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Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 144 - Immunization Of Students › Section DHS 144.02 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) "Advanced practice nurse prescriber" has
				the meaning given in s. N 8.02 (2).
(2) "Child care center" has the meaning given
				in s. 49.136 (1) (ad), Stats.
(3)
				"Department" means the Wisconsin department of health services, unless
				otherwise specified.
(4) "DT" means
				pediatric diphtheria and tetanus vaccine.
(5) "DTaP" means pediatric diphtheria,
				tetanus, and acellular pertussis vaccine.
(6) "DTP" means pediatric diphtheria,
				tetanus, and pertussis vaccine.
(7)
				"Hib" means Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine.
(8) "Hep B" means hepatitis B
				vaccine.
(9) "Immunization" means
				the process of inducing immunity artificially by receiving an
				immunobiologic.
(10) "Local health
				department" has the meaning given in s. 250.01 (4), Stats.
(11) "Mening" means a meningococcal vaccine
				containing, at a minimum, serogroups A, C, W, and Y.
(12) "MMR" means measles, mumps, and rubella
				vaccine received in combination or as separate vaccines.
(13) "Municipality" means any town, village,
				city, or county.
(14) "Parent"
				means the parent, parents, guardian, or legal custodian of any minor
				student.
(15) "PCV" means
				pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.
(16) "Physician" means an individual
				possessing the degree of doctor of medicine or doctor of osteopathy or an
				equivalent degree as determined by the medical examining board under s. 448.05 (2), Stats., and holding a license granted by the medical examining board under
				s. 448.06, Stats.
(17) "Physician
				assistant" has the meaning given in s. 448.971 (2), Stats.
(18) "School" means any public or private
				elementary, middle, junior or senior high school, which provides educational
				instruction to students in any grade kindergarten through 12, or in an ungraded
				educational setting, or to preschool children enrolled in early childhood
				programs.
(18m) "School day," in
				reference to schools, has the meaning prescribed in s. 115.01 (10), Stats.
				"School day," in reference to child care centers, means any day that the center
				is open and caring for children.
(19) "Student" means any individual enrolled
				in or attending a school or child care center.
(20) "Subsided" in reference to a substantial
				outbreak means passage of 2 incubation periods for the disease causing the
				outbreak without additional cases, unless a shorter period of time is judged
				adequate by the department.
(21)
				"Substantial outbreak" means occurrence of any of the following diseases at the
				threshold determined by the department using epidemiological factors such as
				time and place:
(a) Measles.
(b) Mumps.
(c) Rubella.
(d) Polio.
(e) Pertussis.
(f) Diphtheria.
(g) Haemophilus influenzae type b.
(h) Varicella.
(i) Meningococcal disease.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 144 - Immunization Of Students › Section DHS 144.04 - Waiver for health reasons

Current through June 24, 2024
Upon certification by a physician that an immunization
				  required under s. 252.04, Stats., is or may be
				  harmful to the health of a student, the requirements for that immunization
				  shall be waived by the department. Written evidence of any required
				  immunization which the student has previously received shall be submitted to
				  the school or child care center with the waiver form.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 144 - Immunization Of Students › Section DHS 144.05 - Waiver for reason of religious or personal conviction

Current through June 24, 2024
Immunization requirements under s.
				  252.04, Stats., shall be waived
				  by the department upon presentation of a signed statement by the parent of a
				  minor student or by the adult student which declares an objection to
				  immunization on religious or personal conviction grounds. Written evidence of
				  any required immunization which the student has previously received shall be
				  submitted to the school or child care center with the waiver
				  form.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 144 - Immunization Of Students › Section DHS 144.06 - Responsibilities of parents and adult students

Current through June 24, 2024
The parent of any minor student, or the adult student, shall
				  secure the immunizations required under s.
				  252.04, Stats., from available
				  health care sources such as physicians' offices, hospitals or local health
				  departments, or shall submit the waiver form.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 144 - Immunization Of Students › Section DHS 144.07 - Responsibilities of schools and child care centers

