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2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 145 - Plumbing and fire protection systems and swimming pool plan review. › 145.26 - Public swimming pool plan review.

145.26
Public swimming pool plan review.
(1)
In this section, “public swimming pool" means a fixed or mobile structure, basin, chamber, or tank and appurtenant buildings and equipment that serve or are installed for use by the state, a political subdivision of the state, a motel, a hotel, a resort, a camp, a club, an association, a housing development, a school, a religious, charitable, or youth organization, an educative or rehabilitative facility, or another entity. “Public swimming pool" does not mean an inflated mobile structure, basin, chamber, or tank; a swim pond; an individual therapeutic pod, tub, or bath; or a fixed or mobile structure, basin, chamber, or tank that serves fewer than 3 individual residences.
(2)
The department shall, in advance of construction, alteration or reconstruction, review and approve plans and specifications for the construction, alteration or reconstruction of public swimming pools or water recreation attractions or the alteration of public swimming pool equipment in this state.
(3)
The department shall require payment of fees that are established by rule for the review of plans and specifications for the construction, alteration or reconstruction of public swimming pools or water recreation attractions or the alteration of public swimming pool equipment.
(4)
No one may maintain, manage or operate a public swimming pool or water recreation attraction for which construction, alteration or reconstruction is made after January 1, 1990, unless all of the following have taken place:
(a)
The department has reviewed and approved the construction, alteration or reconstruction under sub. (2).
(b)
The applicable fee under sub. (3) has been paid.
(c)
The construction, alteration or reconstruction of the public swimming pool or water recreation attraction conforms to the plans and specifications approved by the department under sub. (2).
(5)
The department shall promulgate rules establishing all of the following:
(a)
The definition of “water attraction".
(b)
The amounts of fees to perform review of plans and specifications as specified in sub. (2).
(6)
Whoever violates this section or the rules promulgated under this section may be fined not less than $100 nor more than $5,000. Each day of continued violation constitutes a separate offense.
History:  1989 a. 31; 1993 a. 16 ss. 2402, 2561, 2562; Stats. 1993 s. 145.26; 2017 a. 331.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 146 - Miscellaneous health provisions. › 146.001 - Definitions.

146.001
Definitions.
In this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
“Department" means the department of health services.
(2)
“Secretary" means the secretary of health services.
History:  1973 c. 323; 1985 a. 120; 1995 a. 27 s. 9126 (19); 2007 a. 20 s. 9121 (6) (a).
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 146 - Miscellaneous health provisions. › 146.0257 - Evaluation of infants for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.

146.0257
Evaluation of infants for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.
(1)
Definition. In this section, “agency" has the meaning given in s. 48.981 (1) (ag).
(2)
Evaluation. If a hospital employee who provides health care, social worker, or intake worker under ch. 48 suspects that an infant has a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, the hospital employee, social worker, or intake worker shall refer the infant to a physician for an evaluation to diagnose whether the infant has that disorder. If a physician determines that there is a serious risk that an infant has a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, the physician shall evaluate the infant to diagnose whether the infant has that disorder. If a physician diagnoses that an infant has a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, the physician shall report that diagnosis to the agency that is responsible for conducting child abuse and neglect investigations under s. 48.981, and that agency shall offer to provide, or arrange or refer for the provision of, services and treatment for the infant and the infant's mother as provided under s. 46.238.
(3)
Diagnosis. A physician who performs an evaluation under sub. (2) shall provide the infant's parents or guardian with all of the following information:
(a)
An explanation concerning the evaluation that was performed, the date of that evaluation, and the diagnosis resulting from that evaluation.
(b)
An explanation that the results of the evaluation must be disclosed to an agency under sub. (2) if the evaluation indicates a diagnosis of a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
(4)
Confidentiality. The results of an evaluation performed under sub. (2) may be disclosed as provided in sub. (3).
History:  2013 a. 260.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 146 - Miscellaneous health provisions. › 146.085 - Pay toilets prohibited.

146.085
Pay toilets prohibited.
(1)
Prohibition. The owner or manager of any public building shall not permit an admission fee to be charged for the use of any toilet compartment.
(2)
Penalty. Any person who violates this section shall be fined not less than $10 nor more than $50.
(3)
Enforcement. The department, the department of safety and professional services, and the public service commission shall enforce this section within their respective jurisdictions.
History:  1971 c. 228 s. 44; 1973 c. 12 s. 37; 1975 c. 298; 1995 a. 27 ss. 4361, 9116 (5); 2011 a. 32.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 146 - Miscellaneous health provisions. › 146.15 - Information.

