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 Wisconsin Statutes (Last Updated: January 10, 2017)
 Chapter 440. Department Of Safety And Professional Services
 SubChapter I. GENERAL PROVISIONS

  Section 440.035. General duties and powers of examining boards and affiliated credentialing boards.  

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    (1m)  Each examining board or affiliated credentialing board attached to the department or an examining board shall:
    (a) Independently exercise its powers, duties and functions prescribed by law with regard to rule-making, credentialing and regulation.
    (b) Be the supervising authority of all personnel, other than shared personnel, engaged in the review, investigation or handling of information regarding qualifications of applicants for credentials, examination questions and answers, accreditation, related investigations and disciplinary matters affecting persons who are credentialed by the examining board or affiliated credentialing board, or in the establishing of regulatory policy or the exercise of administrative discretion with regard to the qualifications or discipline of applicants or persons who are credentialed by the examining board, affiliated credentialing board or accreditation.
    (c) Maintain, in conjunction with their operations, in central locations designated by the department, all records pertaining to the functions independently retained by them.
    (d) Compile and keep current a register of the names and addresses of all persons who are credentialed to be retained by the department and which shall be available for public inspection during the times specified in s. 230.35 (4) (a) . The department may also make the register available to the public by electronic transmission.
    (2m)  The medical examining board, the podiatry affiliated credentialing board, the board of nursing, the dentistry examining board, or the optometry examining board may issue guidelines regarding best practices in prescribing controlled substances, as defined in s. 961.01 (4) , for persons credentialed by that board who are authorized to prescribe controlled substances.