Section VE 4.04 - Contract for program(1) The board may enter into a contract with a nonprofit corporation or veterinary professional association to provide a veterinary professional assistance program, which may include any or all of the following: (a) Contracting with assessment, testing, treatment, rehabilitation, monitoring, or support service providers, in accordance with the requirements in ss. VE 4.12 and 4.14. The program shall inform all service providers, and update changes in this information as soon as possible, of the employees in the program designated to receive required information from the service provider.(b) Receiving and evaluating reports of suspected impairment from any source.(c) Intervening in cases of verified impairment.(d) Signing a confidential participation agreement with impaired veterinary professionals for making referrals to them to utilize services, from service providers contracted with under par. (a), outside the disciplinary process.(e) Referring and monitoring services to credential holders, within the board's disciplinary process.(f) Providing post-treatment monitoring and support to impaired veterinary professionals in the voluntary program and credential holders in the disciplinary program.(h) Reporting program statistical information to the board.(i) Reporting all require information in the disciplinary program, so the board may carry out its disciplinary authority under ss. VE 1.60 and 2.28.(2) The board and the program, as part of the contract, shall agree to eligibility criteria for credential holders to be accepted into the disciplinary program, to fulfill the requirements in s. 89.03(3), Stats.(3) The board and the program, as part of the contract, shall agree to eligibility criteria for impaired veterinary professionals to be accepted into the voluntary program, to fulfill the requirements in s. 89.03(3), Stats. The program may not accept a credential holder to the voluntary program, if the board's disciplinary process has an outstanding complaint against that credential holder.(4) Except for information produced for the board under sub. (1) (h) and (i), all information, interviews, records, reports, statements, memoranda, or other documents furnished to or produced by the program, are confidential.Wis. Admin. Code Veterinary Examining Board VE 4.04
Adopted by, EmR1718: emerg. cr., eff. 11-22-17; CR 17-083: cr. Register July 2018 No. 751, eff. 8-1-18; correction in (1) (a), (i), (4) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register July 2018 No. 751; CR 21-062: am. (1) (a), (i) Register July 2022 No. 799, eff. 8-1-22; correction in (1) (i) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register July 2022 No. 799, eff. 8/1/2022