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WI Stat § 440.968 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 440 - Department of safety and professional services.|440.968 - Discipline; prohibited acts; penalties.

440.968  Discipline; prohibited acts; penalties. (1) The department may reprimand a Wisconsin registered interior designer, or may limit, suspend or revoke the certificate of registration of a Wisconsin registered interior designer, who has done any of the following:(a) Committed any fraud or deceit in obtaining or renewing a certificate of registration under this subchapter.(b) Committed any gross negligence or misconduct, or acted in a grossly incompetent manner, in the practice of interior design as a Wisconsin registered interior designer.(c) Violated this subchapter or a rule promulgated under this subchapter.(d) Been convicted of a felony, subject to ss. 111.321, 111.322 and 111.335, or been adjudicated mentally incompetent by a court of competent jurisdiction, a certified copy of the record of conviction or adjudication of incompetency to be conclusive evidence of such conviction or incompetency. (2) Any person who uses the title “Wisconsin registered interior designer" in this state and who is not registered in accordance with this subchapter, or any person presenting or attempting to use as his or her own the certificate of registration of another, or any person who falsely impersonates any other registrant of like or different name, or any person who attempts to use an expired or revoked certificate of registration, may be fined not less than $100 nor more than $500 or imprisoned for not more than 3 months or both. (3) Any person may allege to the department that he or she believes a person registered under this subchapter has committed an act for which a reprimand or limitation, suspension or revocation of registration is authorized under sub. (1). Such allegations shall be in writing, and shall be sworn to by the person making them and shall be submitted to the department. The department may, on its own motion, make such charges. (4) The department may reissue a certificate of registration to any person whose certificate has been revoked under sub. (1) if the person satisfies requirements for reissuance established by the department. The department may issue a new certificate of registration to replace any certificate revoked, lost, destroyed or mutilated, subject to the rules of the department and the payment of the required fee.History:  1995 a. 322.
WI Stat § 440.969 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 440 - Department of safety and professional services.|440.969 - Change of name.

440.969  Change of name. No person who is registered as a Wisconsin registered interior designer under this subchapter may practice interior design in this state under any other given name or any other surname than that under which the person was originally registered to use a title in this or any other state if the department, after a hearing, finds that using a title under the changed name operates to unfairly compete with another practitioner or to mislead the public as to identity or to otherwise result in detriment to the profession or the public. This section does not apply to a change of name resulting from marriage or divorce.History:  1995 a. 322.
WI Stat § 440.97 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 440 - Department of safety and professional services.|440.97 - Definitions.

440.97  Definitions. In this subchapter: (1) “Client" means a person who contracts with a home inspector for a home inspection. (2) “Compensation" means direct or indirect payment, including the expectation of payment whether or not actually received. (2m) “Defect” means a condition of any component of an improvement that a home inspector determines, on the basis of the home inspector's judgment on the day of an inspection, would significantly impair the health or safety of occupants of a property or that, if not repaired, removed, or replaced, would significantly shorten or adversely affect the expected normal life of the component of the improvement. (3) “Dwelling unit" means a structure or that part of a structure that is used or intended to be used as a home, residence or sleeping place by one person or by 2 or more persons who are maintaining a common household, to the exclusion of all others. (4) “Home inspection" means the process by which a home inspector examines the observable systems and components of improvements to residential real property that are readily accessible. (5) “Home inspection report" means a written opinion of a home inspector concerning all of the following:(a) The condition of the improvements to residential real property that contains not more than 4 dwelling units.(b) The condition of mechanical and structural components of the improvements specified in par. (a). (6) “Home inspector" means an individual who, for compensation, conducts a home inspection. (7) “Technically exhaustive" means the extensive use of measurements, instruments, testing, calculations and other means to develop scientific or engineering findings, conclusions or recommendations.History:  1997 a. 81; 2017 a. 338; 2021 a. 17.
WI Stat § 440.971 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 440 - Department of safety and professional services.|440.971 - Registry established.

440.971  Registry established. The department shall establish a registry of home inspectors.History:  1997 a. 81.
WI Stat § 440.9712 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 440 - Department of safety and professional services.|440.9712 - Registration required.

440.9712  Registration required. (1) Except as provided in s. 440.9715, no individual may act as a home inspector, use the title “home inspector", use any title or description that implies that he or she is a home inspector or represent himself or herself to be a home inspector unless the individual is registered under this subchapter. (1m) No business entity may provide home inspection services unless each of the home inspectors employed by the business entity is registered under this subchapter. (2) No business entity may use, in connection with the name or signature of the business entity, the title “home inspectors" to describe the business entity's services, unless each of the home inspectors employed by the business entity is registered under this subchapter.History:  1997 a. 81.
WI Stat § 440.9715 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 440 - Department of safety and professional services.|440.9715 - Applicability.

