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WI Stat § 251.115 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 251 - Local health officials.|251.115 - Multiple municipal local health department and city-city local health department; how financed.

251.115  Multiple municipal local health department and city-city local health department; how financed. The governing body of every multiple municipal local health department established under s. 251.02 (2) (b) or (3r) and of every city-city local health department established under s. 251.02 (3t) shall annually prepare a budget of its proposed expenditures for the ensuing fiscal year and determine the contribution from each participating municipality in a manner agreed upon by the relevant governing bodies. A certified copy of the budget, which shall include a statement of the amount required from each municipality, shall be delivered to the governing body of each participating municipality. The appropriation to be made by each participating municipality shall be determined by the governing body of the city, village, and town. History:  2015 a. 175; 2017 a. 6.
WI Stat § 251.12 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 251 - Local health officials.|251.12 - City health department, how financed.

251.12  City health department, how financed. The common council shall appropriate funds for the operation of all of the following: (1) A city health department that is established as specified in s. 251.02 (1) and (2) (a). (2) A multiple municipal local health department that is established as specified in s. 251.02 (3r).  (3) A multiple municipal local health department that is established as specified in s. 251.02 (2) (b).  (4) A city-city local health department that is established as specified in s. 251.02 (3t). History:  1993 a. 27; 1999 a. 9; 2003 a. 158, 326.
WI Stat § 251.125 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 251 - Local health officials.|251.125 - Village health department, how financed.

251.125  Village health department, how financed. If a village health department is established under s. 251.02 (2) (a) or (3m), if a multiple municipal local health department is established as specified in s. 251.02 (3r), or if a multiple municipal local health department is established as specified in s. 251.02 (2) (b), the village board shall appropriate funds for the operation of the department. History:  1993 a. 27; 1999 a. 9, 185; 2003 a. 158.
WI Stat § 251.127 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 251 - Local health officials.|251.127 - Town health department, how financed.

251.127  Town health department, how financed. If a town health department is established under s. 251.02 (3m) or if a multiple municipal local health department is established under s. 251.02 (3r) by the governing body of a town in concert with the governing body of another town or a city or village, the town board shall appropriate funds for the operation of the department.History:  1993 a. 27; 1999 a. 9.
WI Stat § 251.13 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 251 - Local health officials.|251.13 - City-county health department and multiple county health department, joint funds.

251.13  City-county health department and multiple county health department, joint funds. For each multiple county or city-county health department, a joint health department fund shall be created either in the treasurer's office where the principal office of the health department is located or in the office of the city treasurer of a city within the health department's jurisdiction, as determined by the local board of health. The treasurer of each county and city participating in the health department shall annually pay or cause to be paid into the fund the share of the county or city. This fund shall be expended by the treasurer in whose office the fund is kept in the manner prescribed by the local board of health pursuant to properly authenticated vouchers of the health department signed by the local health officer.History:  1993 a. 27 s. 218.
WI Stat § 251.135 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 251 - Local health officials.|251.135 - Publication and effective date of orders and regulations.

251.135  Publication and effective date of orders and regulations. The orders and regulations of a local board of health shall be published as a class 1 notice, under ch. 985, and shall take effect immediately after publication. No local board of health is required to use the term “regulation" to refer to a regulation that is published under this section.History:  1993 a. 27 s. 211; Stats. 1993 s. 251.135.
WI Stat § 251.14 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 251 - Local health officials.|251.14 - Gifts.

251.14  Gifts. A local board of health may receive gifts and donations for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter.History:  1993 a. 27 s. 215.
WI Stat § 251.16 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 251 - Local health officials.|251.16 - Local health department; evidence.

251.16  Local health department; evidence. The reports and employees of a local health department are subject to s. 970.03 (12) (b).History:  1979 c. 221; 1985 a. 267 s. 3; 1993 a. 27 s. 221; Stats. 1993 s. 251.16.
WI Stat § 251.20 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 251 - Local health officials.|251.20 - Rule making.

251.20  Rule making. The department shall promulgate rules that specify all of the following: (1) Required services for each of Levels I, II and III local health departments under s. 251.05 (2). (3) Additional required services for Level II and Level III local health departments under s. 251.05 (2) (b) and (c), including services that the department of health services determines appropriately address objectives or services specified in the most recent public health agenda under s. 250.07 (1) (a). History:  1993 a. 27; 2005 a. 198; 2009 a. 180.
WI Stat § 252.01 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 252 - Communicable diseases.|252.01 - Definitions.