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The
				responsibilities of schools under these rules shall be those of the local
				school board and the school administrator. The licensee for each child care
				center shall be responsible for compliance with these rules. The school or
				child care center shall assure compliance with s.
				252.04(2),
				Stats.
(1m) By the 15th school day
				after a student is admitted to a school or child care center and again by the
				25th school day after a student is admitted to a school or child care center,
				the school or child care center shall notify the adult student or the parent of
				any minor student who has not submitted either written evidence of immunization
				or a waiver form. Notification shall include instructions for complying with
				the requirements of s.
				252.04(2),
				Stats., including a list of missing immunizations, the availability of waivers
				for reasons of health, religion, or personal conviction, and an explanation of
				the penalty for noncompliance.
(2)
				For any student who has received the first dose of each immunization required
				for that student's age or grade under s. DHS 144.03, but who has not received
				all of the required doses, the school shall obtain written evidence that the
				student has received the required subsequent doses of immunization as they are
				administered, but no later than the deadlines described in s. DHS
				144.03.
(3) If any minor student
				for whom a waiver form is not filed fails to comply with the immunization
				requirements described in s. DHS 144.03 by the date of admission to the school
				or child care center, the school or child care center may, within 60 school
				days of that failure to comply, notify the district attorney in writing, with
				the notice to include the student's name and the name and address of the
				student's parent, and request the district attorney to seek a court order under
				s. 48.13(13),
				Stats. The school or child care center may keep the district attorney apprised
				of the subsequent compliance of a student initially reported to the district
				attorney.
(4)
(a) The school and the child care center
				shall report to both the local health department and the department the degree
				of compliance with s.
				252.04, Stats., and this chapter
				by students in that school or child care center.
(b) These reports shall be in a format
				prescribed by the department and shall be made by schools within 40 school days
				after the beginning of the term and by child care centers at intervals
				prescribed by the department. Updated reports shall be filed by the school on
				students who are in the process of being immunized. These updated reports shall
				be filed within 10 school days after the deadlines listed in s. DHS
				144.03.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 144 - Immunization Of Students › Section DHS 144.08 - Responsibilities of local health departments

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Each local
				health department shall make available the immunizations required under s.
				252.04(2),
				Stats., insofar as the vaccine is available without charge from the department
				under ch. DHS 146. Vaccines made available free from the department under ch.
				DHS 146 shall be administered without charge for the cost of the biologic. By
				mutual agreement, responsibility for making the needed immunizations available
				may be transferred from the local health department to a school or child care
				center.
(2) By November 15 of each
				year, each local health department shall report to the department statistical
				information concerning the degree of compliance with s.
				252.04, Stats., of students
				within its service area. These reports shall be on a form prescribed by the
				department.
(3) The local health
				department shall assist the department in informing schools and child care
				centers of the provisions of s.
				252.04, Stats., and this
				chapter.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 144 - Immunization Of Students › Section DHS 144.09 - Responsibilities of the department

Current through June 24, 2024
(1)
(a) The department, in cooperation with local
				boards of health and health officers, local school boards and school and child
				care center administrators and other agencies, as appropriate, shall provide
				guidance to parents, physicians, schools, day care centers, and local health
				departments in understanding the minimum immunization requirements under s.
				252.04, Stats., and this
				chapter, the reasons behind their establishment and the process for
				implementing them.
(b) The
				department shall undertake a public education campaign to inform parents of
				students about requirements and rights under s.
				252.04, Stats., and this
				chapter.
(c) The department shall
				prepare the reporting and waiver forms required under this chapter, and shall
				make copies of those forms available without charge.
Note:
Contact the Wisconsin Immunization Program
				  at 608-267-9959 for copies of required reporting and waiver
				  forms.
(d) The department
				may temporarily suspend an immunization requirement if the department
				determines that the supply of a necessary vaccine is inadequate.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 145 - Control Of Communicable Diseases › Subchapter I - General Provisions › Section DHS 145.01 - Statutory authority

Current through June 24, 2024
This chapter is promulgated under the authority of ss.
					 252.02(4),
					 252.06(1),
					 252.07(1p) and
					 (11),
					 252.10(1),
					 252.10(6) (a) and
					 (b),
					 252.11(1) and
					 (1m),
					 254.51(3)
					 and
					 990.01(5g),
					 Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 145 - Control Of Communicable Diseases › Subchapter I - General Provisions › Section DHS 145.02 - Purpose and scope

Current through June 24, 2024
This chapter establishes a surveillance system for the
					 purpose of controlling the incidence and spread of communicable diseases. This
					 surveillance system consists of timely and effective communicable disease
					 reporting, means of intervention to prevent transmission of communicable
					 diseases, and investigation, prevention and control of outbreaks by local
					 health officers and the department, and in addition provides information
					 otherwise pertinent to understanding the burden of communicable disease on the
					 general population.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 145 - Control Of Communicable Diseases › Subchapter I - General Provisions › Section DHS 145.04 - Reports of communicable diseases

