Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 55-89 - Food, Lodging, and Recreation Safety › Chapter ATCP 78 - Recreational And Educational Camps › Subchapter I - Definitions, Authority and Purpose › Section ATCP 78.03 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this chapter:
(1) "Adirondack shelter" means an
				  open-fronted shelter having a roof that slopes backward.
(2) "Adult" means a person 18 years of age or
				  older.
(3) "Active (effective)
				  managerial control" means the purposeful incorporation, monitoring, and
				  verification of systems in a camp that proactively reduce the risk of safety
				  and health hazards.
(4) "Agent"
				  means a local health department as defined in s.
				  250.01(4),
				  Stats., that has entered into a contract with the department and is authorized
				  under the terms of that contract to administer a retail food establishment,
				  lodging, and recreational safety regulatory program, pursuant to ss.
				  97.41 and
				  97.615(2),
				  Stats., in the health department's area of jurisdiction.
(5) "Approved" means acceptable to the
				  department, based on its determination of conformance with this chapter and
				  good public health practices.
(6)
				  "Aquatic program activity" means any recreational or instructional activity
				  occurring in or on a natural or man-made body of water. "Aquatic program
				  activity" does not include any of the following: fishing from a dock or shore
				  or engaging in contact with water depths less than 12 inches, such as a tadpole
				  or frog nature study.
(7)
				  "Attendant means a person trained to control patrons in a safe and orderly
				  manner. The attendant can be any noncertified staff member assigned by and
				  under direct supervision of certified aquatic personnel, utilized in addition
				  to certified persons to be additional "eyes" watching swimmers or boaters. This
				  person may also be referred to as a lookout.
(8) "Bed" means a piece of furniture for
				  sleep or rest for an individual camper in a permanent sleeping quarter,
				  including a framework with a mattress and coverings, cot, bunk, sleeping pad,
				  air mattress, or yoga mat placed on the floor.
(9) "Belay system" means the individual or
				  group action of managing the tension in a climber's life safety rope with the
				  intention of protecting the climber at an elevated height.
(10) "Boat" means every description of
				  watercraft used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on
				  water.
(11) "Camp" means a
				  recreational and educational camp.
(12) "Camp health supervisor" means an adult
				  responsible for supervising routine and emergency health care at the
				  camp.
(13) "Camp staff" means paid
				  or unpaid personnel involved with camp operations. Camp staff does not mean a
				  parent or guardian that accompanies a child to camp as a participant and does
				  not have unsupervised activity with other campers.
(14) "Camper" means an individual under the
				  care and supervision of the camp or a rental group that has a written agreement
				  with the camp and includes all of the following:
(a) a minor child.
(b) An adult with developmental
				  disability.
(c) Children, youth and
				  adults under legal guardianship or court directed
				  conservatorship.