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WI Stat § 444.18 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 444 - Regulation of unarmed combat sports.|444.18 - Insurance on certain contestants.

444.18  Insurance on certain contestants. Any licensee authorized to conduct professional contests or amateur unarmed combat sports contests shall insure each contestant participating for hospital, nursing, and medication expenses and physician's and surgeon's services according to an equitable fee schedule, not to exceed in the aggregate $25,000, to be paid to, or for the use of, any contestant to compensate for injuries sustained in any such contest; and shall insure each contestant for not less than $25,000 to be paid to the contestant's estate in the event of the contestant's death as the result of participation in such professional contest or amateur unarmed combat sports contest.History:  1991 a. 316; 2003 a. 285; 2009 a. 111; 2015 a. 277.
WI Stat § 444.19 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 444 - Regulation of unarmed combat sports.|444.19 - Fee adjustments by rule.

444.19  Fee adjustments by rule. Notwithstanding ss. 444.02 (3), 444.03, 444.06, and 444.11, the department may by rule adjust the fees under this chapter to account for changes in the department's costs in administering and enforcing this chapter. History:  2009 a. 111.
WI Stat § 444.22 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 444 - Regulation of unarmed combat sports.|444.22 - Rules.

444.22  Rules. The department may promulgate any rules necessary to implement and enforce this chapter.History:  2015 a. 277.
WI Stat § 445.01 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 445 - Funeral directors.|445.01 - Definitions.

445.01  Definitions. As used in this chapter: (2) “Apprentice” means a person engaged in the learning of the practice of funeral directing under the instruction and personal supervision of a funeral director who is licensed under this chapter and whose funeral establishment is located in this state. (2m) “Compensation" means direct or indirect payment, including the expectation of payment whether or not actually received. (3) “Embalming" means disinfecting or preserving dead human bodies, entire or in part, by the use of chemical substances, fluids or gases in the body, or by the introduction of same into the body by vascular or hypodermic injection, or by direct application into the organs or cavities for the purpose of preservation or disinfection. (4) “Examining board" means the funeral directors examining board. (5) A “funeral director" means any of the following:(a) A person engaged in or conducting, or holding himself or herself out, in whole or in part, as being engaged in any of the following:1. Embalming or otherwise preparing for the burial or disposal of dead human bodies.2. Directing and supervising the burial or disposal of dead human bodies.(c) A person who, in connection with his or her name or funeral establishment, uses the words, “funeral director", “mortician" or any other title implying that he or she is engaged as a funeral director as defined in this subsection. (6) “Funeral establishment" means any building or part of a building used and held out to the public as being used for caring or preparing for the burial or transportation of dead human bodies or for holding or conducting of funeral services.  (7) “Operator of funeral establishment" means any person who conducts, maintains, manages or operates a funeral establishment. (8) “Person" includes firm, corporation, partnership, cooperative, unincorporated cooperative association, and association of individuals. (9) “Preparation room" means any building or part of a building used for embalming, caring for, or preparing for burial or transportation dead human bodies.History:  1975 c. 39 ss. 648m, 649, 649g, 732 (2); 1975 c. 199; 1977 c. 272 s. 98; 1979 c. 175 ss. 29, 30, 53; 1979 c. 221 ss. 660, 2202 (45); Stats. 1979 s. 445.01; 1981 c. 20; 1983 a. 189, 485; 1993 a. 100; 2005 a. 266, 441; 2017 a. 304.
WI Stat § 445.03 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 445 - Funeral directors.|445.03 - Powers of examining board.

