Wisconsin Code § 440.04

Duties of the secretary
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The secretary shall:
(1) Centralize, at the capital and in such district offices as the
operations of the department and the attached examining boards
and affiliated credentialing boards require, the routine housekeeping functions required by the department, the examining
boards and the affiliated credentialing boards.
(2) Provide the bookkeeping, payroll, accounting and personnel advisory services required by the department and the legal
services, except for representation in court proceedings and the
preparation of formal legal opinions, required by the attached examining boards and affiliated credentialing boards.
(3) Control the allocation, disbursement, and budgeting of the
funds received by the examining boards and affiliated credentialing boards in connection with their credentialing and regulation,

including the reimbursement of board members for actual and
necessary expenses, including travel expenses, incurred in the
performance of their duties.
(4) Employ, assign and reassign such staff as are required by
the department and the attached examining boards and affiliated
credentialing boards in the performance of their functions.
(5) With the advice of the examining boards or affiliated credentialing boards:
(a) Provide the department with such supplies, equipment, office space and meeting facilities as are required for the efficient
operation of the department.
(b) Make all arrangements for meetings, hearings and
examinations.
(c) Provide such other services as the examining boards or affiliated credentialing boards request.
(6) Appoint outside the classified service an administrator for
any division established in the department and a director for any
bureau established in the department as authorized in s. 230.08
(2). The secretary may assign any bureau director appointed in
accordance with this subsection to serve concurrently as a bureau
director and a division administrator.
(7) Unless otherwise specified in chs. 440 to 480, provide examination development, administration, research and evaluation
services as required.

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