Wisconsin Administrative Code

Opt 5.01 Intent. The intent of the board in adopting the rules in this chapter is to establish minimum standards of conduct for optometrist and to specify reasons the board may reprimand, deny, limit, suspend, or revoke any license or certificate of registration. History: Cr. Reg…

Opt 5.02 Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Contact lens prescription” means a prescription order for a contact lens that includes all of the following: (a) The specifications needed to adequately duplicate a contact lens. (b) The name, signature and license number of the…

Opt 5.03 Unprofessional Conduct. Unprofessional conduct by an optometrist includes any of the following: (1) Engaging in any practice which constitutes a danger to health, welfare, or safety of a patient or the public. (2) Engaging in conduct in the practice of optometry which ev…

Opt 5.045 Informed Consent. (1) Any optometrist 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 optometrist standard is the standard for informing …

Opt 5.10 Patient records. (1) An optometrist shall record and include in each patient’s record all of the following information: (a) Name and date of birth of the patient. (b) Date of examination and examination findings, including a clear and legible record of the tests performe…

Opt 5.20 Telehealth. (1) The standards of practice and professional conduct under this chapter apply to an optometrist regardless of whether health care service is provided in person or by telehealth. (2) An optometrist who uses a telehealth visit to provide optometry services to…

Opt 6.01 Authority. The rules in this chapter are adopted under authority in ss. 15.08 (5) (b), 227.11 (2), 449.17, 449.18, and 961.39, Stats. Note: The rules in this chapter apply only to optometrists licensed by the State of Wisconsin in accordance with ch. Opt 3 or ch. Opt 4, …

Opt 6.02 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) XAdverse drug reactionY means an adverse, physical or psychological reaction experienced by a person resulting from diagnostic or therapeutic pharmaceutical agents administered by an optometrist that occurs within 24 hours after the drug…

Opt 6.025 Adverse drug reaction referral plan. (1) An optometrist who wants to use diagnostic pharmaceutical agents authorized under s. SPS 10.02 or therapeutic pharmaceutical agents authorized under s. SPS 10.03 shall submit an adverse drug reaction referral plan prior to provid…

Opt 6.03 Certificate to use diagnostic pharmaceutical agents. (1) A licensed optometrist who has submitted an adverse drug reaction referral plan in accordance with s. Opt the chapter was last published. Opt 6.03 WISCONSIN ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 6.025 is authorized to use diagnostic…

Opt 6.04 Certificate to use therapeutic pharmaceutical agents and remove foreign bodies from eyes. (1) A licensed optometrist who has submitted an adverse drug reaction referral plan in accordance with s. Opt 6.025 is authorized to use therapeutic pharmaceutical agents and remove…

Opt 6.05 Prescribing therapeutic pharmaceutical agents. (1) Therapeutic pharmaceutical agents may be prescribed or administered by an optometrist only for the ocular therapeutic purposes for which the drugs are intended. These drugs shall be prescribed or administered in accordan…

Opt 7.02 Certificate of registration. Persons practicing optometry are required to hold a valid certificate of registration. History: Cr. Register, January, 1993, No. 445, eff. 2-1-93.

Opt 7.03 Renewal of certificate of registration. Persons practicing optometry shall on or before December 15 of each odd-numbered year renew their certificates of registration by registering with the department, certifying completion of the continuing education hours required und…

Opt 7.05 Late renewal. (1) RENEWAL WITHIN 5 YEARS. A person may renew his or her certificate of registration by paying the renewal fee determined by the department under s. 440.03 (9) (a), Stats., pay a late renewal fee under s. 440.08 (3), Stats., and attesting to completion of …

Opt 7.06 Reinstatement. A license holder who has unmet disciplinary requirements and failed to renew the certificate of registration within 5 years or whose license or certificate has been surrendered or revoked may apply to have the license or certificate reinstated in accordanc…

Opt 8.01 Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1b) XAsynchronous courseY means an educational course in which content is created and made available for learners at a later date, and there is no real-time communication between the instructor and the learner. Examples include a re…

Opt 8.02 Continuing education requirements. (1) A licensee shall complete 30 hours of approved continuing education in each biennial registration period. (1m) Each biennium, except as provided in sub. (1s), and unless granted a hardship waiver in accordance with sub. (3m), the 30…

Opt 8.03 Continuing education approval. (1) The board shall accept the following in satisfaction of continuing education for each biennium: (a) Any continuing education program accredited by COPE or Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Continuing Education. This may include …

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…