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2025 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 440 - Department of safety and professional services.
440.982 - Licensure.

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WI Stat § 440.982 (2025)
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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 an advanced practice registered nurse and possesses a certified nurse-midwife specialty designation under s. 441.09.

NOTE: Sub. (1) is shown as amended eff. 9-1-26 by 2025 Wis. Act 17. Prior to 9-1-26 it reads:

(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, 948.12, or 948.125 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; 2023 a. 224; 2025 a. 17.

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