146.15
Information.
State officials, physicians of mining, manufacturing and other companies or associations, officers and agents of a company incorporated by or transacting business under the laws of this state, shall when requested furnish, so far as practicable, the department any information required touching the public health; and for refusal shall forfeit $10.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 146 - Miscellaneous health provisions. › 146.16 - Expenses.

146.16
Expenses.
Expenses incurred under this chapter, not made otherwise chargeable, shall be paid by the town, city or village.
History:  1983 a. 27 s. 2202 (20); 1993 a. 27; 1995 a. 227.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 146 - Miscellaneous health provisions. › 146.17 - Limitations.

146.17
Limitations.
Nothing in the statutes shall be construed to authorize interference with the individual's right to select his or her own physician or mode of treatment, nor as a limitation upon the municipality to enact measures in aid of health administration, consistent with statute and acts of the department.
History:  1993 a. 482.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 146 - Miscellaneous health provisions. › 146.22 - Flushing devices for urinals.

146.22
Flushing devices for urinals.
The department shall not promulgate any rules which either directly or indirectly prohibit the use of manual flushing devices for urinals. The department shall take steps to encourage the use of manual flushing devices for urinals.
History:  1977 c. 418.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 146 - Miscellaneous health provisions. › 146.25 - Required implanting of microchip prohibited.

146.25
Required implanting of microchip prohibited.
(1)
No person may require an individual to undergo the implanting of a microchip.
(2)
Any person who violates sub. (1) may be required to forfeit not more than $10,000. Each day of continued violation constitutes a separate offense.
History:  2005 a. 482.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 146 - Miscellaneous health provisions. › 146.31 - Blood or tissue transfer services.

146.31
Blood or tissue transfer services.
(1)
It is unlawful to operate a blood bank for commercial profit.
(2)
The procurement, processing, distribution or use of whole blood, plasma, blood products, blood derivatives and other human tissues such as corneas, bones or organs for the purpose of injecting, transfusing or transplanting any of them into the human body is declared to be, for all purposes except as provided under s. 146.345, the rendition of a service by every person participating therein and, whether or not any remuneration is paid therefor, not to be a sale of the whole blood, plasma, blood products, blood derivatives or other tissues. No person involved in the procurement, processing, distribution or use of whole blood, plasma, blood products or blood derivatives for the purpose of injecting or transfusing any of them into the human body shall be liable for damages resulting from these activities except for his or her own negligence or willful misconduct.
(3)
No hospital, nonprofit tissue bank, physician, nurse or other medical personnel acting under the supervision and direction of a physician involved in the procurement, processing, distribution or use of human tissues such as corneas, bones or organs for the purpose of transplanting any of them into the human body shall be liable for damages resulting from those activities except for negligence or willful misconduct by that hospital, nonprofit tissue bank, physician, nurse or other medical personnel.
History:  1975 c. 75, 76; 1987 a. 97.
Sub. (1) is unconstitutional. It violates the commerce clause, article I, section 8, and the supremacy clause, article VI, of the U.S. Constitution. State v. Interstate Blood Bank, Inc., 65 Wis. 2d 482, 222 N.W.2d 912 (1974).
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 146 - Miscellaneous health provisions. › 146.33 - Blood donors.

146.33
Blood donors.
Any person who is 17 years old or older may donate blood in any voluntary and noncompensatory blood program, and any person who is 16 years old may donate blood in such a program if his or her parent or legal guardian consents to the donation.
History:  1971 c. 228; 1983 a. 21; 2007 a. 103.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 146 - Miscellaneous health provisions. › 146.343 - Donation of newborn umbilical cord blood.

146.343
Donation of newborn umbilical cord blood.
(1)
In this section, “hospital” has the meaning given in s. 50.33 (2).
(2)
Notwithstanding s. 146.33, the principal prenatal health care provider of a woman who is known to be pregnant shall, before the woman's 35th week of pregnancy, offer her information on options to donate, to an accepting and accredited cord blood bank, blood bank, blood center, or plasma center, blood extracted from the umbilical cord of her newborn child, if the donation may be made without monetary expense for the collection or storage to the woman, to any 3rd-party payor of health care coverage for the woman, or to the hospital in which delivery occurs.
(4)
No person may be held civilly liable for failure to comply, or for complying, with sub. (2).
History:  2005 a. 56; 2021 a. 239.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 146 - Miscellaneous health provisions. › 146.345 - Sale of human organs prohibited.

