Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Assembly Bill AB317 Compare Versions

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3	3	2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
4	4	2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 317
5	5	June 9, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives MAGNAFICI, DITTRICH, MURPHY and
6	6	ROZAR, cosponsored by Senators CABRAL-GUEVARA, ROYS and WANGGAARD.
7	7	Referred to Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care.
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9	9	AN ACT to create 448.03 (3m) of the statutes; relating to: the use of certain
10	10	words and terms that refer to a physician.
11	11	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
12	12	This bill restricts the words and terms that may be used to designate certain
13	13	medical professionals in titles, advertising, and descriptions of services. Under
14	14	current law, no person may use or assume the title “doctor of medicine” or append to
15	15	the person's name the letters “M.D.” unless the person possesses the degree of doctor
16	16	of medicine or the person is licensed as a physician by the Medical Examining Board.
17	17	Similarly, only individuals who possess the degree of doctor of osteopathy may use
18	18	or assume the title “doctor of osteopathy” or append “D.O.” to their name.
19	19	This bill restricts persons, except licensed physicians, from using certain
20	20	words, terms, letters, or abbreviations that represent a person as a physician. Those
21	21	restrictions under the bill apply to a person's title, advertising, or description of
22	22	services, and the bill provides an extensive but not exclusive list of the words and
23	23	terms covered by the bill.
24	24	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
25	25	enact as follows:
26	26	SECTION 1. 448.03 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:
27	27	448.03 (3m) USE OF TERMS REPRESENTING PHYSICIANS. Except as otherwise
28	28	provided in this chapter, no person, except a licensed physician, may use or assume
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35	35	SECTION 1 ASSEMBLY BILL 317
36	36	the following words, letters, or terms in the person's title, advertising, or description
37	37	of services: “physician,” “surgeon,” “osteopathic physician,” “osteopathic surgeon,"
38	38	“medical doctor," “anesthesiologist,” “cardiologist,” “dermatologist,”
39	39	“endocrinologist,” “gastroenterologist,” “gynecologist,” “hematologist,”
40	40	“laryngologist,” “nephrologist,” “neurologist,” “obstetrician,” “oncologist,”
41	41	“ophthalmologist,” “orthopedic surgeon,” “orthopedist,” “osteopath,” “otologist,”
42	42	“otolaryngologist,” “otorhinolaryngologist,” “pathologist,” “pediatrician,” “primary
43	43	care physician,” “proctologist,” “psychiatrist,” “radiologist,” “rheumatologist,”
44	44	“rhinologist,” “urologist,” or any other words, letters, or abbreviations, alone or in
45	45	combination with other titles or words, that represent that the person is a physician.
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