440.9715  Applicability. A registration is not required under this subchapter for any of the following: (1) An individual who conducts a home inspection while lawfully practicing within the scope of a license, permit or certificate granted to that individual by a state governmental agency. (2) An individual who constructs, repairs or maintains improvements to residential real property, if the individual conducts home inspections only as part of his or her business of constructing, repairing or maintaining improvements to real property and if the individual does not describe himself or herself as a registered home inspector or convey the impression that he or she is a registered home inspector. (3) An individual who conducts home inspections in the normal course of his or her employment as an employee of a federal, state or local governmental agency.History:  1997 a. 81.
WI Stat § 440.972 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 440 - Department of safety and professional services.|440.972 - Registration of home inspectors.

440.972  Registration of home inspectors. (1) The department shall register an individual under this subchapter if the individual does all of the following:(a) Submits an application for registration to the department on a form provided by the department.(b) Pays the fee specified in s. 440.05 (1).(bg) Submits evidence satisfactory to the department that he or she has completed at least 40 hours of instruction approved by the department under s. 440.974 (1) (ag).(c) Submits evidence satisfactory to the department that he or she is not subject to a pending criminal charge, or has not been convicted of a felony, misdemeanor or other offense, the circumstances of which substantially relate to the practice of home inspection.(d) Passes an examination under s. 440.973 (1). (1m) The department shall register an individual under this subchapter if the individual is registered or licensed in good standing as a home inspector in another state, the individual complies with sub. (1) (a), (b), (c), and (d), and the other state has requirements that the department determines meet or exceed those required under sub. (1). (2) The renewal date for certificates granted under this section is specified under s. 440.08 (2) (a) 38g., and the renewal fee for such certificates is determined by the department under s. 440.03 (9) (a).History:  1997 a. 81; 2007 a. 20; 2021 a. 17.
WI Stat § 440.973 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 440 - Department of safety and professional services.|440.973 - Examinations.

440.973  Examinations. (1) No person may be registered under this subchapter unless he or she passes an examination approved by the department. In approving an examination under this subsection, the department shall consider the use of an examination that is similar to an examination that is required for membership in the American Society of Home Inspectors. (2) The department shall conduct examinations for home inspector registration at least semiannually at times and places determined by the department. (3) An individual is not eligible for examination unless the individual has satisfied the requirements for registration under s. 440.972 (1) (a) and (b) at least 30 days before the date of the examination.History:  1997 a. 81; 2021 a. 17.
WI Stat § 440.974 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 440 - Department of safety and professional services.|440.974 - Rules.

440.974  Rules. (1) The department shall promulgate rules necessary to administer this subchapter, including rules to establish all of the following:(a) Standards for acceptable examination performance by an applicant for registration.(ag) Standards for instruction for purposes of the requirement under s. 440.972 (1) (bg).(b) Subject to s. 440.975, standards for the practice of home inspection by home inspectors and standards for specifying the mechanical and structural components of improvements to residential real property that are included in a home inspection. The rules promulgated under this paragraph shall include standards for the inspection of carbon monoxide detectors. The rules promulgated under this paragraph may not require a home inspector to use a specified form for the report required under s. 440.975 (3). (c) Subject to s. 440.975, the information that a home inspector is required to provide to a client concerning the results of the home inspection conducted by the home inspector. (2) The department shall promulgate rules establishing continuing education requirements for individuals registered under this subchapter. The rules promulgated under this subsection shall require the completion of at least 40 hours of continuing education every 2 years, except that the rules may not require continuing education for an applicant for renewal of a registration that expires on the 1st and 2nd renewal dates after the date on which the department initially granted the registration.History:  1997 a. 81; 2009 a. 158; 2013 a. 124; 2021 a. 17.
WI Stat § 440.976 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 440 - Department of safety and professional services.|440.976 - Disclaimers or limitation of liability.

440.976  Disclaimers or limitation of liability. No home inspector may include, as a term or condition in an agreement to conduct a home inspection, any provision that disclaims the liability, or limits the amount of damages for liability, of the home inspector for his or her failure to comply with the standards of practice prescribed in this subchapter or in rules promulgated under this subchapter.History:  1997 a. 81.
WI Stat § 440.977 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 440 - Department of safety and professional services.|440.977 - Liability of home inspectors.

