Wisconsin § 440.14 - Nondisclosure of certain personal information.
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§ 440.14. Nondisclosure of certain personal information.
440.14(1) (1) In this section: 440.14(1)(a) (a) “List” means information compiled or maintained by the department or a credentialing board that contains the personal identifiers of 10 or more individuals. 440.14(1)(b) (b) “Personal identifier” means a social security number, telephone number, street name and number, electronic mail address, or post-office box number. 440.14(2) (2) If a form that the department or a credentialing board requires an individual to complete in order to apply for a credential or credential renewal or to obtain a product or service from the department or the credentialing board requires the individual to provide any of the individual’s personal identifiers, the form shall include a place for the individual to declare that the individual’s personal identifiers obtained by the department or the credentialing board from the information on the form may not be disclosed on any list that the department or the credentialing board furnishes to another person. This subsection does not apply with respect to an application filed with the medical examining board pursuant to the interstate medical licensure compact under s. 448.980 (5) . 440.14(3) (3) If the department or a credentialing board requires an individual to provide, by telephone or other electronic means, any of the individual’s personal identifiers in order to apply for a credential or credential renewal or to obtain a product or service from the department or a credentialing board, the department or the credentialing board shall ask the individual at the time that the individual provides the information if the individual wants to declare that the individual’s personal identifiers obtained by telephone or other electronic means may not be disclosed on any list that the department or the credentialing board furnishes to another person. This subsection does not apply with respect to an application filed with the medical examining board pursuant to the interstate medical licensure compact under s. 448.980 (5) . 440.14(4) (4) The department or a credentialing board shall provide to an individual upon request a form that includes a place for the individual to declare that the individual’s personal identifiers obtained by the department or credentialing board may not be disclosed on any list that the department or credentialing board furnishes to another person. 440.14(5) (5) 440.14(5)(a) (a) The department or a credentialing board may not disclose on any list that it furnishes to another person a personal identifier of any individual who has made a declaration under sub. (2) , (3) or (4) . 440.14(5)(b) (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to a list that the department or a credentialing board furnishes to another state agency, a law enforcement agency or a federal governmental agency. In addition, par. (a) does not apply to a list that the department or the board of nursing furnishes to the coordinated licensure information system under s. 441.51 (6) . A state agency that receives a list from the department or a credentialing board containing a personal identifier of any individual who has made a declaration under sub. (2) , (3) or (4) may not disclose the personal identifier to any person other than a state agency, a law enforcement agency or a federal governmental agency. 440.14 History History: 1999 a. 88 ; 2001 a. 66 ; 2009 a. 388 ; 2015 a. 116 ; 2017 a. 135 ; 2019 a. 49 s. 1 .
Source: official Wisconsin text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 440.14 ("Nondisclosure of certain personal information.") is part of the Wisconsin Statutes, the codified statutory law of Wisconsin. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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