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) RESPONSIBILITY
				  FOR REPORTING.
(a) Any person licensed under
				  ch. 441 or 448, Stats., knowing of or in attendance on a case or suspected case
				  shall notify the local health officer or, if required under Appendix A of this
				  chapter, the state epidemiologist, in the manner prescribed in this
				  section.
(b) Each laboratory shall
				  report the identification or suspected identification of a disease-causing
				  organism or laboratory findings indicating the presence of a communicable
				  disease to the local health officer or, if required under Appendix A of this
				  chapter, to the state epidemiologist.
(bg) Each laboratory shall forward a specimen
				  to the state laboratory of hygiene, or another laboratory designated by the
				  state epidemiologist, for confirmatory or investigation purposes if requested
				  by the state epidemiologist.
(br)
				  Each laboratory shall report a negative test result to the local health officer
				  to justify release from isolation or quarantine if requested by the state
				  epidemiologist or the local health officer.
(c) Each health care facility shall ensure
				  that reports are made to the local health officer or, if required under
				  Appendix A of this chapter, to the state epidemiologist, in the manner
				  specified in sub. (3). When a case is identified or suspected in a health care
				  facility having an organized program of infection control, the person in charge
				  of the infection control program shall ensure that the case or suspected case
				  is reported to the local health officer or, if required under Appendix A of
				  this chapter, to the state epidemiologist, minimizing unnecessary duplication.
(cm) Each health care facility
				  shall report a negative test result to the local health officer to justify
				  release from isolation or quarantine if requested by the state epidemiologist
				  or the local health officer.
(d)
				  Any teacher, principal or nurse serving a school or day care center knowing of
				  a case or suspected case in the school or center shall notify the local health
				  officer or, if required under Appendix A of this chapter, the state
				  epidemiologist, in the manner prescribed in this section.
(e) Any person who knows or suspects that a
				  person has a communicable disease shall report the facts to the local health
				  officer or, if required under Appendix A of this chapter, to the state
				  epidemiologist.
(g) Nothing in this
				  subsection lessens the requirement for confidentiality of HIV test results
				  under s.
				  252.15,
				  Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 145 - Control Of Communicable Diseases › Subchapter I - General Provisions › Section DHS 145.05 - Investigation and control of communicable diseases

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The local
				  health officer shall use all reasonable means to confirm in a timely manner any
				  case or suspected case of a communicable disease and shall ascertain so far as
				  possible all sources of infection and exposures to the infection. Follow-up and
				  investigative information shall be completed by the local health officer and
				  reported to the state epidemiologist on forms provided by the
				  department.
(2) Local health
				  officers shall follow the methods of control set out in official reports of the
				  American Public Health Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics,
				  unless specified otherwise by the state epidemiologist. Specific medical
				  treatment shall be prescribed by a physician or an advanced practice nurse
				  prescriber.
(3) Any person licensed
				  under ch. 441 or 448, Stats., attending a person with a communicable disease
				  shall instruct the person in the applicable methods of control contained in
				  official reports of the American Public Health Association and the American
				  Academy of Pediatrics, unless specified otherwise by the state epidemiologist,
				  and shall cooperate with the local health officer and the department in their
				  investigation and control procedures.
(4) The department in cooperation with the
				  local health officer shall institute special disease surveillances, follow-up
				  reports and control measures consistent with contemporary epidemiologic
				  practice in order to study and control any apparent outbreak or unusual
				  occurrence of communicable diseases.
The official report of the American Public Health
						Association entitled Control of Communicable Diseases Manual, 20th edition
						(2015), edited by David L. Heymann, is available for purchase from the American
						Public Health Association, Publications Sales, PO Box 933019, Atlanta, GA
						31193-3019. The official report of the American Academy of Pediatrics entitled
						Red Book: 2015 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases, 30th edition
						(2015), edited by David W. Kimberlin is available for purchase from the
						American Academy of Pediatrics, 141 Northwest Point Blvd, Elk Grove Village, IL
						60007-1019. These reports are on file in the Department's Division of Public
						Health and the Legislative Reference
						Bureau.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 145 - Control Of Communicable Diseases › Subchapter I - General Provisions › Section DHS 145.06 - General statement of powers for control of communicable disease

