Section 5.03. Duty to make reports.

 

(1)  A license holder shall submit a report to the board if he or she has reasonable cause to believe that another license holder has committed a crime relating to prostitution under ss. 944.30 to 944.34 , Stats., or has had sexual contact or sexual intercourse with a client. If the report relates to sexual contact or sexual intercourse with a client, the report may not identify the client unless the client has provided written consent for disclosure of this information.

(2)  For purposes of this section, "reasonable cause" means any of the following:

(a) Being informed by a person that he or she has engaged in an act with another license holder prohibited by ss. 944.30 to 944.34 , Stats.

(b) Being informed by a person that he or she, while a client of another license holder, engaged in nonmarital sexual contact or sexual intercourse with the other license holder.

(c) Being informed by another license holder that he or she has engaged in nonmarital sexual contact or sexual intercourse with a client, or has done an act prohibited by ss. 944.30 to 944.34 , Stats.

(3)  The report shall be made on a complaint form provided by the board. The board may use the report as the basis for an investigation under s. 460.14 (1) , Stats.

(4)  A complaint as defined in s. SPS 2.03 (2) , filed against a license holder pursuant to s. SPS 2.08 , based upon the allegation of one or more acts prohibited under ss. 944.30 to 944.34 , Stats., constitutes reasonable cause for the board to believe that a license holder has committed a crime and the board shall report the belief to the district attorney for the county in which the crime, in the opinion of the board, occurred.

CR 06-069 : cr. Register December 2006 No. 612 , eff. 1-1-07; correction in (4) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7. , Stats., Register November 2011 No. 671 ; CR 13-055 : am. (1), (2) (b), (c), (3), (4) Register May 2014 No. 701 , eff. 6-1-14; correction in (4) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 6. , Stats., correction in (2) (a) made under s. 35.17 , Stats., Register May 2014 No. 701 ; CR 14-041 : renum. from MTBT 5.02 Register June 2015 No. 714 , eff. 7-1-15.

Note

Complaint forms are available from the Department of Safety and Professional Services, Division of Legal Services and Compliance, 1400 East Washington Avenue, P.O. Box 7190, Madison, Wisconsin 53707, or from the department's website at: http://dsps.wi.gov . Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1