445.03  Powers of examining board. (1) The examining board shall:(a) Enforce this chapter.(b) Make and enforce rules necessary for the administration of subch. I of ch. 157. (2) The examining board may:(a) Make and enforce rules not inconsistent with this chapter establishing professional and business ethics for the profession of funeral directors and for the general conduct of the business of funeral directing, and for the examination and licensing of funeral directors and the registration of apprentices.(b) Grant licenses to funeral directors, certificates of registration to apprentices, and permits to operators of funeral establishments.(c) Conduct a school of instruction to apprise funeral directors of the most recent scientific knowledge and developments affecting their profession. Qualified lecturers and demonstrators shall be employed for this purpose, who may be selected without regard to the civil service law.(d) Make and determine reciprocal agreements with other states.History:  1971 c. 301; 1975 c. 39 ss. 650, 651, 732 (2); 1979 c. 175 s. 29; 1979 c. 221 s. 660; Stats. 1979 s. 445.03; 1981 c. 20, 162; 1983 a. 485; 1985 a. 316 s. 25.Rules authorized under sub. (2) (a) should be enacted under ch. 227. 63 Atty. Gen. 154.
WI Stat § 445.04 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 445 - Funeral directors.|445.04 - Funeral directors; licenses.

445.04  Funeral directors; licenses. (1) Except for conducting funeral services, the business of a funeral director must be conducted in a funeral establishment that has been issued a permit by the examining board. (2) Except as provided in s. 257.03, no person may engage in the business of a funeral director, or make a representation as engaged in such business, in whole or in part, unless first licensed as a funeral director by the examining board. Application for a license, other than a renewal, shall be in writing and verified on a form to be furnished by the department. The application must specify the address at which the applicant proposes to conduct the business of a funeral director and shall contain such other information as the examining board requires to determine compliance with the requirements of this chapter. Accompanying the application shall be the initial credential fee determined by the department under s. 440.03 (9) (a), together with affidavits of recommendation from at least 2 persons of the county in which the applicant resides or proposes to conduct the business of a funeral director. (3) (a) Written examinations for a funeral director's license under pars. (b) and (c) shall be held at least once a year and shall be conducted by the examining board at a time and place to be designated by the examining board.(b) The comprehensive examination shall include the subjects of:1. Funeral directing and burial or other disposition of dead human bodies;2. Anatomy, bacteriology, autopsy, chemistry and practical embalming; and3. Sanitary science, public health, transportation, business ethics and the laws of this state and rules of the department of health services relating to communicable diseases, quarantine and causes of death.(c) The jurisprudence examination shall test the applicant's knowledge of state law relating to funeral directing.History:  1971 c. 301; 1975 c. 39 ss. 653, 732 (2); 1975 c. 199; 1977 c. 29, 418; 1979 c. 175 s. 29; 1979 c. 221 s. 661; Stats. 1979 s. 445.04; 1981 c. 162, 380; 1983 a. 485; 1991 a. 39; 1995 a. 27 s. 9126 (19); 2005 a. 266; 2007 a. 20 ss. 3514, 9121 (6) (a); 2009 a. 42; 2017 a. 331.
WI Stat § 445.045 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 445 - Funeral directors.|445.045 - License requirements.

445.045  License requirements. (1) To be eligible for an original funeral director's license, a person must meet all of the following requirements:(a) The person must be at least 18 years of age.(b) Subject to ss. 111.321, 111.322 and 111.335, the person must not have an arrest or conviction record.(d) The person must have completed 24 semester credits of instruction in a recognized college or university, in a course of study approved by the examining board, or have equivalent education.(e) The person must have satisfactorily completed 9 months or more of instruction in a prescribed course in mortuary science approved by the examining board.(f) The person must have completed one year of apprenticeship as prescribed in s. 445.095, either before or after taking the course in mortuary science required by par. (e), and must have satisfied the requirement under s. 445.095 (4).(g) The person must have successfully passed a comprehensive examination under s. 445.04 (3) (b) and a jurisprudence examination under s. 445.04 (3) (c). (2) The eligibility requirements in sub. (1) shall not apply to:(a) Any person to whom a certificate of apprenticeship was issued before October 1, 1959, and who satisfies the legal requirements in effect at the time of the person's registration; or(b) Any person who served actively in the armed forces of the United States between August 3, 1951, and October 1, 1959, and who was discharged under conditions other than dishonorable, registers with the examining board within 6 months of the date of discharge, and who satisfies the legal requirements in effect at the time the person entered the armed forces.History:  1971 c. 213 s. 5; 1971 c. 228 s. 44; 1971 c. 301, 307; 1975 c. 39 ss. 654, 654n, 732 (2); 1975 c. 199; 1979 c. 175 ss. 29, 53; 1979 c. 221 ss. 662, 2202 (45); Stats. 1979 s. 445.045; 1981 c. 380; 1981 c. 391 s. 211; 1983 a. 485; 1991 a. 316; 1999 a. 85; 2013 a. 114; 2017 a. 304, 331; 2019 a. 137.
WI Stat § 445.06 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 445 - Funeral directors.|445.06 - Renewal of licenses.

