Wisconsin § 440.20 Disciplinary proceedings.

Wisconsin Statutes

§ 440.20 — Disciplinary proceedings.

Wisconsin § 440.20

Ch. 440Department of safety and professional services

Subch.subch. I of ch. 440 SUBCHAPTER I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

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Bluebook

Wis. Stat. § 440.20 (2026).

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20(1) (1) Any person may file a complaint before the department or any examining board, affiliated credentialing board or board in the department and request the department, examining board, affiliated credentialing board or board to commence disciplinary proceedings against any holder of a credential.
20(3) (3) The burden of proof in disciplinary proceedings before the department or any examining board, affiliated credentialing board or board in the department is a preponderance of the evidence.
20(4) (4)
20(4)(a) (a) The department or appropriate examining board, affiliated credentialing board, or board in the department may reprimand the holder of a credential or deny, limit, suspend, or revoke the credential of any person who intentionally violates s. 252.14 (2) 

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440.20
440.20(1) (1) Any person may file a complaint before the department or any examining board, affiliated credentialing board or board in the department and request the department, examining board, affiliated credentialing board or board to commence disciplinary proceedings against any holder of a credential.
440.20(3) (3) The burden of proof in disciplinary proceedings before the department or any examining board, affiliated credentialing board or board in the department is a preponderance of the evidence.
440.20(4) (4)
440.20(4)(a) (a) The department or appropriate examining board, affiliated credentialing board, or board in the department may reprimand the holder of a credential or deny, limit, suspend, or revoke the credential of any person who intentionally violates s. 252.14 (2) or intentionally discloses the results of a blood test in violation of s. 252.15 (3m) (b) or (f) or (5m) .
440.20(4)(b) (b) The grounds for discipline specified under par. (a) are in addition to any grounds for discipline specified in chs. 440 to 480 .
440.20(5) (5)
440.20(5)(a) (a) The department, or the appropriate credentialing board or other board in the department, may reprimand a credential holder, or may deny, limit, suspend, or revoke a credential, if the credential holder fails to respond, to the satisfaction of the department, credentialing board, or other board in the department, within 30 days to a request for information from the department, credentialing board, or other board in the department in connection with an investigation of alleged misconduct of the credential holder.
440.20(5)(b) (b) The grounds for discipline specified under par. (a) are in addition to any grounds for discipline specified in chs. 440 to 480 .

Legislative History

440.20 History History: 1977 c. 418 ; 1979 c. 34 ; 1985 a. 29 ; 1989 a. 31 , 201 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1993 a. 16 , 27 , 102 , 107 , 490 ; 2009 a. 209 ; 2013 a. 124 ; 2017 a. 331 .