Wisconsin Legislative Council
ACT MEMO
One Ea st Ma in Stre e t, Suite 401 • Ma dison, W I 53703 • (608) 266-1304 • le g.council@le gis.wisconsin.gov • http://www.le gis.wisconsin.gov/lc
Prepared by: Steve McCarthy, Senior Staff Attorney March 25, 2024
2023 Wisconsin Act 181
[2023 Senate Bill 526]
Adding Rural EMS Providers to
the Emergency Medical Services
Board
2023 WISCONSIN ACT 181
2023 Wisconsin Act 181 adds two new voting members to the Emergency Medical Services Board,
which is attached to the Department of Health Services.
The act requires that the two new board members must satisfy all of the following:
Be an emergency medical responder, emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical
technician, or emergency medical technician – intermediate.
Have a local credentialing agreement solely with a volunteer department that serves a rural area or
multiple volunteer departments that serve a rural area.
For purposes of the second criteria, the act defines “rural area” as an area for which the population of
the largest single municipality in the volunteer department’s service area is less than 10,000.
Effective date: March 24, 2024
For a full history of the bill, visit the Legislature’s bill history page.
SM:ksm