The scope of practice of health care providers and health care providers from other states

Current law generally prohibits a person from engaging in certain health care-related practices without holding a required credential.

2. The bill prohibits the Department of Safety and Professional Services and all credentialing boards from reprimanding a health care provider or denying, limiting, suspending, or revoking the credential of a health care provider for providing a health care service in a regulated health care setting, such as a hospital, clinic, long-term care facility, or other regulated setting. This provision applies only if the following are satisfied: 1) the health care service provided by a health care provider is within the provider's education, training, and experience; and 2) the health care service is provided at the direction of an attending physician or under a written policy issued by a regulated health care setting.

3. The bill allows a health care provider from another state to practice a health care profession in Wisconsin if the health care provider holds in good standing a license, certificate, or registration granted by another state that authorizes the person to practice that profession. These health care providers are considered to have a credential in this state.

The bill's provision's apply only during the public health emergency declared on March 12, 2020, by executive order 72.