Current through June 24, 2024
(1)
				  APPLICABILITY. The general powers under this section apply to all communicable
				  diseases listed in Appendix A of this chapter and any other infectious disease
				  which the chief medical officer deems poses a threat to the citizens of the
				  state.
(2) PERSONS WHOSE
				  SUBSTANTIATED CONDITION POSES A THREAT TO OTHERS. A person may be considered to
				  have a contagious medical condition which poses a threat to others if that
				  person has been medically diagnosed as having any communicable disease and
				  exhibits any of the following:
(a) A behavior
				  which has been demonstrated epidemiologically to transmit the disease to others
				  or which evidences a careless disregard for the transmission of the disease to
				  others.
(b) Past behavior that
				  evidences a substantial likelihood that the person will transmit the disease to
				  others or statements of the person that are credible indicators of the person's
				  intent to transmit the disease to others.
(c) Refusal to complete a medically directed
				  regimen of examination and treatment necessary to render the disease
				  noncontagious.
(d) A demonstrated
				  inability to complete a medically directed regimen of examination and treatment
				  necessary to render the disease noncontagious, as evidenced by any of the
				  following:
1. A diminished capacity by reason
				  of use of mood-altering chemicals, including alcohol.
2. A diagnosis as having significantly below
				  average intellectual functioning.
3. An organic disorder of the brain or a
				  psychiatric disorder of thought, mood, perception, orientation or
				  memory.
4. Being a minor, or having
				  a guardian appointed under ch. 54, Stats., following documentation by a court
				  that the person is incompetent.
(e) Misrepresentation by the person of
				  substantial facts regarding the person's medical history or behavior, which can
				  be demonstrated epidemiologically to increase the threat of transmission of
				  disease.
(f) Any other willful act
				  or pattern of acts or omission or course of conduct by the person which can be
				  demonstrated epidemiologically to increase the threat of transmission of
				  disease to others.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 145 - Control Of Communicable Diseases › Subchapter II - Sexually Transmitted Disease › Section DHS 145.09 - Laboratory procedures

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Any laboratory that receives a specimen
				  for tuberculosis testing shall report all positive results as specified in s.
				  DHS
				  145.04, including those obtained by an out-of-state
				  laboratory, to the local health officer and to the department. The laboratory
				  shall also submit an isolate from a patient with a positive culture to the
				  state repository.
Note:
Isolates for the state repository should
					 be sent to: Mycobacteriology Laboratory, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene,
					 2601 Agriculture Dr., Room 254, Madison, WI 53718.
(2) Any laboratory that performs primary
				  culture for mycobacteria shall perform organism identification using an
				  approved rapid testing procedure specified in the official statement of the
				  Association of Public Health Laboratories, unless specified otherwise by the
				  state epidemiologist. The laboratory shall ensure at least 80% of
				  culture-positive specimens are reported as either Mycobacterium tuberculosis
				  complex or not Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex within 21 calendar days of
				  the laboratory's receipt of the specimens.
Note:
The official statement of the
					 Association of Public Health Laboratory entitled "
Mycobacterium
					 tuberculosis: assessing your laboratory
", 2013 is on file in the
					 Legislative Reference Bureau, and is available from the Department's Division
					 of Public Health, P.O. Box 2659, Madison, WI 53701-2659..
(3) Any laboratory that identifies
				  Mycobacterium tuberculosis shall ensure that antimicrobial drug susceptibility
				  tests are performed on all initial isolates. The laboratory shall report the
				  results of these tests to the local health officer or the department.
Reports may be submitted to the Department's Division of
						Public Health, P.O. Box 2659, Madison, WI
						53701-2659.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 145 - Control Of Communicable Diseases › Subchapter II - Sexually Transmitted Disease › Section DHS 145.10 - Restriction and management of patients and contacts

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) All persons with
				  infectious tuberculosis or suspected tuberculosis, and their contacts, shall
				  exercise all reasonable precautions to prevent the infection of others, using
				  the applicable methods of control set out in the official report of the
				  American Public Health Association, unless specified otherwise by the state
				  epidemiologist.
Note:
The official report of the American
					 Public Health Association entitled
Control of Communicable Diseases
					 Manual
, 20th edition (2015), edited by David L. Heymann, is on file in
					 the Department's Division of Public Health and the Legislative Reference
					 Bureau, and is available for purchase from the American Public Health
					 Association, Publications Sales, PO Box 933019, Atlanta, GA
					 31193-3019.
(2) All persons
				  with infectious tuberculosis or suspected tuberculosis shall be excluded from
				  work, school and other premises that cannot be maintained in a manner adequate
				  to protect others from being exposed to tuberculosis, as determined by the
				  local health officer.
(3) Official
				  statements of the American Thoracic Society shall be considered in the
				  treatment of tuberculosis, unless specified otherwise by the state
				  epidemiologist. Specific medical treatment shall be prescribed by a physician
				  or other licensed prescriber.
Note:
The official statements of the American
					 Thoracic Society may be found in the Centers for Disease Control and
					 Prevention's recommendations and report "Targeted Tuberculin Testing and
					 Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection." The report may be found in the
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
, June 9, 2000, Vol. 49,
					 No. RR-6. The official statements of the American Thoracic Society, entitled
					 "Official American Thoracic Society/Centers for Disease Control and
					 Prevention/Infectious Diseases Society of America Clinical Practice Guidelines:
					 Treatment of Drug-Susceptible Tuberculosis" may be found in
Clinical
					 Infectious Diseases
, vol. 63, 2016, pp. e147-e195. These reports are
					 on file in the Legislative Reference Bureau, and are available from the
					 Department's Division of Public Health, P.O. Box 2659, Madison, WI
					 53701-2659.
(4)
(a) Any physician or licensed prescriber who
				  treats a person with tuberculosis disease shall report all of the following to
				  the local health officer:
1. The date of the
				  person's sputum conversion.
2. The
				  date of the person's completion of the tuberculosis treatment
				  regimen.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 145 - Control Of Communicable Diseases › Subchapter II - Sexually Transmitted Disease › Section DHS 145.11 - Discharge from isolation or confinement