440.977  Liability of home inspectors. (1) Notwithstanding s. 893.54, an action to recover damages for any act or omission of a home inspector relating to a home inspection that he or she conducts shall be commenced within 2 years after the date that a home inspection is completed or be barred. The period of limitation under this subsection may not be reduced by agreement. (2) A home inspector is not liable to a person for damages that arise from an act or omission relating to a home inspection that he or she conducts if that person is not a party to the transaction for which the home inspection is conducted.History:  1997 a. 81.
WI Stat § 440.979 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 440 - Department of safety and professional services.|440.979 - Report by department.

440.979  Report by department. The department shall submit an annual report to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) that describes all of the following: (1) The number of home inspectors who are registered under this subchapter. (2) The number and nature of complaints regarding home inspections that are received by the department from clients of home inspectors. (3) The number and nature of complaints regarding home inspections that are received by the department from persons who are not clients of home inspectors. (4) An estimate of the cost of complying with this subchapter that is incurred by home inspectors. (5) The cost incurred by the department in carrying out its duties under this subchapter.History:  1997 a. 81; 1999 a. 32 s. 311.
WI Stat § 440.98 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 440 - Department of safety and professional services.|440.98 - Sanitarians; qualifications, duties, registration.

440.98  Sanitarians; qualifications, duties, registration. (1) Definitions. In this section:(a) “Municipality" means a county, city or village.(b) “Sanitarian" means an individual who, through education, training or experience in the natural sciences and their application and through technical knowledge of prevention and control of preventable diseases, is capable of applying environmental control measures so as to protect human health, safety and welfare. (2)  Registration qualifications. In order to safeguard life, health and property, to promote public welfare and to establish the status of those persons whose duties in environmental sanitation call for knowledge of the natural sciences, the department may establish minimum standards and qualifications for the registration of sanitarians. (3)  Sanitarians; employment or contractual services. Any agency of the state may employ or contract for the services of sanitarians, registered under this section, who shall enforce the public health statutes under chs. 250 to 256 or rules promulgated under those statutes. (5)  Registration. Except as provided in s. 440.12 or 440.13, the department shall register as a sanitarian any person who satisfies the conditions in sub. (6) and who has presented evidence satisfactory to the department that sanitarian registration standards and qualifications of the department, as established by rule, have been met. (6)  Applications. An application for a sanitarian registration under this section shall be made on a form provided by the department and filed with the department and shall be accompanied by the initial credential fee determined by the department under s. 440.03 (9) (a). The renewal date for a sanitarian registration is specified under s. 440.08 (2) (a), and the renewal fee for such registration is determined by the department under s. 440.03 (9) (a). (7)  Reciprocity. The department may by rule set standards for sanitarians registered in other states to practice as registered sanitarians in this state. (8)  Revocation of registration. The department may, after a hearing held in conformance with ch. 227, revoke, deny, suspend, or limit under this subchapter the registration of any sanitarian, or reprimand the sanitarian, for practice of fraud or deceit in obtaining the registration or any unprofessional conduct, incompetence, or professional negligence. (9)  Forfeiture. In addition to or in lieu of a reprimand or a denial, limitation, suspension, or revocation of a registration under sub. (8), the department may assess against any person a forfeiture of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 for each violation under sub. (8). History:  1975 c. 414 s. 28; 1977 c. 29, 418; 1983 a. 189; 1985 a. 182 s. 57; 1987 a. 27; 1993 a. 27 s. 223; Stats. 1993 s. 250.05; 1997 a. 191, 237; 1999 a. 9; 2005 a. 25 ss. 2120 to 2128; Stats. 2005 s. 440.70; 2005 a. 25 ss. 2121 to 2130, 2336m, 2337; 2005 a. 254 s. 35; 2007 a. 20, 130.
WI Stat § 440.9805 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 440 - Department of safety and professional services.|440.9805 - Definitions.

440.9805  Definitions. In this subchapter: (1) “Health care provider" means a health care provider, as defined in s. 146.81 (1) (a) to (p), a person licensed or issued a training permit as an emergency medical services practitioner under s. 256.15, or a person certified as an emergency medical responder under s. 256.15 (8) (a). (2) “Licensed midwife" means a person who has been granted a license under this subchapter to engage in the practice of midwifery. (3) “Practice of midwifery" means providing maternity care during the antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum periods.History:  2005 a. 292; 2007 a. 97 s. 185; 2007 a. 130; 2009 a. 28; 2017 a. 12.
WI Stat § 440.981 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 440 - Department of safety and professional services.|440.981 - Use of title; penalty.

