Issue: What is the statutory definition of ‘health care specialist’ in Wisconsin?
| Area of Law: | Healthcare & Pharmaceutical Law Compliance |
| Keywords: | Health care specialist; Physician |
| Jurisdiction: | Wisconsin |
| Cited Cases: | None |
| Cited Statutes: | Wis. Admin. Code Transp. § 130.02(4) (2014); Wis. Admin. Code Pub. Hlth. § 146.89(3)(b) (2014); Wis. Admin. Code Pub. Hlth. § 146.89(3r)(b) (2014) |
| Date: | 09/01/2014 |
Wis. Admin. Code Transp. § 130.02(4) (2014) ("’Health care specialist’ means a physician licensed to practice medicine in any state, an advanced practice nurse licensed to practice nursing in any state, a physician assistant licensed or certified to practice in any state, a chiropractor licensed to practice chiropractic in any state, a Christian Science practitioner residing in this state and listed in the Christian Science journal, or an authorized representative of the U.S. department of veterans affairs.”).
Wis. Admin. Code Pub. Hlth. § 146.89(3)(b) (2014) (permitting a nonprofit agency who is affiliated with a voluntary health care provider to “refer[] to health care specialists.”).
Wis. Admin. Code Pub. Hlth. § 146.89(3r)(b) (2014) (forbidding a volunteer health care provider from providing “referrals to reproductive health care specialists” to young students).
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