Current through June 24, 2024
The local health officer or the department shall authorize
					 the release of a person from isolation or confinement if all the following
					 conditions are met:
(1) An adequate
				  course of chemotherapy has been administered for a minimum of 2 weeks and there
				  is clinical evidence of improvement, such as a decrease in symptom severity,
				  radiographic findings indicating improvement, or other medical determination of
				  improvement.
(2) Sputum or
				  bronchial secretions are free of acid-fast bacilli.
(3) Specific arrangements have been made for
				  post-isolation or post-confinement care.
(4) The person is considered by the local
				  health officer or the department not to be a threat to the health of the
				  general public and is likely to comply with the remainder of the treatment
				  regimen.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 145 - Control Of Communicable Diseases › Subchapter II - Sexually Transmitted Disease › Section DHS 145.12 - Certification of public health dispensaries

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) A local health
				  department or 2 or more local health departments jointly may be certified by
				  the department as a public health dispensary under s.
				  252.10,
				  Stats., if the public health dispensary provides or ensures provision of all of
				  the following:
(a) Tuberculin skin
				  testing.
(b) Medication for
				  treatment of tuberculosis disease and infection.
(c) Directly observed therapy.
(d) Tuberculosis contact
				  investigation.
(e) Case
				  management.
(f) Sputum specimen
				  collection and induction.
(g)
				  Medical evaluation by a physician or nurse.
(h) Chest radiographs.
(i) Collection of serologic
				  specimens.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 145 - Control Of Communicable Diseases › Subchapter II - Sexually Transmitted Disease › Section DHS 145.13 - Dispensary reimbursement

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) REIMBURSABLE
				  SERVICES. Public health dispensary services reimbursable by the department
				  shall include at least the following:
(a)
				  Tuberculin skin testing of high-risk persons as defined by the Centers for
				  Disease Control and Prevention. The administration and reading of a tuberculin
				  skin test shall be considered one visit. Tuberculin skin tests administered to
				  persons who are not defined as high-risk by the Centers for Disease Control and
				  Prevention, such as school employees, are not reimbursable.
Note:
"High-risk persons" are defined in the
					 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report entitled "Updated Guidelines
					 for Using Interferon Gamma Release Assays to Detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis
					 Infection - United States, 2010." The report may be found in the
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
, June 25, 2010, vol. 59,
					 No. RR-5, and is on file in the Legislative Reference Bureau, and is available
					 from the Department's Division of Public Health, P.O. Box 2659, Madison, WI
					 53701-2659.
(b) One chest
				  radiograph for a person with a newly identified significant skin test result,
				  including interpretation and consultation services.
(c) One follow-up chest radiograph, including
				  interpretation and consultation services, to document response to
				  therapy.
(d) An initial medical
				  evaluation and one interim medical evaluation, as needed.
(e) Blood specimen collection for one
				  baseline and up to 3 follow-up liver function tests.
(f) Visits to collect initial diagnostic
				  sputum specimens, either freely coughed or induced, and follow-up specimens to
				  monitor successful treatment, up to a total of 3 initial and 6 follow-up
				  specimens.
(g) Sputum induction for
				  collection of up to 3 specimens for initial diagnosis and 3 for documentation
				  of sputum conversion.
(h) Case
				  management visits and visits to provide directly observed therapy to persons
				  with tuberculosis disease up to a maximum of 66 visits.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 145 - Control Of Communicable Diseases › Subchapter III - Tuberculosis › Section DHS 145.14 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this subchapter:
(1) "Commitment" means the process by which a
				  court of record orders the confinement of a person to a place providing
				  treatment.
(2) "Contact" means a
				  person who had physical contact with a case that involved the genitalia of one
				  of them during a period of time which covers both the maximum incubation period
				  for the disease and the time during which the case showed symptoms of the
				  disease, or could have either infected the case or been infected by the
				  case.
(3) "Minor" means a person
				  under the age of 18.
(4) "Sexually
				  transmitted diseases" means syphilis, gonorrhea, chancroid, genital herpes
				  infection, chlamydia trachomatis, and sexually transmitted pelvic inflammatory
				  disease.
(5) "Source" means the
				  person epidemiologic evidence indicates is the origin of an
				  infection.
(6) "Suspect" means a
				  person who meets the criteria in s.
				  DHS
				  145.18.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 145 - Control Of Communicable Diseases › Subchapter III - Tuberculosis › Section DHS 145.15 - Case reporting

