250.06 Public health nurses.
(1) The qualifications of all public health nurses shall be prescribed by rules promulgated by the department. All public health nurses shall be registered nurses. Licensed practical nurses licensed under ch. 441 may be employed by local health departments under the supervision of a public health nurse to perform services for which licensed. Public health nurses shall work under the direction of the local board of health and the local health officer and shall conduct a generalized public health nursing program in cooperation with the department.
(1m) Notwithstanding sub. (1), any relevant education, training, instruction, or other experience that an applicant obtained in connection with military service, as defined in s. 111.32 (12g), counts toward satisfying the requirements for education, training, instruction, or other experience to qualify as a public health nurse if the applicant demonstrates to the satisfaction of the department that the education, training, instruction, or other experience that the applicant obtained in connection with his or her military service is substantially equivalent to the education, training, instruction, or other experience that is required to qualify as a public health nurse.
(3) The department shall examine the practice of public health nurses and make recommendations for the improvement and the development of public health nursing.
(6) This section shall not apply to school nurses, as defined in s. 115.001 (11), while acting in the employ of a public school.
History: 1971 c. 42; 1975 c. 115; 1977 c. 29 ss. 1157, 1157m, 1657 (18) (f); 1983 a. 189 s. 329 (17); 1985 a. 281; 1989 a. 56 s. 259; 1993 a. 27 ss. 272, 273, 275; Stats. 1993 s. 250.06; 2011 a. 120.
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