Wisconsin Code § 904.16

Health care reports
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(1) In this section:
(a) “Health care provider” has the meaning given in s. 146.38
(1) (b).
(b) “Regulatory agency” means the department of safety and

professional services or the division within the department of
health services that conducts quality assurance activities related
to health care providers.
(2) Except as provided in sub. (3), the following may not be
used as evidence in a civil or criminal action brought against a
health care provider:
(a) Reports that a regulatory agency requires a health care
provider to give or disclose to that regulatory agency.
(b) Statements of, or records of interviews with, employees of
a health care provider related to the regulation of the health care
provider obtained by a regulatory agency.
(3) This section does not prohibit the use of the reports, statements, and records described in sub. (2) in any administrative
proceeding conducted by a regulatory agency. This section does
not apply to reports protected under s. 146.997.

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