Section 4.02. Definitions.

  As used in this chapter:

(1)  "Board" means board of nursing.

(2)  "Bureau" means bureau of health service professions within the department of safety and professional services, located at 1400 East Washington Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin.

(2m)  "Collaboration" has the meaning specified in s. 441.15 (1) (a) , Stats.

(4)  "Complications" means those conditions which jeopardized the health or life of the patient and which deviate from normal as defined in the written agreement consistent with the standards of practice of the American College of Nurse-Midwives.

(5)  "Direct supervision" means immediate availability to continually coordinate, direct and inspect at first hand the practice of another.

(5m)  "Nurse-midwife" means a nurse-midwife licensed by the board.

(6)  "Written agreement" means an agreement between the collaborating physician and the nurse-midwife which is permanently recorded, dated and signed by both parties, is available for inspection upon reasonable request, and consists of at least the following: framework of mutually approved guidelines including conditions of collaboration and referral.

History: Cr. Register, December, 1981, No. 312 , eff. 1-1-82; cr. (8), Register, September, 1985, No. 357 , eff. 10-1-85; am. (2), (6) and (8), Register, May, 1990, No. 413 , eff. 6-1-90; CR 03-009 : renum. (3), (4) and (8) to be (4), (6) and (5) and am. (4) and (6), cr. (2m), r. (5) and (7), correction made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 1., Stats., Register November 2003 No. 575 ; correction in (2) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 6., Stats., Register February 2012 No. 674 .