Wisconsin Code § 457.25

Reporting requirements
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(1) Any public or private mental health or health care agency, institution or facility, or
any other person or entity that employs or contracts for services
with a credential holder, that terminates, suspends, or restricts the
employment or contract of the credential holder as a result of adverse or disciplinary action against the credential holder relating
to his or her practice of social work, advanced practice social
work, independent social work, clinical social work, marriage
and family therapy, or professional counseling shall submit a
written report of the action to the appropriate section of the examining board within 30 days after the date on which the action is
taken or, if grounds for such an action exist and the credential
holder terminates his or her employment before the action is
taken, within 30 days after the date on which the credential
holder terminates his or her employment.
(2) Any state or local professional society or organization of
social workers, marriage and family therapists, or professional
counselors that terminates, revokes, or suspends the membership
of a credential holder, or takes any other adverse or disciplinary
action against a credential holder relating to his or her practice of
social work, advanced practice social work, independent social
work, clinical social work, marriage and family therapy, or professional counseling, shall submit a written report of the action to
the appropriate section of the examining board within 30 days after the date on which the action is taken or, if grounds for such an
action exist and the credential holder terminates his or her membership before the action is taken, within 30 days after the date on
which the credential holder terminates his or her membership.
(3) Any insurer, as defined in s. 600.03 (27), who provides
professional liability insurance coverage for a credential holder
and who pays a claim for damages arising out of the rendering of
services by the credential holder or obtains any information that
tends to substantiate a charge that the credential holder has engaged in conduct that constitutes grounds for discipline under s.
457.26 shall submit a written report of the payment or information to the appropriate section of the examining board within 30
days after the date on which the payment is made or information
is obtained.
(4) Any circuit court that appoints a guardian of the person or
estate of a credential holder or makes a judgment or other determination that a credential holder is mentally ill or mentally incompetent or that a credential holder has done any of the acts
enumerated in s. 457.26 (2) shall submit a written report of the
appointment, judgment, or determination to the appropriate section of the examining board within 30 days after the date on
which the appointment, judgment, or determination is made.

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