252.01  Definitions. In this chapter: (1c) “Advanced practice nurse prescriber" means an advanced practice nurse who is certified under s. 441.16 (2) to issue prescription orders. (1g) “Emergency medical responder" has the meaning given in s. 256.01 (4p). (1m) “HIV" means any strain of human immunodeficiency virus, which causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. (2) “HIV infection" means the pathological state produced by a human body in response to the presence of HIV. (2m) “HIV test" means a test for the presence of HIV or an antibody to HIV. (3) “Municipality" means any city, village or town. (4) “Peace officer" has the meaning given in s. 939.22 (22). (5) “Physician assistant" has the meaning given in s. 448.01 (6). NOTE: Sub. (5) is repealed eff. 4-1-22 by 2021 Wis. Act 23. (6) “State epidemiologist" means the individual appointed by the state health officer under s. 250.02 (1) as the state epidemiologist for acute and communicable diseases. (7) “State patrol officer" means an officer of the state traffic patrol under s. 110.07 (1) (a). (8) “Validated HIV test result" means a result of an HIV test that meets the validation requirements determined to be necessary by the state epidemiologist.History:  1993 a. 27 ss. 281, 283, 320, 338, 339, 341; 1993 a. 252; 2005 a. 187; 2009 a. 209; 2011 a. 161; 2017 a. 12; 2021 a. 23.
WI Stat § 252.03 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 252 - Communicable diseases.|252.03 - Duties of local health officers.

252.03  Duties of local health officers. (1) Every local health officer, upon the appearance of any communicable disease in his or her territory, shall immediately investigate all the circumstances and make a full report to the appropriate governing body and also to the department. The local health officer shall promptly take all measures necessary to prevent, suppress and control communicable diseases, and shall report to the appropriate governing body the progress of the communicable diseases and the measures used against them, as needed to keep the appropriate governing body fully informed, or at such intervals as the secretary may direct. The local health officer may inspect schools and other public buildings within his or her jurisdiction as needed to determine whether the buildings are kept in a sanitary condition. (2) Local health officers may do what is reasonable and necessary for the prevention and suppression of disease; may forbid public gatherings when deemed necessary to control outbreaks or epidemics and shall advise the department of measures taken. (3) If the local authorities fail to enforce the communicable disease statutes and rules, the department shall take charge, and expenses thus incurred shall be paid by the county or municipality. (4) No person may interfere with the investigation under this chapter of any place or its occupants by local health officers or their assistants.History:  1981 c. 291; 1993 a. 27 s. 285; Stats. 1993 s. 252.03.Although the Wisconsin Supreme Court's decision in Palm, 2020 WI 42, is not directly controlling on powers of local health officers under this section, it is advisable to limit enforcement under this section to ordinances or administrative enforcement. Also, local authorities should ensure that any measures that direct people to stay at home, forbid certain travel, or close certain businesses speak specifically to the local authority's statutory power under subs. (1) and (2) to “prevent, suppress and control communicable diseases" and “forbid public gatherings when deemed necessary to control outbreaks or epidemics." OAG 3-20.
WI Stat § 252.041 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 252 - Communicable diseases.|252.041 - Compulsory vaccination during a state of emergency.

252.041  Compulsory vaccination during a state of emergency. (1) Except as provided in sub. (2), during the period under which the department is designated as the lead state agency, as specified in s. 250.042 (2), the department, as the public health authority, may do all of the following as necessary to address a public health emergency:(a) Order any individual to receive a vaccination unless the vaccination is reasonably likely to lead to serious harm to the individual or unless the individual, for reasons of religion or conscience, refuses to obtain the vaccination.(b) Isolate or quarantine, under s. 252.06, any individual who is unable or unwilling for reasons specified under sub. (1) to receive vaccination under par. (a). (2) The department shall promulgate rules that specify circumstances, if any, under which vaccination may not be performed on an individual.History:  2001 a. 109.
WI Stat § 252.09 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 252 - Communicable diseases.|252.09 - Meningococcal disease and hepatitis B.

252.09  Meningococcal disease and hepatitis B. (1) Each private college and university in this state shall do all of the following: (a) Annually, provide detailed information on the risks associated with meningococcal disease and hepatitis B and the availability and effectiveness of vaccines against the diseases to each enrolled student, if he or she is at least 18 years old, or to the student's parent or guardian, if the student is a minor.(b) Require a student who resides in a dormitory or residence hall, or the student's parent or guardian if the student is a minor, to affirm that the student received the information under par. (a).(c) Require a student who resides in a dormitory or residence hall to affirm whether he or she has received the vaccination against meningococcal disease and to provide the date of the vaccination, if any.(d) Require a student who resides in a dormitory or residence hall to affirm whether he or she received the vaccination against hepatitis B and to provide the date of the vaccination, if any.(e) Maintain a confidential record of the affirmations and the dates of the vaccinations of each student under pars. (c) and (d). (2) Nothing in this section requires a college or university to provide or pay for vaccinations against meningococcal disease or hepatitis B.History:  2003 a. 61.
WI Stat § 252.133 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 252 - Communicable diseases.|252.133 - HIV testing for anatomical gifts.