Current through June 24, 2024
Any administrator of a health care facility, state
					 correctional institution or local facility subject to ch. DOC 350, who has
					 knowledge of a case of a sexually transmitted disease shall report the case by
					 name and address to the local health officer. If the services of an attending
					 physician are available in an institution or health care facility, the
					 physician or a designee shall report as described in s.
					 DHS 145.04(1)
					 (a). The administrator shall ensure that this
					 reporting requirement is fulfilled.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 145 - Control Of Communicable Diseases › Subchapter III - Tuberculosis › Section DHS 145.16 - Reporting of cases delinquent in treatment

Current through June 24, 2024
Whenever any person with a sexually transmitted disease
					 fails to return within the time directed to the physician or advanced practice
					 nurse prescriber who has treated that person, the physician or advanced
					 practice nurse prescriber or a designee shall report the person, by name and
					 address, to the local health officer and the department as delinquent in
					 treatment.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 145 - Control Of Communicable Diseases › Subchapter III - Tuberculosis › Section DHS 145.17 - Determination of sources and contacts

Current through June 24, 2024
Physicians accepting cases for treatment shall determine
					 the probable source of infection and any other contacts, and shall attempt to
					 diagnose and treat those persons, or shall request that the local health
					 officer or the department do so.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 145 - Control Of Communicable Diseases › Subchapter III - Tuberculosis › Section DHS 145.18 - Criteria for determination of suspects

Current through June 24, 2024
Any person falling into one or more of the following
					 categories is designated as a suspect:
(1) Persons identified as sexual contacts of
				  a sexually transmitted disease case;
(2) Persons having positive laboratory or
				  clinical findings of sexually transmitted disease; and
(3) Persons in whom epidemiologic evidence
				  indicates a sexually transmitted disease may exist.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 145 - Control Of Communicable Diseases › Subchapter III - Tuberculosis › Section DHS 145.20 - Commitment of suspects

Current through June 24, 2024
If, following the order of a local health officer or the
					 department, a suspect refuses or neglects examination or treatment, a local
					 health officer or the department shall file a petition with a court to have the
					 person committed to a health care facility for examination, treatment or
					 observation.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 145 - Control Of Communicable Diseases › Subchapter III - Tuberculosis › Section DHS 145.21 - Treatment of minors

Current through June 24, 2024
A physician or advanced practice nurse prescriber may treat
					 a minor with a sexually transmitted disease or examine and diagnose a minor for
					 the presence of the disease without obtaining the consent of the minor's
					 parents or guardian. The physician or advanced practice nurse prescriber shall
					 incur no civil liability solely by reason of the lack of consent of the minor's
					 parents or guardian, as stated in s.
					 252.11(1m),
					 Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 145 - Control Of Communicable Diseases › Subchapter III - Tuberculosis › Section DHS 145.22 - Treatment guidelines

Current through June 24, 2024
The official statements of the Centers for Disease Control
					 and Prevention shall be considered in the treatment of sexually transmitted
					 diseases unless otherwise specified by the state epidemiologist. Specific
					 medical treatment shall be prescribed by a physician or advanced practice nurse
					 prescriber.
The official statements of the Centers for Disease
						Control and Prevention entitled "Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment
						Guidelines, 2015," is on file in the Department's Division of Public Health and
						the Legislative Reference Bureau, and may be found in the Morbidity and
						Mortality Weekly Report, June 5, 2015, vol. 64,
						RR-3.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 146 - Vaccine-Preventable Diseases › Section DHS 146.01 - Authority and purpose

Current through June 24, 2024
This chapter is promulgated under the authority of s.
				  252.04(1) and
				  (10), Stats., to specify vaccine-preventable
				  diseases in addition to those listed in s.
				  252.04(1),
				  Stats. The department is directed by s.
				  252.04(1),
				  Stats., to carry out a statewide immunization program to eliminate
				  vaccine-preventable diseases or otherwise protect people from them, and by s.
				  252.04(8),
				  Stats., to provide vaccines without charge to immunize people against those
				  diseases, if federal or state funds are available to purchase the vaccines and
				  if a school district or local health department requests the vaccines and the
				  local immunization effort is supervised by a physician.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 146 - Vaccine-Preventable Diseases › Section DHS 146.02 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this chapter:
(1)
				"Department" means the Wisconsin department of health services.
(2) "Local health department" has the meaning
				prescribed in s.
				250.01(4),
				Stats.
(3) "Physician" means a
				person licensed under ch. 448, Stats., to practice medicine or
				osteopathy.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 146 - Vaccine-Preventable Diseases › Section DHS 146.03 - Vaccine-preventable diseases

