Section 7.02. Definitions.

  In this chapter:

(1)  "Board" means any board, examining board or affiliated credentialing board attached to the department.

(2)  "Board liaison" means the board member designated by the board or the secretary or the secretary's designee as responsible for approving credential holders for the professional assistance procedure under s. SPS 7.03 , for monitoring compliance with the requirements for participation under s. SPS 7.04 , and for performing other responsibilities delegated to the board liaison under these rules.

(2a)  "Coordinator" means a department employee who coordinates the professional assistance procedure.

(2b)  "Credential holder" means a person holding any license, permit, certificate or registration granted by the department or any board. For purposes of this chapter, "credential holder" includes a person with a pending application for a credential for a period not to exceed one year from the date the application for the credential was submitted to the department.

(3)  "Department" means the department of safety and professional services.

(4)  "Division" means the division of legal services and compliance in the department.

(5)  "Informal complaint" means any written information submitted by any person to the division, department or any board which requests that a disciplinary proceeding be commenced against a credential holder or which alleges facts, which if true, warrant discipline. "Informal complaint" includes requests for disciplinary proceedings under s. 440.20 , Stats.

(6)  "Medical review officer" means a medical doctor or doctor of osteopathy who is a licensed physician and who has knowledge of substance abuse disorders and has appropriate medical training to interpret and evaluate an individual's confirmed positive test result together with an individual's medical history and any other relevant biomedical information.

(7)  "Procedure" means the professional assistance procedure.

(8)  "Program" means any entity approved by the department to provide the full scope of drug testing services for the department.

History: Cr. Register, January, 1991, No. 421 , eff. 2-1-91; am. (1), (2), (5), cr. (2a), (2b), r. (6), Register, July, 1996, No. 487 , eff. 8-1-96; cr. (6) and (8), Register, January, 2001, No. 541 , eff. 2-1-01; CR 10-081 : am. (1) to (2b), (7) Register December 2010 No. 660 , eff. 1-1-11; correction in (2), (3) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 6. , 7. , Register November 2011 No. 671 ; CR 14-019 : am. (4) Register August 2014 No. 704 , eff. 9-1-14.