299.08 License denial, nonrenewal, suspension or restriction based on failure to pay support.

(1)

(a) Except as provided in par. (am), the department shall require each applicant who is an individual to provide the department with the applicant's social security number as a condition of issuing or renewing any of the following:

1. A registration or license under s. 280.15.

2. A certification under s. 281.17 (3).

3. A license or certification under s. 281.48 (3).

4. A certification under s. 285.51 (2).

5. A certification under s. 289.42 (1).

6. A license under s. 291.23.

6m. A certification or registration under s. 292.63 (2) (g).

7. A license under s. 299.51 (3) (c).

(am)

1. If an individual who applies for the issuance or renewal of a license, registration or certification specified in par. (a) does not have a social security number, the department shall require the applicant, as a condition of issuing or renewing the license, registration or certification, to submit a statement made or subscribed under oath or affirmation that the applicant does not have a social security number. The statement shall be in the form prescribed by the department of children and families.

2. A license, registration or certification specified in par. (a) that is issued in reliance on a statement submitted under subd. 1. is invalid if the statement is false.

(b) The department may not disclose any information received under par. (a) to any person except as follows:

1. To the department of children and families in accordance with a memorandum of understanding under s. 49.857.

2. If the department is required to obtain the information under s. 299.07 (1) (a), to the department of revenue for the purpose of requesting certifications under s. 73.0301 and to the department of workforce development for the purpose of requesting certifications under s. 108.227.

(2) The department shall deny an application for the issuance or renewal of a license, registration or certification specified in sub. (1) (a), or shall suspend a license, registration or certification specified in sub. (1) (a) for failure to make court-ordered payments of child or family support, maintenance, birth expenses, medical expenses or other expenses related to the support of a child or former spouse or failure to comply, after appropriate notice, with a subpoena or warrant issued by the department of children and families or a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and relating to paternity or child support proceedings, as required in a memorandum of understanding under s. 49.857.

History: 1997 a. 191, 237; 1999 a. 9, 32; 2005 a. 360; 2007 a. 20; 2013 a. 20, 36.