445.06  Renewal of licenses. (1) The renewal date for a funeral director's license is specified under s. 440.08 (2) (a), and the renewal fee for such license is determined by the department under s. 440.03 (9) (a). (2) In order to renew a license under this chapter, the applicant shall furnish proof, to the satisfaction of the examining board, of all of the following:(a) That the applicant is doing business at a recognized funeral establishment.(b) That the applicant has satisfied the applicable continuing education requirements under s. 445.07.History:  1975 c. 39 s. 732 (2); 1975 c. 199; 1977 c. 29; 1979 c. 175 s. 29; 1979 c. 221 s. 662; Stats. 1979 s. 445.06; 1983 a. 485; 1985 a. 29; 1991 a. 39; 2007 a. 20; 2011 a. 146; 2019 a. 137.
WI Stat § 445.07 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 445 - Funeral directors.|445.07 - Continuing education.

445.07  Continuing education. (1) In order to renew a license under this chapter, an applicant shall, except as provided in sub. (2), furnish proof of having satisfied the following:(a) For the renewal of a license that expires on the first renewal date after the date on which the examining board initially granted the license, completion of 4 hours of continuing education subsequent to the date the applicant was granted the initial license. The examining board shall, in the rules promulgated under sub. (3), specify permitted or required subjects for the continuing education under this paragraph, which shall be subjects that the examining board determines prepare a new licensee for practice as a funeral director.(b) For each renewal subsequent to the renewal described in par. (a), completion of 15 hours of continuing education in the previous 2-year licensure period. (2) (a) The examining board may waive the requirement under sub. (1) (a) in cases where the examining board is satisfied that an applicant would be unable to satisfy the requirement prior to the renewal date.(b) Subsection (1) (a) does not apply to an applicant who was granted a reciprocal license under s. 445.08. (3) The examining board shall promulgate rules to implement this section.History:  2019 a. 137.
WI Stat § 445.08 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 445 - Funeral directors.|445.08 - Reciprocity in issuance of licenses.

445.08  Reciprocity in issuance of licenses. Any person holding a valid license as a funeral director or embalmer in another state having requirements substantially equal to those in this state for a funeral director's license may apply for a license to practice in this state by filing with the examining board a certified statement from an authorized official of that state that verifies the person's licensure in that state. An applicant for licensure under this section shall pass the jurisprudence examination under s. 445.04 (3) (c) and shall satisfy the requirement under s. 445.045 (1) (b). Thereupon the examining board may, upon the payment of the required fee, issue a funeral director's license.History:  1971 c. 213 s. 5; 1971 c. 301; 1975 c. 39 ss. 656, 657, 732 (2); 1975 c. 199; 1977 c. 29; 1979 c. 175 s. 29; 1979 c. 221 s. 662; Stats. 1979 s. 445.08; 1981 c. 380; 1981 c. 391 s. 211; 1983 a. 485; 1997 a. 27; 2001 a. 107; 2003 a. 321 s. 116; 2017 a. 331.
WI Stat § 445.09 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 445 - Funeral directors.|445.09 - Display of licenses.

