appointments and request in writing to be placed in inactive status. If an attorney has not been appointed in a case for more than one year, the state public defender may place the attorney in inactive status and sha…

PD 1.08 Access to files. (1) The state public defender may not disclose the contents or substance of any review or investigation prior to issuing a decision under s. PD 1.03, unless ordered to do so by the chairperson of the public defender board or a court, or unless the attorne…

PD 2.01 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) XEmergency assignmentY means assignment of counsel outside of normal business hours or when regular assignment will not provide both effective and early representation. (2) XRegular assignmentY means any situation in which counsel is requ…

PD 2.02 Emergency assignment procedure. (1) In any emergency situation the state public defender or county designee shall evaluate the person for indigency as soon as possible. (2) In any emergency situation, the representative of the state public defender shall assign the attorn…

PD 2.03 Regular assignment procedure. (1) The state public defender or county designee shall contact any person who claims or appears to be indigent, has requested counsel, or has been referred by the court to the state public defender to determine the person[s eligibility for ap…

PD 2.04 Person[s right to refuse specific attorney. (1) A person may request that the attorney assigned to represent him or her be discharged and that another attorney be assigned, and the state public defender shall honor such request, provided: (a) It is the only such request m…

PD 2.05 Conflict cases. The state public defender may not represent more than one person at trial charged in the same case or any client whose interests conflict with any other client. History: Cr. Register, August, 1978, No. 272, eff. 9-1-78; am. Register, November, 1984, No. 34…

PD 2.06 Counties in which private counsel may be assigned trial division cases. (1) Attorneys may be assigned trial division cases only in those counties in which they reside or maintain their principal office, except that in counties in which there are less than 10 attorneys on …

PD 2.07 Public representation after case commenced by retained counsel. (1) If it is necessary for a person to obtain publicly compensated counsel after having retained counsel because of the lack of sufficient funds, the attorney who was originally retained may be assigned and p…

PD 2.08 Court[s right to review indigency determination. (1) Any person determined by the state public defender not to be eligible for publicly compensated counsel may request that the court having jurisdiction over the case review the state public defender[s indigency determinat…

PD 2.09 Special types of representation. In the following types of cases private local counsel may be assigned from the indicated certification lists: (1) Probation, parole, or juvenile aftercare revocation cases — from the certified list relating to the original offense. (2) Ext…

PD 2.10 Written notice of assignment. (1) As soon as a regular assignment of counsel is made, the representative of the state public defender shall provide the clerk of court having jurisdiction over that case, in writing, the name, address, and telephone number of the attorney p…