Wisconsin Statutes 655.001 – Definitions
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Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 655.001
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Following: when used by way of reference to any statute section, means the section next following that in which the reference is made. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Person: includes all partnerships, associations and bodies politic or corporate. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- Personal representative: means a person, however denominated, who is authorized to administer a decedent's estate. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- State: when applied to states of the United States, includes the District of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the several territories organized by Congress. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed; "year" alone means "year of our Lord". See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
(1) “Board of governors” means the board created under s. 619.04 (3).
(4) “Department” means the department of health services.
(6) “Fiscal year” means the period beginning on July 1 and ending on the following June 30.
(7) “Fund” means the injured patients and families compensation fund under s. 655.27.
(7m) “Graduate medical education program” means a program approved by the medical examining board that provides postgraduate medical education and training for a person who possesses a diploma from a medical or osteopathic college or who has the equivalent education and experience from a foreign medical school recognized by the Education Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates.
(7t) “Health care practitioner” means a health care professional, as defined in s. 180.1901 (1m), who is an employee of a health care provider described in s. 655.002 (1) (d), (e), (em), or (f) and who has the authority to provide health care services that are not in collaboration with a physician under s. 441.15 (2) (b) or under the direction and supervision of a physician or nurse anesthetist.
(8) “Health care provider” means a person to whom this chapter applies under s. 655.002 (1) or a person who elects to be subject to this chapter under s. 655.002 (2).
(8c) “Insurer” includes a foreign insurer that is a risk retention group that issues health care liability insurance under this chapter.
(9) “Nurse anesthetist” means a nurse who is licensed under ch. 441 or who holds a multistate license, as defined in s. 441.51 (2) (h), issued in a party state, as defined in s. 441.51 (2) (k), and who is certified as a nurse anesthetist by the American association of nurse anesthetists.
(10) “Patient” means an individual who received or should have received health care services from a health care provider or from an employee of a health care provider acting within the scope of his or her employment.
(10m) “Physician” means a medical or osteopathic physician licensed under ch. 448.
(11) “Principal place of practice” means any of the following:
(a) The state in which a health care provider furnishes health care services to more than 50 percent of his or her patients in a fiscal year.
(b) The state in which a health care provider derives more than 50 percent of his or her income in a fiscal year from the practice of his or her profession.
(12) “Representative” means the personal representative, spouse, parent, guardian, attorney or other legal agent of a patient.
(13) “Respondent” means the person alleged to have been negligent in a request for mediation filed under s. 655.44 or 655.445.
(14) “Self-insurance plan” means a plan approved by the commissioner to self-insure health care providers against medical malpractice claims in accordance with this chapter. A “self-insurance plan” may provide coverage to a single health care provider or affiliated health care providers.