146.345
Sale of human organs prohibited.
(1)
In this section:
(a)
“Human organ" means a human kidney, liver, heart, lung, pancreas, bone marrow, cornea, eye, bone or skin or any other human organ specified by the department by rule. “Human organ" does not mean human whole blood, blood plasma, a blood product or a blood derivative or human semen.
(b)
“Human organ transplantation" means the medical procedure by which transfer of a human organ is made from the body of a person to the body of another person.
(c)
“Valuable consideration" does not include reasonable payment associated with the removal, transportation, implantation, processing, preservation, quality control or storage of a human organ or an expense of travel, housing or lost wages incurred by a human organ donor in connection with donation of the human organ.
(2)
No person may knowingly and for valuable consideration acquire, receive or otherwise transfer any human organ for use in human organ transplantation.
(3)
Any person who violates this section is guilty of a Class H felony, except that, notwithstanding the maximum fine specified in s. 939.50 (3) (h), the person may be fined not more than $50,000.
History:  1987 a. 97; 1997 a. 283; 2001 a. 109.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 146 - Miscellaneous health provisions. › 146.348 - Reimbursement in cancer clinical trial programs.

146.348
Reimbursement in cancer clinical trial programs.
(1)
In this section:
(a)
“Cancer clinical trial” means a research study that tests a new cancer treatment regimen on patients, including chemotherapy and other new treatments.
(b)
“Inducement” means paying a person money, including a lump sum or salary payment, to participate in a cancer clinical trial.
(c)
“Patient-subject” means a person participating in a cancer clinical trial.
(2)
All sponsors of cancer clinical trials shall provide potential patient-subjects at the time of the informed consent process the following information:
(a)
Whether reimbursement for travel and ancillary costs may be available to patient-subjects.
(b)
That coverage of the travel and ancillary costs is done to eliminate financial barriers to enrollment in order to retain patient-subjects in the cancer clinical trial.
(c)
Whether family members, friends, or chaperones who attend the cancer clinical trial treatments to support the patient-subject may be eligible for reimbursement of their travel and ancillary costs.
(3)
(a)
Reimbursement of travel, ancillary costs, and other direct patient-incurred expenses related to cancer clinical trial participation will not be considered an undue inducement to participate in a cancer clinical trial.
(b)
Reimbursement for travel and ancillary costs may not be considered coercive or as exerting undue influence to participate in a cancer clinical trial, but rather shall be considered a means to create parity in cancer clinical trial access and remove a barrier to participation for financially burdened patient-subjects.
(c)
Government, industry, public charities, private foundations and other nonprofit organizations, associations, corporations and other business entities, individuals, and any other legal or commercial entities may offer financial support to patient-subjects, or the family, friends, or chaperones of patient-subjects, to cover ancillary costs through their support of a reimbursement entity or program.
(4)
(a)
Language informing patient-subjects that reimbursement entities or programs that cover travel, ancillary costs, and other direct patient-incurred expenses may be available must be submitted for review to the relevant federally designated institutional review board in conjunction with the review of a proposed cancer clinical trial and included in the informed consent form approved by the institutional review board.
(b)
A reimbursement entity or program must disclose the nature of the ancillary support and general guidelines on financial eligibility to interested patient-subjects and employ a reimbursement process that conforms to federal law and guidance.
History:  2019 a. 150.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 146 - Miscellaneous health provisions. › 146.35 - Female genital mutilation prohibited.

146.35
Female genital mutilation prohibited.
(1)
In this section, “infibulate" means to clasp together with buckles or stitches.
(2)
Except as provided in sub. (3), no person may circumcise, excise or infibulate the labia majora, labia minora or clitoris of a female minor.
(3)
Subsection (2) does not apply if the circumcision, excision or infibulation is performed by a physician, as defined in s. 448.01 (5), and is necessary for the health of the female minor or is necessary to correct an anatomical abnormality.
(4)
None of the following may be asserted as a defense to prosecution for a violation of sub. (2):
(a)
Consent by the female minor or by a parent of the female minor to the circumcision, excision or infibulation.
(b)
The circumcision, excision or infibulation is required as a matter of custom or ritual.
(5)
Whoever violates sub. (2) is guilty of a Class H felony.
History:  1995 a. 365; 1997 a. 283; 2001 a. 109.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 146 - Miscellaneous health provisions. › 146.615 - Advanced practice clinician training grants.

146.615
Advanced practice clinician training grants.
(1)
In this section:
(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.
(2)
Beginning in fiscal year 2018-19, from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (fk), subject to sub. (3), the department shall distribute grants to hospitals and clinics that provide new training opportunities for advanced practice clinicians. The department shall distribute the grants under this section to hospitals and clinics that apply, in the form and manner determined by the department, to receive grants and that satisfy the criteria under sub. (3).
(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:
1.
Required books and materials.
2.
Tuition and fees.
3.
Stipends for reasonable living expenses.
4.
Preceptor costs, including preceptor compensation attributable to training, certification requirements, travel, and advanced practice clinician training.
(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.
(4)
A hospital or clinic sponsoring a training program for advanced practice clinicians supported by a grant under this section may determine what, if any, posteducation requirements must be fulfilled by participants in the training program for advanced practice clinicians.
History:  2017 a. 59; 2021 a. 240 s. 30.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 146 - Miscellaneous health provisions. › 146.616 - Allied health professional education and training grants.