440.981  Use of title; penalty. (1) No person may use the title “licensed midwife," describe or imply that he or she is a licensed midwife, or represent himself or herself as a licensed midwife unless the person is granted a license under this subchapter or is licensed as a nurse-midwife under s. 441.15. (2) Any person who violates sub. (1) may be fined not more than $250, imprisoned not more than 3 months, or both.History:  2005 a. 292.
WI Stat § 440.982 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 440 - Department of safety and professional services.|440.982 - Licensure.

440.982  Licensure. (1) No person may engage in the practice of midwifery unless the person is granted a license under this subchapter, is granted a temporary permit pursuant to a rule promulgated under s. 440.984 (2m), or is licensed as a nurse-midwife under s. 441.15. (1m) Except as provided in sub. (2), the department may grant a license to a person under this subchapter if all of the following apply:(a) The person submits an application for the license to the department on a form provided by the department.(b) The person pays the initial credential fee determined by the department under s. 440.03 (9) (a).(c) The person submits evidence satisfactory to the department of one of the following:1. The person holds a valid certified professional midwife credential granted by the North American Registry of Midwives or a successor organization.2. The person holds a valid certified nurse-midwife credential granted by the American College of Nurse Midwives or a successor organization.(d) The person submits evidence satisfactory to the department that the person has current proficiency in the use of an automated external defibrillator achieved through instruction provided by an individual, organization, or institution of higher education approved under s. 46.03 (38) to provide such instruction. (2) The department may not grant a license under this subchapter to any person who has been convicted of an offense under s. 940.22, 940.225, 944.06, 944.15, 944.17, 944.30 (1m), 944.31, 944.32, 944.33, 944.34, 948.02, 948.025, 948.051, 948.06, 948.07, 948.075, 948.08, 948.081, 948.09, 948.095, 948.10, 948.11, or 948.12 or under s. 940.302 (2) if s. 940.302 (2) (a) 1. b. applies.History:  2005 a. 292; 2007 a. 20, 104, 116; 2013 a. 362; 2017 a. 128.
WI Stat § 440.983 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 440 - Department of safety and professional services.|440.983 - Renewal of licensure.

440.983  Renewal of licensure. (1) The renewal date for licenses granted under this subchapter is specified in s. 440.08 (2) (a). Renewal applications shall be submitted to the department on a form provided by the department and shall include the renewal fee determined by the department under s. 440.03 (9) (a). (2) A licensed midwife shall, at the time that he or she applies for renewal of a license under sub. (1), submit proof satisfactory to the department of all of the following:(a) He or she holds a valid certified professional midwife credential from the North American Registry of Midwives or a successor organization or a valid certified nurse-midwife credential from the American College of Nurse Midwives or a successor organization.(b) He or she has current proficiency in the use of an automated external defibrillator achieved through instruction provided by an individual, organization, or institution of higher education approved under s. 46.03 (38) to provide such instruction.History:  2005 a. 292; 2007 a. 20, 104.
WI Stat § 440.984 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 440 - Department of safety and professional services.|440.984 - Rule making.

440.984  Rule making. (1) The department shall promulgate rules necessary to administer this subchapter. Except as provided in subs. (2), (2m), and (3), any rules regarding the practice of midwifery shall be consistent with standards regarding the practice of midwifery established by the National Association of Certified Professional Midwives or a successor organization. (2) The rules shall allow a licensed midwife to administer oxygen during the practice of midwifery. (2m) The rules shall provide for the granting of temporary permits to practice midwifery pending qualification for licensure. (3) The rules may allow a midwife to administer, during the practice of midwifery, oxytocin (Pitocin) as a postpartum antihemorrhagic agent, intravenous fluids for stabilization, vitamin K, eye prophylactics, and other drugs or procedures as determined by the department. (4) The rules may not do any of the following:(a) Require a licensed midwife to have a nursing degree or diploma.(b) Require a licensed midwife to practice midwifery under the supervision of, or in collaboration with, another health care provider.(c) Require a licensed midwife to enter into an agreement, written or otherwise, with another health care provider.(d) Limit the location where a licensed midwife may practice midwifery.(e) Permit a licensed midwife to use forceps or vacuum extraction.History:  2005 a. 292.
WI Stat § 440.985 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 440 - Department of safety and professional services.|440.985 - Informed consent.

440.985  Informed consent. A licensed midwife shall, at an initial consultation with a client, provide a copy of the rules promulgated by the department under this subchapter and disclose to the client orally and in writing all of the following: (1) The licensed midwife's experience and training. (2) Whether the licensed midwife has malpractice liability insurance coverage and the policy limits of any such coverage. (3) A protocol for medical emergencies, including transportation to a hospital, particular to each client. (4) Any other information required by department rule.History:  2005 a. 292.