Section 8.02. Definitions.

  As used in this chapter:

(1)  "Advanced practice nurse” means a registered nurse who possesses the following qualifications:

(a) The registered nurse has a current license to practice professional nursing in this state, or has a current license to practice professional nursing in another state which has adopted the nurse licensure compact;

(b) The registered nurse is currently certified by a national certifying body approved by the board as a nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife, certified registered nurse anesthetist or clinical nurse specialist; and,

(c) For applicants who receive national certification as a nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife, certified registered nurse anesthetist or clinical nurse specialist after July 1, 1998, the registered nurse holds a master's or doctoral degree in nursing or a related health field granted by a college or university accredited by a regional accrediting agency approved by the board of education in the state in which the college or university is located.

(2)  "Advanced practice nurse prescriber” means an advanced practice nurse who has been granted a certificate to issue prescription orders under s. 441.16 (2) , Stats.

(3)  "Board” means the board of nursing.

(4)  "Clinical pharmacology or therapeutics” means the identification of individual and classes of drugs, their indications and contraindications, their efficacy, their side-effects and their interactions, as well as, clinical judgment skills and decision-making, based on thorough interviewing, history-taking, physical assessment, test selection and interpretation, pathophysiology, epidemiology, diagnostic reasoning, differentiation of conditions, treatment decisions, case evaluation and non-pharmacologic interventions.

(5)  "Collaboration” means a process which involves 2 or more health care professionals working together, in each other's presence when necessary, each contributing one's respective area of expertise to provide more comprehensive care than one alone can offer.

(6)  "Health care professional” has the meaning given under s. 180.1901 (1m) , Stats.

(6m)  "One contact hour" means a period of attendance in a continuing education program of at least 50 minutes.

(7)  "Patient health care record” has the meaning given under s. 146.81 (4) , Stats.

Cr. Register, February, 1995, No. 470 , eff. 3-1-95; CR 00-168 : cr. (6m), Register August 2001 No. 548 , eff. 9-1-01; CR 01-046 : am. (1) (a), Register October 2001 No. 550 , eff. 11-1-01; CR 16-020 : am. (1) (c), (4) Register September 2016 No. 729 , eff. 10-1-16.