Current through June 24, 2024
All of the following are vaccine-preventable diseases for
				  purposes of the statewide immunization program under s.
				  252.04(1),
				  Stats., including for purposes of purchasing and distributing vaccines without
				  charge under s.
				  252.04(8),
				  Stats.:
(1) Diphtheria.
(2) Haemophilus influenzae type b.
(3) Hepatitis A.
(4) Hepatitis B.
(5) Human Papilloma Virus.
(6) Influenza.
(7) Measles.
(8) Meningitis.
(9) Mumps.
(10) Pertussis (whooping cough).
(11) Pneumococcal.
(12) Poliomyelitis.
(13) Rabies.
(14) Rotavirus.
(15) Rubella (German measles).
(16) Tetanus.
(17) Varicella (chickenpox).
(18) Zoster (shingles).
Note:
This is not the list of diseases for which
				  immunizations are required as a condition of admission to an elementary,
				  middle, junior high or senior high school or a childcare center. See ch. DHS
				  144 for those requirements.
Contact the Wisconsin Immunization Program at 608-267-9959
					 for vaccine requests.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 146 - Vaccine-Preventable Diseases › Section DHS 146.04 - Purchase and distribution of vaccines

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) PURCHASE BY
				DEPARTMENT. The department shall purchase vaccines against the diseases listed
				in s.
				DHS
				146.03 with federal or state funds, if funds are
				available for this purpose, and shall distribute the vaccines, in amounts to be
				determined by the department, without charge to school districts and local
				health departments requesting the vaccines for local immunization
				programs.
(2) REQUESTS FOR
				VACCINES. A school district or local health department may request free
				vaccines from the department for a program of immunization against one or more
				vaccine-preventable diseases. The request shall be in writing and shall be
				addressed to the department's immunization program.
Note:
A request for vaccines should be sent to
				  Immunization Program, Division of Health, P.O. Box 309, Madison, WI
				  53707-0309.
(3) DEPARTMENT
				CONSULTATION AND WRITTEN PROTOCOLS. The department shall provide consultation
				to school districts and local health departments receiving free vaccines under
				sub. (2) on developing and implementing a local immunization program and, as
				required under s.
				252.04(9)
				(a), Stats., shall provide written protocols
				for the administration of immunizations.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 147 - Cancer control grants › Section DHS 147.01 - Authority and purpose

Current through June 24, 2024
This chapter is promulgated under the authority of s.
				  255.05,
				  Stats., for the purpose of establishing criteria and procedures for the award
				  of annual project grants from the appropriation under s.
				  20.435(1)
				  (cc), Stats., to institutions, nonprofit
				  corporations, public agencies, and individuals operating or proposing to
				  operate projects aimed at cancer control and prevention.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 147 - Cancer control grants › Section DHS 147.04 - Allocation of funds

Current through June 24, 2024
The department shall annually allocate funds available for
				  the support of cancer control and prevention projects according to priorities
				  established by the department. These priorities shall be based upon such
				  factors as, for example, social need, target population, responsiveness of a
				  condition to intervention, availability of a proposed service, availability of
				  applicants capable of providing a needed service, the incidence rates of the
				  various cancers which a proposed project would address, scientific merit and
				  the cost of a proposed service.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 147 - Cancer control grants › Section DHS 147.05 - Application

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) WHO MAY APPLY. An applicant for a grant
				may be:
(a) A public agency;
(b) A nonprofit corporation;
(c) An institution; or
(d) An individual.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 147 - Cancer control grants › Section DHS 147.06 - Awards

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) MAKING AWARDS.
(a) The department shall make awards based on
				the priorities set forth in par. (d), the recommendations resulting from the
				review under s.
				DHS
				147.05(5) and other factors such as
				geographic distribution of cancer control and prevention services; existing
				providers or availability of services in the proposed project service area; the
				availability of other, more appropriate fund sources for the proposed project;
				the likelihood that the proposed cancer control and prevention service would
				exist even absent this funding; and the apparent balance between cancer control
				and prevention activities and administration of a project.
(b) The department may reject any or all
				applications.
(c) The department
				may negotiate the amount of an award made under par. (a), specific budget items
				and project goals and objectives before entering into a commitment.
(d) Priority among types of applicants shall
				be given in the following order:
1. Public
				agencies, nonprofit corporations and institutions; and
2. Individuals.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 147 - Cancer control grants › Section DHS 147.07 - Allowable uses of funds