146.616
Allied health professional education and training grants.
(1)
In this section:
(a)
“Allied health professional" means any individual who is a health care provider other than a physician, dentist, pharmacist, chiropractor, or podiatrist and who provides diagnostic, technical, therapeutic, or direct patient care and support services to the patient.
(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.
(2)
Beginning in fiscal year 2018-19, from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (fi), subject to subs. (3) to (5), the department shall distribute grants to hospitals, health systems, and educational entities that form health care education and training consortia for allied health professionals. The department shall distribute the grants under this section to hospitals, health systems, and educational entities that apply, in the form and manner determined by the department, to receive a grant and that satisfy the requirements established by the department under sub. (4).
(3)
(a)
The department may distribute up to $125,000 per fiscal year per consortium to be used for any of the following:
1.
Curriculum and faculty development.
2.
Tuition reimbursement.
3.
Clinical site or simulation expenses.
(b)
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 allied health professional training consortium.
(4)
The department shall determine the requirements for the formation of health care education and training consortia for allied health professionals.
(5)
In distributing grants under this section, the department shall give preference to rural hospitals, health systems with a rural hospital or rural clinic, and rural educational entities.
History:  2017 a. 59; 2023 a. 19.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 146 - Miscellaneous health provisions. › 146.618 - Treatment program grants.

146.618
Treatment program grants.
From s. 20.435 (5) (bg) or any available federal moneys, the department shall distribute a total of $750,000 in grants in each fiscal year to support treatment programs. Grant recipients shall use moneys awarded under this section for supervision, training, and resources, including salaries, benefits, and other related costs.
History:  2019 a. 9; 2021 a. 58.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 146 - Miscellaneous health provisions. › 146.62 - Rural hospital loan program.

146.62
Rural hospital loan program.
(1)
Definition. In this section:
(a)
“Hospital" has the meaning given under s. 50.33 (2).
(b)
“Rural" means outside a metropolitan statistical area, as specified under 42 CFR 412.62 (f) (ii) (A).
(4)
Departmental duties. The department shall negotiate with each recipient of a loan made under s. 146.62 (2) and (3), 1989 stats., the schedule of repayments and collect the loan repayments as they are due. Loan repayments shall be deposited in the general fund. Except as provided in sub. (5), repayment for each loan shall begin no later than 12 months after the project funded under the loan begins operation.
(5)
Loan forgiveness. If a rural hospital that receives a loan under s. 146.62 (2) and (3), 1989 stats., is unable to undertake the proposed project, the rural hospital may submit to the department a final report concerning the feasibility of loan repayment. The department shall review the report and may forgive all or part of the loan.
History:  1989 a. 31; 1991 a. 39; 1993 a. 16; 2011 a. 258.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 146 - Miscellaneous health provisions. › 146.63 - Grants to establish graduate medical training programs.

146.63
Grants to establish graduate medical training programs.
(1)
Definition. In this section, “rural hospital" means a hospital, as defined under s. 50.33 (2), that is not located in a 1st class city.
(2)
Departmental duties.
(a)
Subject to subs. (4) and (5), the department shall distribute grants from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (4) (bf) to assist rural hospitals and groups of rural hospitals in procuring infrastructure and increasing case volume to the extent necessary to develop accredited graduate medical training programs. The department shall distribute the grants under this paragraph to rural hospitals and groups of rural hospitals that apply to receive a grant under sub. (3) and that satisfy the criteria established by the department under par. (b) and the eligibility requirement under sub. (6).
(b)
The department shall establish criteria for approving and distributing grants under par. (a) and criteria for approving plans under sub. (3).
(3)
Grant application. A rural hospital or group of rural hospitals may apply, in the form and manner determined by the department, to receive a grant under sub. (2) (a). The rural hospital or group of rural hospitals shall include in the application a plan to use the funds to procure infrastructure or increase case volume to the extent necessary to develop an accredited graduate medical training program at the rural hospital or group of rural hospitals and a plan to satisfy the matching requirement under sub. (4).
(4)
Matching funds. The department may not distribute a grant under sub. (2) (a) unless the rural hospital or group of rural hospitals offers to provide matching funds in an amount determined by the department.
(5)
Term of grants. The department may not distribute a grant under sub. (2) (a) for a term that is more than 5 years to a rural hospital or group of rural hospitals.
(6)
Eligibility. A rural hospital or group of rural hospitals may only receive a grant under sub. (3) if the plan to use the funds involves developing an accredited graduate medical training program in a specialty, including any of the following:
(a)
Family medicine.
(b)
Pediatrics.
(c)
Psychiatry.
(d)
General surgery.
(e)
Internal medicine.
History:  2013 a. 20; 2019 a. 9; 2023 a. 19.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 146 - Miscellaneous health provisions. › 146.64 - Grants to support graduate medical training programs.