252.133  HIV testing for anatomical gifts. (1) Except as provided in sub. (2), a health care provider, as defined in s. 252.15 (1) (ar), who procures, processes, distributes, or uses a human body part or human tissue that is the subject of an anatomical gift under s. 157.06 shall have an HIV test performed on the donor of the body part or tissue in order to assure medical acceptability of the gift for the purpose intended. The health care provider shall use an HIV test that yields a validated HIV test result. If the validated HIV test result of the donor is positive, the human body part or human tissue donated for use or proposed for donation may not be used. (2) If, as determined by the attending physician of a potential donee of a human body part or human tissue, a medical emergency exists under which a human body part or human tissue that has been subjected to testing under sub. (1) is unavailable, including a threat to the preservation of the life of the potential donee, the requirement of sub. (1) does not apply.History:  2009 a. 209 ss. 30, 45, 46; 2013 a. 166 s. 77.
WI Stat § 252.185 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 252 - Communicable diseases.|252.185 - Communicable disease control and prevention.

252.185  Communicable disease control and prevention. (1) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (cf), the department shall distribute moneys to local health departments to use for disease surveillance, contact tracing, staff development and training, improving communication among health care professionals, public education and outreach, and other infection control measures as required under this chapter. The department shall consider the following factors to establish an equitable allocation formula for the distribution of moneys under this section:(a) Base allocation, including at least some base amount for each local health department.(b) General population.(c) Target populations.(d) Risk factors.(e) Geographic area, including consideration of the size of the service area or the density of population, or both. (2) By January 1, 2019, and biennially thereafter, each local health department shall submit to the division of the department that addresses public health issues a financial statement of its use of funds under this section.History:  2017 a. 59.
WI Stat § 252.19 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 252 - Communicable diseases.|252.19 - Communicable diseases; suspected cases; protection of public.

252.19  Communicable diseases; suspected cases; protection of public. No person who is knowingly infected with a communicable disease may willfully violate the recommendations of the local health officer or subject others to danger of contracting the disease. No person may knowingly and willfully take, aid in taking, advise or cause to be taken, a person who is infected or is suspected of being infected with a communicable disease into any public place or conveyance where the infected person would expose any other person to danger of contracting the disease.History:  1981 c. 291; 1993 a. 27 s. 299; Stats. 1993 s. 252.19.
WI Stat § 252.21 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 252 - Communicable diseases.|252.21 - Communicable diseases; schools; duties of teachers, parents, officers.

252.21  Communicable diseases; schools; duties of teachers, parents, officers. (1) If a teacher, school nurse, or principal of any school or child care center knows or suspects that a communicable disease is present in the school or center, he or she shall at once notify the local health officer. (6) Any teacher, school nurse or principal may send home pupils who are suspected of having a communicable disease or any other disease the department specifies by rule. Any teacher, school nurse or principal who sends a pupil home shall immediately notify the parents of the pupil of the action and the reasons for the action. A teacher who sends a pupil home shall also notify the principal of the action and the reasons for the action.History:  1981 c. 291; 1993 a. 27 s. 301; Stats. 1993 s. 252.21; 2009 a. 185.
WI Stat § 252.25 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 252 - Communicable diseases.|252.25 - Violation of law relating to health.

252.25  Violation of law relating to health. Any person who willfully violates or obstructs the execution of any state statute or rule, county, city or village ordinance or departmental order under this chapter and relating to the public health, for which no other penalty is prescribed, shall be imprisoned for not more than 30 days or fined not more than $500 or both.History:  1981 c. 291; 1993 a. 27 s. 300; Stats. 1993 s. 252.25.This section requires that a departmental order be promulgated using the procedure established by the legislature for rulemaking if criminal penalties are to follow. Wisconsin Legislature v. Palm, 2020 WI 42, 391 Wis. 2d 497, 942 N.W.2d 900, 20-0765.
WI Stat § 253.01 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 253 - Maternal and child health.|253.01 - Definition.

253.01  Definition. In this chapter, “division" means the division within the department that has primary responsibility for health issues.History:  1993 a. 27.
WI Stat § 253.03 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 253 - Maternal and child health.|253.03 - State plan; reports.

253.03  State plan; reports. The department shall prepare and submit to the proper federal authorities a state plan for maternal and child health services. The plan shall conform with all requirements governing federal aid for this purpose and shall be designed to secure for this state the maximum amount of federal aid which can be secured on the basis of the available state, county, and local appropriations. The department shall make such reports, in such form and containing such information, as may from time to time be required by the federal authorities and shall comply with all provisions that may be prescribed to assure the correctness and verification of the reports. The secretary may appoint a maternal and child health program advisory committee under s. 15.04 (1) (c) to assist the department in meeting the requirements of this section.History:  1993 a. 27 s. 369.
WI Stat § 253.04 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 253 - Maternal and child health.|253.04 - Private rights.

