Enforcement Action
The
authority and purpose for all EMS laws and administrative rules in
Wisconsin is to protect members of the public who require
emergency medical care in prehospital or interfacility settings by
establishing standards for licensing and operations of ambulance
service providers; standard for licensing emergency medical
technicians; standards for certifying centers to provide EMS
training and for approving training courses and
instructor-coordinators.
Enforcement of the statutes and rules, or actions, can take many
forms. The department may
deny, refuse to renew, suspend or revoke any license, training
permit, certificate or approval previously granted, issue
reprimands and/or warnings or provide technical assistance in an
effort to remediate the issue(s) or problem(s).
The information in this section is intended to provide
public notice of such action taken by the Wisconsin Department of
Health Services and the Bureau of Communicable Disease and Emergency Response. A list of such actions follows.
| Action |
Date |
Cause |
| Conditional
license issued |
December
10, 2008 |
First Responder
license issued with conditions based on past conviction
history. |
| Unlicensed
practice - cease order |
December
1, 2008 |
First Responder
group ordered to cease providing first responder service
without a license. |
| Conditional
license issued |
August
18, 2008 |
EMT license
issued with conditions based on past conviction history. |
| Reprimand
issued |
July
29, 2008 |
Intermediate
Technician reprimanded for allowing an EMT-basic to
function outside the scope of his/her practice, for
incomplete and false patient care records, for
transporting a patient to an unapproved facility in
violation of the service's operational plan and for
failure to complete and appropriate patient care report. |
| License
denied |
July
15, 2008 |
EMT-basic
license denied based on a substantially related conviction
for possession of illegally obtained prescription drug in
violation of s. 450.11(7)(h), stats. on January 28, 2008. |
| Conditional
license issued |
April
17, 2008 |
First responder
license issued with conditions based on past conviction
history. |
| Conditional
license issued |
April
15, 2008 |
EMT-basic
license issued with conditions based on past conviction
history. |
| Conditional
licensed issued |
April
10, 2008 |
EMT-basic
training permit issued with conditions based on past
conviction history. |
| License
revoked |
March
27, 2008 |
First responder license revoked for failure to report conviction history. |
| License
denied |
March
13, 2008 |
EMT-basic
license denied due to substantially related conviction
history for carrying a concealed weapon, in violation of
s. 941.23, stats, on April 26, 2000; for Disorderly
conduct - Use of a Dangerous Weapon, in violation of s.
947.02, stats, on July 17, 2006; and for Disorderly
Conduct While Armed, in violation of s. 947.01, stats,
January 15, 2008. |
| Reprimand
issued |
January
3, 2008 |
EMT-paramedic
reprimanded for failure to assure a legal crew when
transporting a patient, for failure to complete a timely
patient care report and for failure to comply with the
services' approved operational plan. |
| Cease
and desist issued |
December
27, 2007 |
Cease and desist
order issued to a fire department that was providing
emergency medical responder services that was not licensed
as a first responder organization. |
| Instructor/coordinator
certification suspended |
December
21, 2007 |
Instructor/coordinator
certification suspended for failure to adhere to the
requirements under HFS 110.07, Wis. Admin. Code, Sec. HFS
110.07(3)(c)(4). |
| License
revoked |
December
7, 2007 |
EMT-Intermediate
Technician license revoked for a substantially related
conviction for Mail Fraud, a Class C felony, in violation
of 18 U.S.C. § 1341, on November 1, 2007. |
| License
renewal denied |
December
7, 2007 |
EMT-basic
license renewal denied for a substantially related
conviction for two counts of disorderly conduct, in
violation of Wis. Stat., § 947.01, on October 31, 2007. |
| Reprimands
issued |
December
4, 2007 |
Issued reprimands to
two (2) former service directors for failure to comply with
staffing regulations. |
| Warning
letters issued |
November
20, 2007 |
Issued warning
letters to four (4) EMT-Basic trainees who participated in patient
care (including performing advanced skills) with no EMT
supervision and who participated in illegal crews. |
| Warning
letter issued |
