Wisconsin Code § 440.14

Nondisclosure of certain personal information
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(1) In this section:
(a) “List” means information compiled or maintained by the
department or a credentialing board that contains the personal
identifiers of 10 or more individuals.
(b) “Personal identifier” means a social security number, telephone number, street name and number, electronic mail address,
or post-office box number.
(2) If a form that the department or a credentialing board re-

quires an individual to complete in order to apply for a credential
or credential renewal or to obtain a product or service from the
department or the credentialing board requires the individual to
provide any of the individual’s personal identifiers, the form shall
include a place for the individual to declare that the individual’s
personal identifiers obtained by the department or the credentialing board from the information on the form may not be disclosed
on any list that the department or the credentialing board furnishes to another person. This subsection does not apply with respect to an application filed with the medical examining board
pursuant to the interstate medical licensure compact under s.
448.980 (5).
(3) If the department or a credentialing board requires an individual to provide, by telephone or other electronic means, any
of the individual’s personal identifiers in order to apply for a credential or credential renewal or to obtain a product or service
from the department or a credentialing board, the department or
the credentialing board shall ask the individual at the time that
the individual provides the information if the individual wants to
declare that the individual’s personal identifiers obtained by telephone or other electronic means may not be disclosed on any list
that the department or the credentialing board furnishes to another person. This subsection does not apply with respect to an
application filed with the medical examining board pursuant to
the interstate medical licensure compact under s. 448.980 (5).
(4) The department or a credentialing board shall provide to
an individual upon request a form that includes a place for the individual to declare that the individual’s personal identifiers obtained by the department or credentialing board may not be disclosed on any list that the department or credentialing board furnishes to another person.
(5) (a) The department or a credentialing board may not disclose on any list that it furnishes to another person a personal
identifier of any individual who has made a declaration under
sub. (2), (3) or (4).
(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to a list that the department
or a credentialing board furnishes to another state agency, a law
enforcement agency or a federal governmental agency. In addition, par. (a) does not apply to a list that the department or the
board of nursing furnishes to the coordinated licensure information system under s. 441.51 (6). A state agency that receives a list
from the department or a credentialing board containing a personal identifier of any individual who has made a declaration under sub. (2), (3) or (4) may not disclose the personal identifier to
any person other than a state agency, a law enforcement agency or
a federal governmental agency.

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