146.64
Grants to support graduate medical training programs.
(1)
Definition. In this section, “hospital" has the meaning given under s. 50.33 (2).
(2)
Departmental duties.
(a)
Subject to par. (c) and sub. (4), the department shall distribute grants to hospitals to fund the addition of positions to existing accredited graduate medical training programs. The department shall distribute the grants under this paragraph to hospitals that apply to receive a grant under sub. (3) and that satisfy the criteria established by the department under par. (b) and the eligibility requirement under sub. (4).
(b)
The department shall establish criteria for approving and distributing grants under par. (a).
(c)
1.
The department shall distribute funds for grants under par. (a) from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (4) (bf). The department may not distribute more than $225,000 from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (4) (bf) to a particular hospital in a given state fiscal year and may not distribute more than $75,000 from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (4) (bf) to fund a given position in a graduate medical training program in a given state fiscal year.
2.
If the department receives matching federal medical assistance funds, the department shall distribute those funds for grants under par. (a) in addition to any funds distributed under subd. 1.
(d)
The department shall seek federal medical assistance funds to match the grants distributed under par. (a). If the department receives those funds, the department shall distribute them as provided in par. (c) 2.
(3)
Grant application. A hospital may apply, in the form and manner determined by the department, to receive a grant under sub. (2) (a).
(4)
Eligibility. A hospital that has an accredited graduate medical training program in a specialty, including any of the following, may apply to receive a grant under sub. (3):
(a)
Family medicine.
(b)
Pediatrics.
(c)
Psychiatry.
(d)
General surgery.
(e)
Internal medicine.
History:  2013 a. 20; 2019 a. 9.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 146 - Miscellaneous health provisions. › 146.65 - Rural health dental clinics.

146.65
Rural health dental clinics.
(1)
From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (1) (dm), the department shall distribute moneys as follows:
(a)
In each fiscal year, not more than $232,000, to the rural health dental clinic located in Ladysmith that provides dental services to persons who are developmentally disabled or elderly or who have low income, in the counties of Rusk, Price, Taylor, Sawyer, and Chippewa.
(b)
In each fiscal year, not more than $355,600, to the rural health dental clinic located in Menomonie that provides dental services to persons who are developmentally disabled or elderly or who have low income, in the counties of Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, and St. Croix.
(c)
In each fiscal year, not more than $400,000, to a rural health clinic in Chippewa Falls to provide dental services to persons who are developmentally disabled or elderly or who have low income, in the area surrounding Chippewa Falls, including the counties of Chippewa, Dunn, Barron, Taylor, Clark, and Eau Claire.
(2)
The department shall also seek federal funding to support the operations of the rural health dental clinics under sub. (1).
History:  2001 a. 16; 2003 a. 33; 2005 a. 25; 2009 a. 28.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 146 - Miscellaneous health provisions. › 146.66 - Low-income dental clinics.

146.66
Low-income dental clinics.
(1)
From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (1) (dk), in each fiscal year, the department shall award grants to no fewer than 9 nonprofit dental clinics that meet the eligibility requirements under sub. (2) and are located in this state.
(2)
To be eligible for a grant under sub. (1), a nonprofit dental clinic must satisfy all of the following requirements:
(a)
The clinic does not receive federal funds under 42 USC 254b.
(b)
The clinic's primary purpose is to provide dental care to low-income patients, which may include any of the following individuals:
1.
Recipients of medical assistance, as defined in s. 49.43 (8).
2.
Low-income individuals who do not qualify for medical assistance, as defined in s. 49.43 (8).
3.
Individuals under the age of 18.
4.
Individuals over the age of 65.
5.
Individuals with disabilities.
(3)
The department shall seek federal funding to support the operations of dental clinics that receive grants under sub. (1) and shall request that the federal department of health and human services encourage collaborative arrangements between private dentists and health centers that receive federal funds under 42 USC 254b.
History:  2011 a. 32.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 146 - Miscellaneous health provisions. › 146.68 - Grant for colposcopies and other services.