445.09  Display of licenses. Funeral director's licenses and certificates of apprenticeship shall be displayed conspicuously in the place of business conducted by the licensee or where the licensee or apprentice is employed.History:  1979 c. 175 s. 29; 1979 c. 221 s. 662; Stats. 1979 s. 445.09; 1983 a. 485.
WI Stat § 445.10 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 445 - Funeral directors.|445.10 - Term of apprenticeship.

445.10  Term of apprenticeship. (1) The term of an apprenticeship for a funeral director shall begin on the date of registration and shall continue for a period of not more than 4 years from the time of first registration unless an extension, not to exceed one additional year, is granted by the examining board. After 4 years have elapsed or, if an extension is granted, after the expiration of the extension, the apprenticeship may not be continued unless the apprentice again completes an approved certification class described in s. 445.095 (1) (a). If the apprentice again completes such a certification class, an additional 4-year period, subject to extension, shall begin as provided in this subsection. An apprenticeship not continued as provided in this subsection shall terminate. The provisions of this subsection shall be suspended while a registered apprentice is an active member of the military of the United States. (2) In all applications of apprentices for licenses as funeral directors under this chapter, the eligibility of the applicant to take the examination shall be determined by the records filed with the examining board. (6) The examining board may limit, suspend or revoke a certificate of apprenticeship, or reprimand an apprentice, for violation of any provision of this chapter. (7) An apprentice who has allowed a certificate of apprenticeship to lapse or who has had an apprenticeship suspended or revoked, may within one year after such lapse or suspension or revocation make application for reregistration, but not more than 2 such reregistrations shall be allowed by the examining board. The examining board may, at its discretion, allow an apprentice credit under a registration for the time actually served under a previous registration; provided, that if the previous registration has been suspended or revoked for cause, not more than 75 percent of the time previously served shall be credited on the reregistration.History:  1975 c. 39 s. 732 (2); 1975 c. 199; 1977 c. 418; 1979 c. 175 ss. 29, 53; 1979 c. 221 ss. 662, 2202 (45); Stats. 1979 s. 445.10; 1983 a. 485; 2017 a. 304.
WI Stat § 445.11 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 445 - Funeral directors.|445.11 - Register; change of address.

445.11  Register; change of address. The examining board shall keep a register of the names and business address of all persons to whom licenses or certificate of registration are issued under this chapter, the number and date of each license or certificate, and date of renewal. The register shall be available for purchase at cost.History:  1975 c. 39 s. 732 (2); 1975 c. 199; 1977 c. 418; 1979 c. 175 s. 29; 1979 c. 221 s. 662; Stats. 1979 s. 445.11; 1983 a. 485; 1987 a. 27.
WI Stat § 445.13 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 445 - Funeral directors.|445.13 - Investigations; hearing; revocation of licenses.

445.13  Investigations; hearing; revocation of licenses. (1) Subject to the rules promulgated under s. 440.03 (1), the examining board may make investigations, subpoena witnesses, conduct hearings, limit, suspend or revoke a license of a funeral director, a certificate of registration of an apprentice or a permit of an operator of a funeral establishment and reprimand a funeral director, apprentice or operator of a funeral establishment for any violation of 15 USC 45 and 57, of this chapter or of any rule of the department of health services or the examining board, for unprofessional conduct, including misrepresentation or fraud in obtaining the license, permit or certificate of registration, or for any violation of this chapter or any rule of the examining board by an agent authorized by the funeral director or operator of the funeral establishment under s. 445.125 (3m) (b) 2. a. (1e) In addition to or in lieu of a reprimand or limitation, suspension or revocation of a license or permit under sub. (1), the examining board may assess against any person who violates s. 445.12 (3g) or (3r) or 445.125 (3m) or a rule promulgated under s. 445.125 (3m) (j) a forfeiture of no more than $1,000 for each violation. (1m) The examining board shall investigate an allegation that a funeral director has failed to do any of the following:(a) Mail or present a death record within 10 days after receipt from the person responsible for completing the medical certification under s. 69.18 (2).(b) Within any period of 180 days, mail or present 6 or more death records within the 2-day time limit under s. 69.18 (1) (bm).(c) Obtain the written permission to effect final disposition required under s. 69.18 (3) (b).(d) Mail a report of final disposition required under s. 69.18 (3) (a) before effecting a final disposition, as defined in s. 69.01 (11). (2) No reprimand or order limiting, suspending or revoking a license, certificate of registration or permit, or no assessment of forfeiture, shall be made until after a hearing conducted by the examining board. This subsection does not apply to a license, certificate of registration or permit that is limited or suspended under s. 440.13 (2) (c) or that is revoked under s. 440.12.History:  1975 c. 39 ss. 657j, 657o, 732 (2); 1977 c. 418; 1979 c. 175 s. 29; 1979 c. 221 s. 662; Stats. 1979 s. 445.13; 1983 a. 485; 1985 a. 315; 1995 a. 27 s. 9126 (19); 1995 a. 295; 1997 a. 191, 237; 2007 a. 20 s. 9121 (6) (a); 2017 a. 334.
WI Stat § 445.14 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 445 - Funeral directors.|445.14 - Funeral directors; who to employ.