November
20, 2007 |
Issued a warning
letter to an unlicensed individual who participated in
patient care, who participated in a call or calls wherein
unsupervised individuals with training permits and/or no
EMT license(s) were allowed to provide patient care
(including advanced skills) and who participated in a
illegal crew. |
| Warning
letter issued |
November
20, 2007 |
Issued a warning
letter to an EMT-Basic who participated in a call or calls
wherein unsupervised individuals with training permits
and/or no EMT license(s) were allowed to provide patient
care and who participated in a illegal crew. |
| Warning
letters issued |
November
20, 2007 |
Issued warning
letters to three (3) EMTs-Basic who participated in allowing
unlicensed individuals to provide patient care (including
advanced skills) and who
participated in illegal crews. |
| Warning
letters issued |
November
20, 2007 |
Issued warning
letters to two (2) unlicensed individuals who participated in
patient care and who participated in illegal crews. |
| Warning
letters issued |
November
12, 2007 |
Issued warning letters
to two (2) EMTs-Intermediate who acted outside the scope
of practice of their license by treating a patient then
releasing him without transporting to the emergency
department for evaluation. The service which they were
affiliated did not have treat and release protocols for
the treatment rendered. |
| Revoked
first responder certificate and training permit |
November
7, 2007 |
Revoked the First
Responder certificate and EMT-Basic training permit for
failure to report convictions that substantially relates
to the practice of a First Responder and EMT-Basic
trainee. |
| Case
and desist order |
November
7, 2007 |
Cease and desist
order issued to an individual operating and advertising as
an ambulance service without a license. |
| License
denied |
October
10, 2007 |
EMT-basic
license denied for a substantially related conviction for
Possess illegally obtained prescription drug in violation
of s. 450.11(7)(h), stats, possess illegally obtained
prescription drug in violation of s. 450.11(7)(h), stats,
and theft-movable property <+ $2500 in violation of s.
943.20(1)(a), stats, on November 28, 2006. |
| Revoked
license and denied training permit |
October
8, 2007 and October 12, 2007 |
EMT-basic
license revoked and IT training permit denied after
applicant was found to have intentionally submitted false
documentation and forged the signatures of at least two
preceptors in an attempt to verify the completion of
supervised field experience while enrolled in a paramedic
program. |
| License
revoked |
August
21, 2007 |
EMT-basic
license revoked after the EMT was found to have
intentionally submitted an altered license from another
state to a Wisconsin service also licensed in that other
state in an attempt to verify current licensure when, in
fact, that license had expired. |
| Warning
letter issued |
July
3, 2007 |
Issued a warning
letter to an EMT-intermediate technician student who
started an IV on a minor child without medical direction
or supervision. |
| License
revoked |
June
15, 2007 |
Revoked the license of
an EMT-paramedic due to a substantially related conviction
history. The EMT was convicted of possession of narcotics
and theft of moveable property after the EMT admitted to
taking medications from the ambulance in which he/she was
working. |
| License
revoked |
May
17, 2007 |
Revoked the license of
an EMT-basic for submitting fraudulent documentation of
refresher training, in violation of sec. 146.50, Stats,
and sec. HFS 110.09(1)(c), Wis. Admin. Code. |
| Training
permit denied |
May
14, 2007 |
Denied the training
permit application of an individual with a substantially
related conviction history for disorderly conduct and
negligent mistreatment of animals and for failure to
comply with probation. |
| First
responder certificate denied |
May
4, 2007 |
Denied a first
responder certificate due to the applicant's substantially
related conviction history. The applicant had a history of
5 OWI convictions. The applicant appealed this decision so
a hearing was held before an administrative law judge on
September 17, 2007, who upheld the department's denial of
the first responder certificate. |
| License denied |
April 26, 2007 |
EMT-basic license renewal
denied for a substantially related conviction for OWI
(4th) offense while under a stipulation to commit no
further violations of law. |
Last Revised: April 22, 2011 |