253.04  Private rights. No official, agent or representative of the department may, under this section, enter any home over the objection of the owner or take charge of any child over the objection of the parent or of the person standing in the place of a parent or having custody of the child. Nothing in this section may be construed to limit the power of a parent, guardian or person standing in the place of a parent to determine what treatment or correction shall be provided for a child or the agency to be employed for that purpose.History:  1993 a. 27 s. 370.
WI Stat § 253.05 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 253 - Maternal and child health.|253.05 - Federal funds.

253.05  Federal funds. The department shall use sufficient funds from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (a) for the promotion of the welfare and hygiene of maternity and infancy to match federal funds received by the state.History:  1993 a. 27 s. 371.
WI Stat § 253.08 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 253 - Maternal and child health.|253.08 - Pregnancy counseling services.

253.08  Pregnancy counseling services. The department shall award grants from the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (1) (eg) to individuals and organizations to provide pregnancy counseling services. For a program to be eligible under this section, an applicant must demonstrate that moneys provided in a grant under this section will not be used to engage in any activity specified in s. 20.9275 (2) (a) 1. to 3.History:  1985 a. 29; 1993 a. 27 s. 377; Stats. 1993 s. 253.08; 1997 a. 27; 2009 a. 28.
WI Stat § 253.085 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 253 - Maternal and child health.|253.085 - Outreach to low-income pregnant women.

253.085  Outreach to low-income pregnant women. (1) The department shall conduct an outreach program to make low-income pregnant women aware of the importance of early prenatal and infant health care and of the availability of medical assistance benefits under subch. IV of ch. 49 and other types of funding for prenatal and infant care, to refer women to prenatal and infant care services in the community and to make follow-up contacts with women referred to prenatal and infant care services. (2) In addition to the amounts appropriated under s. 20.435 (1) (ev), the department shall distribute $250,000 for each fiscal year from moneys received under the maternal and child health services block grant program, 42 USC 701 to 709, for the outreach program under this section.History:  1987 a. 399; 1991 a. 39; 1993 a. 27 s. 47; Stats. 1993 s. 253.085; 1995 a. 27; 1997 a. 27; 2009 a. 28.
WI Stat § 253.09 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 253 - Maternal and child health.|253.09 - Abortion refused; no liability; no discrimination.

253.09  Abortion refused; no liability; no discrimination. (1) No hospital shall be required to admit any patient or to allow the use of the hospital facilities for the purpose of performing a sterilization procedure or removing a human embryo or fetus. A physician or any other person who is a member of or associated with the staff of a hospital, or any employee of a hospital in which such a procedure has been authorized, who shall state in writing his or her objection to the performance of or providing assistance to such a procedure on moral or religious grounds shall not be required to participate in such medical procedure, and the refusal of any such person to participate therein shall not form the basis of any claim for damages on account of such refusal or for any disciplinary or recriminatory action against such person. (2) No hospital or employee of any hospital shall be liable for any civil damages resulting from a refusal to perform sterilization procedures or remove a human embryo or fetus from a person, if such refusal is based on religious or moral precepts. (3) No hospital, school or employer may discriminate against any person with regard to admission, hiring or firing, tenure, term, condition or privilege of employment, student status or staff status on the ground that the person refuses to recommend, aid or perform procedures for sterilization or the removal of a human embryo or fetus, if the refusal is based on religious or moral precepts. (4) The receipt of any grant, contract, loan or loan guarantee under any state or federal law does not authorize any court or any public official or other public authority to require:(a) Such individual to perform or assist in the performance of any sterilization procedure or removal of a human embryo or fetus if the individual's performance or assistance in the performance of such a procedure would be contrary to the individual's religious beliefs or moral convictions; or(b) Such entity to:1. Make its facilities available for the performance of any sterilization procedure or removal of a human embryo or fetus if the performance of such a procedure in such facilities is prohibited by the entity on the basis of religious beliefs or moral convictions; or2. Provide any personnel for the performance or assistance in the performance of any sterilization procedure or assistance if the performance or assistance in the performance of such procedure or the removal of a human embryo or fetus by such personnel would be contrary to the religious beliefs or moral convictions of such personnel.History:  1973 c. 159; Stats. 1973 s. 140.275; 1973 c. 336 s. 54; Stats. 1973 s. 140.42; 1979 c. 34; 1993 a. 27 s. 222; Stats. 1993 s. 253.09; 1993 a. 482.