Definitions

440.01 Definitions. (1) In chs. 440 to 480, unless the context requires otherwise: (ab) “Asynchronous telehealth service” means telehealth that is used to transmit medical data about a patient to a health care provider when the transmission is not a 2-way, real-time interactive communication. (ad) “Automated external defibrillator” means a defibrillator device to which all of the following apply: 1. It is approved for commercial distribution by the federal food and drug administration. 2. It is capable of recognizing the presence or absence of ventricular fibrillation or rapid ventricular tachycardia and of determining without intervention by the user of the device whether defibrillation should be performed. 3. After having determined that defibrillation should be performed, it is capable, either at the command of an operator or without intervention by an operator, of delivering an electrical shock to an individual. (ag) “Defibrillation” means administering an electrical impulse to an individual’s heart in order to stop ventricular fibrillation or rapid ventricular tachycardia. (aj) “Department” means the department of safety and professional services. (am) “Financial institution” has the meaning given in s. 705.01 (3). (b) “Grant” means the substantive act of an examining board, section of an examining board, affiliated credentialing board or the department of approving the applicant for credentialing and the preparing, executing, signing or sealing of the credentialing. (bm) “Interactive telehealth” means telehealth delivered using multimedia communication technology that permits 2-way, realtime, interactive communications between a health care provider at a distant site and the patient or the patient’s health care provider. (c) “Issue” means the procedural act of the department of transmitting the credential to the person who is credentialed. (d) “Limit,” when used in reference to limiting a credential, means to impose conditions and requirements upon the holder of the credential, to restrict the scope of the holder’s practice, or both. (dg) “Remote patient monitoring” means telehealth in which a patient’s medical data is transmitted to a health care provider for monitoring and response if necessary. (dm) “Renewal date” means the date, specified in s. 440.08 (2), on which a credential expires and before which the credential holder must submit a complete renewal application under s.