WI AB799

Department of Safety and Professional Services required to contract with a nonprofit entity sponsored by health care professional associations to establish a health professional assistance program for providers suffering from conditions that could lead to impairment

Program provides voluntary, confidential detection, evaluation, treatment, and continuing care monitoring for licensed health care providers; credentialing boards may opt to participate for specific credentials they issue

$70 fee charged to each health care provider at initial credential issuance and renewal to fund program costs

Health care providers and credentialing boards may report colleagues believed to have impairment-related conditions; reporters acting in good faith are immune from civil liability

Participation records, treatment information, and reports to the program are privileged and confidential, not subject to subpoena or discovery, with limited exceptions for imminent danger or noncompliance with program terms