2025 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 251 - Local health officials.
251.07 - Certain health care providers; state agency status.
251.07 Certain health care providers; state agency status.
(1) In this section:
(a) “Advanced practice nurse prescriber” means an advanced practice nurse who is certified under s. 441.16 (2) to issue prescription orders.
(b) “Physician assistant” means a person licensed under s. 448.974.
(2) A physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice nurse prescriber who is not an employee of the local health department and who provides services, without compensation, for those programs and services provided by a local health department that require medical oversight is, for the provision of the services he or she provides, a state agent of the department of health services for the purposes of ss. 165.25 (6), 893.82 (3), and 895.46.
History: 2007 a. 20 s. 9121 (6) (a); 2007 a. 130; 2009 a. 276; 2025 a. 18.