Current through June 24, 2024
Restrictions on the use of funds made available through
				  grants under s.
				  255.05,
				  Stats., and this chapter may vary depending upon the type of project being
				  solicited. Costs not allowable shall include the purchase or renovation of
				  buildings, the purchase of land, the purchase of major medical equipment and
				  the costs of treatment for patients unless otherwise specified. Any other
				  restriction shall be specified in the RFP or continuation grant application
				  materials and in the agreement under s.
				  DHS
				  147.06(5).
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 147 - Cancer control grants › Section DHS 147.08 - Records and reports

Current through June 24, 2024
All recipients of awards under this chapter shall maintain
				  records of the projects supported by the awards and shall submit to the
				  department reports as specified by the department. Failure to maintain these
				  records or to submit these reports may result in the department's termination
				  of the award.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 147 - Cancer control grants › Section DHS 147.09 - Exceptions to requirements

Current through June 24, 2024
Except with regard to the requirement that all awards be
				  matched at a ratio of not less than 1:1, as specified in s.
				  DHS
				  147.06(2), the department may grant
				  an exception to any requirement under this chapter if the department is
				  convinced that an alternative to the requirement meets the intent of and is in
				  compliance with s.
				  255.05,
				  Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 148 - Drug Repository Program › Section DHS 148.01 - Authority and purpose

Current through June 24, 2024
This chapter is promulgated under the authority of s.
				  255.056, Stats.,
				  to establish and maintain a drug repository program under which unused drugs
				  and supplies may be donated to a participating medical facility or pharmacy and
				  dispensed to any Wisconsin resident.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 148 - Drug Repository Program › Section DHS 148.02 - Applicability

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) This chapter applies to the department
				and any person who donates, receives, dispenses or otherwise participates or
				wishes to participate in the drug repository program.
(2) Over-the-counter medications and supplies
				not used to administer drugs such as bandages or drainage bags are not subject
				to the provisions of this chapter. Accepting such items is at the discretion of
				the individual pharmacy or medical facility.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 148 - Drug Repository Program › Section DHS 148.03 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this chapter:
(4) "Department" means the Wisconsin
				department of health services.
(5)
				"Dispense" has the meaning given in s.
				450.01(7),
				Stats.
(6) "Distribute" has the
				meaning given in s.
				450.01(8),
				Stats.
(7) "Distributor" has the
				meaning given in s.
				450.01(9),
				Stats.
(7g) "Drug" has the meaning
				given in s.
				450.01(10),
				Stats.
(7r) "Drug repository" means
				a medical facility or pharmacy that has notified the department of its election
				to participate in the drug repository program.
(8) "Manufacturer" has the meaning given in
				s.
				450.01(12),
				Stats.
(9) "Medical facility" has
				the meaning given in s.
				943.145(1),
				Stats.
(10) "Pharmacist" has the
				meaning given in s.
				450.01(15),
				Stats.
(11) "Pharmacy" means a
				pharmacy that is licensed under s.
				450.06,
				Stats.
(11m) "Practitioner" has the
				meaning given in s.
				Med
				17.02(2).
(12) "Prescription drug" has the meaning
				given in s.
				450.01(20),
				Stats.
(14) "Single-unit-dose
				packaging" means a single-unit container for articles intended for
				administration as a single dose, direct from the container.
(14m) "Supplies" has the meaning under s.
				255.056(1)
				(h), Stats.
(15) "Tamper-evident unit dose packaging"
				means a container within which a drug is sealed so that the contents cannot be
				opened without obvious destruction of the seal.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 148 - Drug Repository Program › Section DHS 148.04 - Requirements for participation by pharmacies and medical facilities

Current through June 24, 2024
(1)
				ELIGIBILITY. To be eligible for participation in the drug repository program a
				pharmacy or medical facility shall be in compliance with all applicable federal
				and state laws, and administrative rules.
(2) NOTICE OF PARTICIPATION.
(a) Participation in the drug repository
				program is voluntary. A pharmacy or medical facility may elect to participate
				in the drug repository program by providing written notification to the
				department of all of the following:
1. The
				name, street address, and telephone number of the pharmacy or medical
				facility.
2. The name and telephone
				number of a pharmacist or another contact as determined by the pharmacist who
				is employed by or under contract with the pharmacy or medical
				facility.
3. A statement indicating
				that the pharmacy or medical facility meets the eligibility requirements under
				sub. (1), and the chosen level of participation described in par. (b).