146.68
Grant for colposcopies and other services.
From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (1) (dg), the department shall provide $75,000 in each fiscal year to an entity that satisfies the following criteria to provide colposcopic examinations and to provide services to medical assistance recipients or persons who are eligible for medical assistance:
(1)
The entity is located in the western or northern public health region of the state, as determined by the department.
(2)
The entity provides Papanicolaou tests, and at least 50 percent of the persons for whom the entity provides Papanicolaou tests are recipients of medical assistance or are eligible for medical assistance.
History:  2007 a. 20; 2009 a. 28.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 146 - Miscellaneous health provisions. › 146.69 - Grants for the Surgical Collaborative of Wisconsin.

146.69
Grants for the Surgical Collaborative of Wisconsin.
The department shall award a grant in an amount of $150,000 per fiscal year to the Surgical Collaborative of Wisconsin.
NOTE:  This section is repealed eff. 7-1-25 by 2023 Wis. Act 19.
History:  2023 a. 19.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 146 - Miscellaneous health provisions. › 146.71 - Determination of death.

146.71
Determination of death.
An individual who has sustained either irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions or irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem, is dead. A determination of death shall be made in accordance with accepted medical standards.
History:  1981 c. 134.
To determine whether an infant was “born alive" under s. 939.22 (16) for purposes of the homicide laws, courts apply this section. State v. Cornelius, 152 Wis. 2d 272, 448 N.W.2d 434 (Ct. App. 1989).
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 146 - Miscellaneous health provisions. › 146.815 - Contents of certain patient health care records.

146.815
Contents of certain patient health care records.
(1)
Patient health care records maintained for hospital inpatients shall include, if obtainable, the inpatient's occupation and the industry in which the inpatient is employed at the time of admission, plus the inpatient's usual occupation.
(2)
(a)
If a hospital inpatient's health problems may be related to the inpatient's occupation or past occupations, the inpatient's physician shall ensure that the inpatient's health care record contains available information from the patient or family about these occupations and any potential health hazards related to these occupations.
(b)
If a hospital inpatient's health problems may be related to the occupation or past occupations of the inpatient's parents, the inpatient's physician shall ensure that the inpatient's health care record contains available information from the patient or family about these occupations and any potential health hazards related to these occupations.
(3)
The department shall provide forms that may be used to record information specified under sub. (2) and shall provide guidelines for determining whether to prepare the occupational history required under sub. (2). Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a hospital or physician to collect information required in this section from or about a patient who chooses not to divulge such information.
History:  1981 c. 214.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 146 - Miscellaneous health provisions. › 146.816 - Uses and disclosures of protected health information.

146.816
Uses and disclosures of protected health information.
(1)
In this section:
(a)
“Business associate" has the meaning given in 45 CFR 160.103.
(b)
“Covered entity" has the meaning given in 45 CFR 160.103.
(c)
“Disclosure" has the meaning given in 45 CFR 160.103 and includes redisclosures and rereleases of information.
(d)
“Health care operations" has the meaning given in 45 CFR 164.501.
(e)
“Payment" has the meaning given in 45 CFR 164.501.
(f)
“Protected health information" has the meaning given in 45 CFR 160.103.
(g)
“Treatment" has the meaning given in 45 CFR 164.501.
(h)
“Treatment facility" has the meaning given in s. 51.01 (19).
(i)
“Use" has the meaning given in 45 CFR 160.103.
(2)
Sections 51.30 (4) (a) and (e) and 146.82 and rules promulgated under s. 51.30 (12) do not apply to a use, disclosure, or request for disclosure of protected health information by a covered entity or its business associate that meets all the following criteria:
(a)
The covered entity or its business associate makes the use, disclosure, or request for disclosure in compliance with 45 CFR 164.500 to 164.534.
(b)
The covered entity or its business associate makes the use, disclosure, or request for disclosure in any of the following circumstances:
1.
For purposes of treatment.
2.
For purposes of payment.
3.
For purposes of health care operations.
4.
For purposes of disclosing information about a patient in a good faith effort to prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to the health or safety of a person or the public.
5.
For purposes of disclosing under s. 175.32 any threat made by a patient regarding violence in or targeted at a school in a good faith effort to prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to the health or safety of a student or school employee or the public.
(3)
A covered entity that is a treatment facility shall comply with the notice of privacy practices obligations under 45 CFR 164.520, including the obligation to include in plain language in the notice of privacy practices a statement of the individual's rights with respect to protected health information and a brief description of how the individual may exercise those rights including the right to request restrictions on uses and disclosures of protected health information about the individual to carry out treatment, payment, or health care operations as provided in 45 CFR 164.522.
(4)
The department shall make a comprehensive and accessible document written in commonly understood language that explains health information privacy rights available to all applicable health care facilities in the state and on the department's Internet site.
History:  2013 a. 238; 2017 a. 140, 143.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 146 - Miscellaneous health provisions. › 146.817 - Preservation of fetal monitor tracings and microfilm copies.