445.14  Funeral directors; who to employ. No public officer, employee or officer of any public institution, physician or surgeon shall send, or cause to be sent, to any funeral director, the corpse of any deceased person, without having first made due inquiry as to the desires of the next of kin, or any persons who may be chargeable with the funeral expenses of such deceased person, and if any such kin or person is found, his or her authority or direction shall be received as to the disposal of such corpse.History:  1979 c. 175 s. 29; 1979 c. 221 s. 662; Stats. 1979 s. 445.14; 1983 a. 485.
WI Stat § 445.145 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 445 - Funeral directors.|445.145 - Printed advertising.

445.145  Printed advertising. A person may not, in any advertisement by newspaper, periodical, Internet web page, telephone book listing, direct mail, or electronic mail solicitation, represent that the person conducts the business of a funeral director or provides any funeral or cremation service, unless the advertisement includes the address of one funeral establishment or place of business at which the person conducts such business or provides such services. History:  2005 a. 266.
WI Stat § 445.15 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 445 - Funeral directors.|445.15 - Penalties.

445.15  Penalties. (1) Except as provided in sub. (1m), any person violating any provision of this chapter or any rule of the department of health services and the examining board relating to its subject matter, shall be fined not more than $5,000, imprisoned not less than 30 days nor more than 3 months, or both. (1m) A funeral director or operator of a funeral establishment who violates s. 445.12 (3r) shall be fined not more than $5,000 for each violation. Each day that an insurance intermediary authorized by a funeral director or operator of a funeral establishment fails to meet the training requirements established by the examining board by rule under s. 445.125 (3m) (j) 1. a. constitutes a separate violation of s. 445.12 (3r) (b). (2) A funeral director who fails to do the acts described under s. 445.13 (1m) (b) or who fails to do the act described under s. 445.13 (1m) (c), upon being convicted and fined for a 2nd offense, may have his or her license suspended or revoked, and, if revoked, may not be relicensed for at least one year and only after a regular examination.History:  1975 c. 39; 1979 c. 175 s. 29; 1979 c. 221 s. 662; Stats. 1979 s. 445.15; 1985 a. 315; 1995 a. 27 s. 9126 (19); 1995 a. 295; 2005 a. 266; 2007 a. 20 s. 9121 (6) (a).
WI Stat § 445.16 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 445 - Funeral directors.|445.16 - Exceptions.

445.16  Exceptions. No provision of this chapter shall apply to, or in any way interfere with the duties of any officer of any public institution, nor with the duties of any officer of a medical college, county medical society, anatomical association, accredited college of embalming or any other recognized person carrying out the statutes prescribing the conditions under which donated or indigent dead human bodies are held subject for anatomical study; nor with the customs or rites of any religious sect in the burial of their dead.History:  1979 c. 175 s. 29; 1979 c. 221 s. 662; Stats. 1979 s. 445.16; 1981 c. 390; 1983 a. 485.