As used this chapter:

1. (1) “Complaint” means any written information submitted by any person to the board which requests that a disciplinary proceeding be commenced against a credential holder or which alleges facts, which if true, warrant discipline.
2. (2) “Credential holder” means a person holding any license, permit, certificate, or registration granted by the board.
3. (3) “Disciplinary counsel” means the attorney bringing complaints against credential holders before the board.
4. (4) “Disciplinary program” means the component of the veterinary professional assistance program that may be utilized, as part of a stipulation by a credential holder and the board, for settling unprofessional conduct by the credential holder.
5. (5) “Impaired” means the inability of a veterinary professional to practice veterinary medicine or veterinary technology with reasonable skill and safety to patients by reason of illness, inebriation, excessive use of drugs, narcotics, alcohol, chemicals, or other substances, or as a result of any physical or mental condition.
6. (6) “Impaired veterinary professional” means a credential holder, a veterinarian student studying or working in Wisconsin, or an unlicensed veterinary assistant working in Wisconsin, who voluntarily seeks assistance because of a self-identified alcohol, drug or other chemical, or mental health impairment.
7. (7) “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.
8. (8) “Program” means any entity contracted by the board to provide the veterinary professional assistance program on behalf of the board.
9. (9) “Screening panel” means the board committee that reviews complaints to see if investigation by disciplinary counsel is warranted and reviews possible settlements and orders against credential holders.
10. (10) “Service provider” means any program-approved provider of assessment, testing, treatment, rehabilitation, monitoring, and support for any specified impairments by the use of alcohol or other drugs or chemicals or of mental health. The term includes any person supervising thecredential holder while working as a veterinary professional.
11. (11) “Voluntary program” means the component of the veterinary professional assistance program that an impaired veterinary professional, as defined in sub. (6), may utilize for assistance with a self-identified alcohol, drug or other chemical, or mental health impairment, through a participation agreement with the program.

History

History: EmR1718: emerg. cr., eff. 11-22-17; CR 17-083: cr. Register July 2018 No. 751, eff. 8-1-18; correction in (10) made under s. 35.17, Stats., and correction in (11) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register Juy 2018 No. 751.