146.817
Preservation of fetal monitor tracings and microfilm copies.
(1)
In this section, “fetal monitor tracing" means documentation of the heart tones of a fetus during labor and delivery of the mother of the fetus that are recorded from an electronic fetal monitor machine.
(2)
(a)
Unless a health care provider has first made and preserved a microfilm copy of a patient's fetal monitor tracing, the health care provider may delete or destroy part or all of the patient's fetal monitor tracing only if 35 days prior to the deletion or destruction the health care provider provides written notice to the patient.
(b)
If a health care provider has made and preserved a microfilm copy of a patient's fetal monitor tracing and if the health care provider has deleted or destroyed part or all of the patient's fetal monitor tracing, the health care provider may delete or destroy part or all of the microfilm copy of the patient's fetal monitor tracing only if 35 days prior to the deletion or destruction the health care provider provides written notice to the patient.
(c)
The notice specified in pars. (a) and (b) shall be sent to the patient's last-known address and shall inform the patient of the imminent deletion or destruction of the fetal monitor tracing or of the microfilm copy of the fetal monitor tracing and of the patient's right, within 30 days after receipt of notice, to obtain the fetal monitor tracing or the microfilm copy of the fetal monitor tracing from the health care provider.
(d)
The notice requirements under this subsection do not apply after 5 years after a fetal monitor tracing was first made.
History:  1987 a. 27, 399, 403.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 146 - Miscellaneous health provisions. › 146.835 - Parents denied physical placement rights.

146.835
Parents denied physical placement rights.
A parent who has been denied periods of physical placement under s. 767.41 (4) (b) or 767.451 (4) may not have the rights of a parent or guardian under this chapter with respect to access to that child's patient health care records under s. 146.82 or 146.83.
History:  1987 a. 355; 2005 a. 443 s. 265.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 146 - Miscellaneous health provisions. › 146.836 - Applicability.

146.836
Applicability.
Sections 146.815, 146.82, 146.83 (4) and 146.835 apply to all patient health care records, including those on which written, drawn, printed, spoken, visual, electromagnetic or digital information is recorded or preserved, regardless of physical form or characteristics.
History:  1999 a. 78.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 146 - Miscellaneous health provisions. › 146.87 - Federal registration numbers for prescribers of controlled substances.

146.87
Federal registration numbers for prescribers of controlled substances.
(1)
In this section:
(a)
“Controlled substance" has the meaning given in s. 961.01 (4).
(b)
“Federal registration number" means the registration number required under 21 USC 822 for practitioners who prescribe controlled substances.
(c)
“Health care provider" has the meaning given in 42 USC 1320d (3).
(d)
“Practitioner" has the meaning given in s. 450.01 (17).
(e)
“Prescription order" has the meaning given in s. 450.01 (21).
(2)
Beginning on the first day on which small health plans are required to comply with a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services regulation under 42 USC 1320d-2 (b) that requires use of a unique identifier for health care providers, no person may do any of the following:
(a)
Require that a practitioner include his or her federal registration number on a prescription order for a drug or device that is not a controlled substance.
(b)
Disclose a practitioner's federal registration number without the practitioner's consent for any purpose other than complying with or enforcing federal or state law related to controlled substances.
(c)
Use a federal registration number to identify or monitor the prescribing practices of a practitioner, except for the purpose of complying with or enforcing federal or state law related to controlled substances.
(3)
A person who violates this section may be required to forfeit not more than $10,000 for each violation.
History:  2003 a. 272.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 146 - Miscellaneous health provisions. › 146.905 - Reduction in fees prohibited.

146.905
Reduction in fees prohibited.
(1)
Except as provided in sub. (2), a health care provider, as defined in s. 146.81 (1) (a) to (p), that provides a service or a product to an individual with coverage under a disability insurance policy, as defined in s. 632.895 (1) (a), may not reduce or eliminate or offer to reduce or eliminate coinsurance or a deductible required under the terms of the disability insurance policy.
(2)
Subsection (1) does not apply if payment of the total fee would impose an undue financial hardship on the individual receiving the service or product.
History:  1991 a. 250; 1995 a. 225; 2009 a. 28.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 146 - Miscellaneous health provisions. › 146.91 - Long-term care insurance.

