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Wis. Stat. § 655.005

Health care provider employees

Applied in 10 court decisions — leading case Phelps v. Physicians Insurance (2009)

Most recently applied in Estate of Anne Oros v. Divine Savior Healthcare Inc. (May 2022)

1985 a. 340; 1987 a. 27; Stats. 1987 s. 655.005; 1989 a. 187; 1991 a. 214; 1993 a. 473; 1995 a. 167; 2001 a. 52; 2005 a. 36; 2025 a. 17

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(1) Any person listed in s. 655.007 having a claim or a derivative claim against a health care provider or an employee of the health care provider, for damages for bodily injury or death due to acts or omissions of the employee of the health care provider acting within the scope of his or her employment and providing health care services, is subject to this chapter.

(2) The fund shall provide coverage, under s. 655.27, for claims against the health care provider or the employee of the health care provider due to the acts or omissions of the employee acting within the scope of his or her employment and providing health care services. This subsection does not apply to any of the following:

(a) An employee of a health care provider if the employee is a physician or an advanced practice registered nurse or is a health care practitioner who is providing health care services that are not under the direction and supervision of a physician or advanced practice registered nurse.

Official source: Wisconsin State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Wisconsin statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.