Section 459.115 - Cerumen management(1) The examining board shall issue a certificate to engage in cerumen management to a person licensed under this subchapter who completes a course on cerumen management identified by the department under sub. (3).(2) No person licensed under this subchapter may engage in cerumen management unless he or she holds a valid certificate issued under sub. (1).(3) The examining board shall identify cerumen management courses for which completion qualifies a person licensed under this subchapter for a certificate under sub. (1). In identifying cerumen management courses, the examining board shall select cerumen management courses that consist of at least 6 hours of instruction in removing cerumen from an ear canal using a variety of safe techniques and that includes a final examination on proper cerumen management procedures.(4) The examining board shall promulgate rules necessary to administer this section, including rules for all of the following:(a) Defining the scope of cerumen management.(b) Establishing contraindications for which a person licensed under this subchapter shall refer a patient to an otolaryngologist or a physician for cerumen management.(c) Establishing proper infection control practices.(5) A certificate issued under this section is permanent unless revoked and is not subject to periodic renewal.(6) Every person licensed under this subchapter who is certified to engage in cerumen management shall annually submit to the examining board evidence satisfactory to the examining board that he or she has in effect malpractice liability coverage in the minimum amounts required by the examining board by rule.Added by Acts 2023 ch, 82,s 4, eff. 12/8/2023.