146.91
Long-term care insurance.
(1)
In this section, “long-term care insurance" means insurance that provides coverage both for an extended stay in a nursing home and home health services for a person with a chronic condition. The insurance may also provide coverage for other services that assist the insured person in living outside a nursing home including but not limited to adult day care and continuing care retirement communities.
(2)
The department, with the advice of the council on long-term care insurance, the office of the commissioner of insurance, the board on aging and long-term care and the department of employee trust funds, shall design a program that includes the following:
(a)
Subsidizing premiums for persons purchasing long-term care insurance, based on the purchasers' ability to pay.
(b)
Reinsuring by the state of policies issued in this state by long-term care insurers.
(3)
The department shall collect any data on health care costs and utilization that the department determines to be necessary to design the program under sub. (2).
(6)
The department, with the advice of the council on long-term care insurance, may examine use of tax incentives for the sale and purchase of long-term care insurance.
History:  1987 a. 27; 1989 a. 56; 2007 a. 20.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 146 - Miscellaneous health provisions. › 146.95 - Patient visitation.

146.95
Patient visitation.
(1)
Definitions. In this section:
(a)
“Health care provider" has the meaning given in s. 155.01 (7).
(b)
“Inpatient health care facility" has the meaning given in s. 252.14 (1) (d).
(c)
“Treatment facility" has the meaning given in s. 51.01 (19).
(2)
Patient-designated visitors.
(a)
Any individual who is 18 years of age or older may identify to a health care provider at an inpatient health care facility at any time, either orally or in writing, those persons with whom the individual wishes to visit while the individual is a patient at the inpatient health care facility. Except as provided in par. (b), no inpatient health care facility may deny visitation during the inpatient health care facility's regular visiting hours to any person identified by the individual.
(b)
Subject to s. 51.61 for a treatment facility, an inpatient health care facility may deny visitation with a patient to any person if any of the following applies:
1.
The inpatient health care facility or a health care provider determines that the patient may not receive any visitors.
2.
The inpatient health care facility or a health care provider determines that the presence of the person would endanger the health or safety of the patient.
3.
The inpatient health care facility determines that the presence of the person would interfere with the primary operations of the inpatient health care facility.
4.
The patient has subsequently expressed in writing to a health care provider at the inpatient health care facility that the patient no longer wishes to visit with the person. Unless subd. 2. applies, an inpatient health care facility may not under this subdivision deny visitation to the person based on a claim by someone other than a health care provider that the patient has orally expressed that the patient no longer wishes to visit with that person.
History:  1997 a. 153.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 146 - Miscellaneous health provisions. › 146.96 - Uniform claim processing form.

146.96
Uniform claim processing form.
Beginning no later than July 1, 2004, every health care provider, as defined in s. 146.81 (1) (a) to (p), shall use the uniform claim processing form developed by the commissioner of insurance under s. 601.41 (9) (b) when submitting a claim to an insurer.
History:  2001 a. 109; 2009 a. 28.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 148 - Medical societies. › 148.015 - State society.

148.015
State society.
(1)
The State Medical Society of Wisconsin is continued with the general powers of a corporation. It may from time to time adopt, alter, and enforce constitution, bylaws, and regulations for admission and expulsion of members, election of officers, and management.
(2)
A member expelled from a county medical society may appeal to the state society, whose decision shall be final.
History:  1987 a. 13; Stats. 1987 s. 148.015; 2001 a. 103.
The transfer of all the assets and liabilities of the State Medical Society's Wisconsin Physicians Service was precluded by the Society's statutory duty of exclusive control, since the transfer would result in separation of the Society's assets from those of the new corporation and permit use of Physicians Service assets and structure for purposes not consistent with the legislative intent of ch. 148. State Medical Society v. Comm. of Insurance, 70 Wis. 2d 144, 233 N.W.2d 470 (1975).
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 148 - Medical societies. › 148.02 - County societies.

148.02
County societies.
(1)
The physicians and surgeons, not less than 5 in number, of the several counties, except those counties where a county medical society already exists, may meet at such time and place at the county seat as a majority agree upon and organize a county medical society. When so organized, a county medical society:
(a)
Shall be a body corporate by the name of the medical society of the county for which it is organized.
(b)
Shall have the general powers of a corporation.
(c)
May take, by purchase or gift, and hold real and personal property.
(1m)
All County medical societies organized prior to June 7, 1878, shall have the powers and privileges conferred by this chapter.
(2)
Physicians and surgeons who have received a license from the medical examining board shall be entitled to meet to organize or become members of the county medical society.
(3)
If there is not a sufficient number of physicians and surgeons in any county to form a county medical society they may associate with those of adjoining counties, and the physicians and surgeons of not more than 15 adjoining counties may organize a county medical society under this chapter, meeting at such time and place as a majority agree upon.
(4)
A county medical society may from time to time adopt, alter and enforce constitution, bylaws and regulations for the admission and expulsion of members, election of officers, and management, not inconsistent with the constitution, bylaws and regulations of the state society.
History:  1971 c. 164 s. 91; 1987 a. 13; 1997 a. 254.