Wisconsin Code § 655.005

Health care provider employees
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(1) Any person listed in s. 655.007 having a claim or a derivative claim
against a health care provider or an employee of the health care
provider, for damages for bodily injury or death due to acts or
omissions of the employee of the health care provider acting
within the scope of his or her employment and providing health
care services, is subject to this chapter.
(2) The fund shall provide coverage, under s. 655.27, for
claims against the health care provider or the employee of the
health care provider due to the acts or omissions of the employee
acting within the scope of his or her employment and providing
health care services. This subsection does not apply to any of the
following:
(a) An employee of a health care provider if the employee is a
physician or an advanced practice registered nurse or is a health
care practitioner who is providing health care services that are not
under the direction and supervision of a physician or advanced
practice registered nurse.
(2t) Subsection (2) does not affect the liability of a health
care provider described in s. 655.002 (1) (d), (e), (em), or (f) for
the acts of its employees.

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