Section 17.01. Payment of mediation fund fees.

 

(1)   Purpose. This section implements s. 655.61 , Stats., relating to the payment of mediation fund fees.

(2)   Fee.

(a) Each physician subject to ch. 655 , Stats. , except a resident, and each hospital subject to ch. 655 , Stats. , shall pay to the commissioner an annual fee to finance the mediation system created by s. 655.42 , Stats.

(b) The fund shall bill a physician or hospital subject to this section under s. Ins 17.28 (4) . The entire annual fee under this section is due and payable 30 days after the fund mails the bill.

(d) The fund shall notify the medical examining board of each physician who has not paid the fee as required under par. (b) .

(e) The fund shall notify the department of health services of each hospital which has not paid the fee as required under par. (b) .

(f) Fees collected under this section are not refundable except to correct an administrative billing error.

(3)   Fee schedule. The following fee schedule shall be effective July 1, 2013:

(a) For physicians — $0.

(b) For hospitals, per occupied bed — $0.

History: Cr. Register, August, 1978, No. 272 , eff. 9-1-78; emerg. r. and recr. eff. 7-2-86; r. and recr., Register, September, 1986, No. 369 , eff. 10-1-86; cr. (2) (f), am. (3), Register, June, 1987, No. 378 , eff. 7-1-87; am. (1), (2) (a), (d) and (e), (3), r. and recr. (2) (b), r. (2) (c), Register, June, 1990, No. 414 , eff. 7-1-90; emerg. am. (3), eff. 7-1-91; am. (3) (intro.), Register, July, 1991, No. 427 , eff. 8-1-91; am. (3) (a) and (b), Register, October, 1991, No. 430 , eff. 11-1-91; emerg. am. (3), eff. 4-28-92; am. (3), Register, July, 1992, No. 439 , eff. 8-1-92; emerg. am. (1), (3) (intro.), (a), eff. 7-22-93; am. (1) (3) (intro.), (a), Register, September, 1993, No. 453 , eff. 10-1-93; am. (3) (intro.), Register, June, 1994, No. 462 , eff. 7-1-94; emerg. am. (3) (intro.) and (a), eff. 6-14-95; am. (3) (intro.) and (a), Register, December, 1995, No. 480 , eff. 1-1-96; emerg. am. (3) (intro.), eff. 5-28-96; am. (3) (intro.), Register, September, 1996, No. 489 , eff. 10-1-96; emerg. am. (3) (intro.), eff. 8-12-97; am. (3) (intro.), Register, November, 1997, No. 503 , eff. 12-1-97; emerg. am. (intro.), (a) and (b), eff. 6-1-98; emerg. am. (3), eff. 6-1-98; emerg. am. (3), eff. 6-19-98; am. (3), Register, August, 1998, No. 512 , eff. 9-1-98 ; emerg. am. (3) (intro.), eff. 7-1-99 ; am. (3) (intro.), Register, September, 1999, No. 535 , eff. 10-1-99; emerg. am. (3), eff. 7-1-00; am. (3), Register, August, 2000, No. 536 , eff. 9-1-00; emerg. am. (3), eff. 7-1-01; CR 01-035 : am. (3) (intro.), Register September 2001 No. 549 , eff. 10-1-01; emerg. am. (3), eff. 7-1-02; CR 02-035 : am. (3), Register September 2002 No. 561 , eff. 10-1-02; CR 03-039 : am. (3) Register October 2003 No. 574 , eff. 11-1-03; CR 04-032 : am. (3) Register January 2005 No. 589 , eff. 2-1-05; emerg. am. (3), eff. 7-1-05; CR 05-028 : am. (3) Register October 2005 No. 598 , eff. 11-1-05; CR 06-002 : am. (3) Register June 2006 No. 606 , eff. 7-1-06; CR 07-002 : am. (3), Register June 2007 No. 618 , eff. 7-1-07; CR 08-006 : am. (3) Register June 2008 No. 630 , eff. 7-1-08; CR 09-004 : am. (3) Register June 2009 No. 642 , eff. 7-1-09; correction in (2) (e) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 6. , Stats., Register June 2009 No. 642 ; EmR1020 : emerg. am. (3), eff. 6-15-10; CR 10-065 : am. (3) Register November 2010 No. 659 , eff. 12-1-10; EmR1108 : emerg. am. (3), eff. 6-10-11; CR 11-015 : am. (3) Register August 2011 No. 668 , eff. 9-1-11; EmR1306 : emerg. am. (3), eff. 6-3-13; CR 13-044 : am. (3) Register June 2014 No. 702 , eff. 7-1-14.