Wisconsin Statutes Health (Ch. 140 to 162) § 146.615. Advanced practice clinician training grants

(a) “Advanced practice clinician” means a physician assistant or an advanced practice nurse, including a nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife, clinical nurse specialist, or certified registered nurse anesthetist.

(b) “Clinic” has the meaning given in s. 146.903(1)(b).

(c) “Hospital” has the meaning given in s. 50.33(2).

(d) “Rural clinic” means a clinic that is located in a city, town, or village in this state that has a population of less than 20,000.

(e) “Rural hospital” means a hospital that is located in a city, town, or village in this state that has a population of less than 20,000.

(3)(a) The department may distribute up to $50,000 per fiscal year per hospital or clinic.

(b) If the department distributes a grant to a hospital or clinic that has not previously received a grant under this section, the hospital or clinic receiving the grant may use the grant to create the education and infrastructure for training advanced practice clinicians or for activities authorized under par. (c). In distributing grants under this section, the department shall give preference to advanced practice clinician clinical training programs that include rural hospitals and rural clinics as clinical training locations.

(c) If the department distributes a grant to a hospital or clinic that has previously received a grant under this section, the department shall require the hospital or clinic to use the grant to pay for the costs of operating a clinical training program for advanced practice clinicians, which may include any of the following:

(d) A recipient awarded a grant under this section shall match through its own funding sources the amount of the grant distributed by the department for the purposes of operating an advanced practice clinician rotation.