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Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 136 - Embalming standards › Section DHS 136.03 - License or certificate required

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) No person may
				embalm a dead human body unless the person holds a funeral director's license,
				pursuant to ss.
				445.04
				to
				445.06,
				Stats., or an apprentice funeral director's certificate pursuant to s.
				445.095,
				Stats.
(2) Embalming may only be
				performed in:
(a) Funeral establishments
				holding a current establishment permit issued by the funeral directors
				examining board.
(b)
				Hospitals.
(c) Facilities approved
				by a local medical examiner or coroner if a disaster occurs.
(d) Private homes as provided in ch. DHS
				135.
(e) Mortuary schools
				accredited by the American board of funeral service education or otherwise
				deemed to be equivalent by the funeral directors examining board.
(f) Medical schools approved by the medical
				examining board.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 136 - Embalming standards › Section DHS 136.04 - Preparation of bodies prior to embalming

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Prior to
				embalming, or prior to public viewing or final disposition of the body if
				embalming is not performed, the funeral director shall do all of the following:
(a) Remove all clothing from the body and
				wash the entire body thoroughly with a germicidal soap or detergent;
(b) Clean the body orifices and treat with a
				topical disinfectant; and
(c)
				Perform pars. (a) and (b) in compliance with the terms and conditions set forth
				in the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standard for
				occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens,
				29 CFR
				1910.1030.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 136 - Embalming standards › Section DHS 136.05 - Embalming procedures

Current through June 24, 2024
In every embalming, the embalmer shall perform at least the
				  following procedures:
(1) ARTERIAL
				INJECTION.
(a) For each 50 pounds of body
				weight, at least one gallon of arterial embalming fluid shall be injected into
				the arteries of the body. The embalming fluid should be diluted to the
				percentage of concentration recommended by the manufacturer of the embalming
				fluid.
(b) Multiple injection sites
				shall be used if arterial circulation is impaired by:
1. Arterial blockage
2. Trauma
3. Autopsy procedures
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 136 - Embalming standards › Section DHS 136.06 - Treatment for advanced decomposition

Current through June 24, 2024
Bodies in a state of advanced decomposition shall be embalmed
				  according to procedures specified in s.
				  DHS 136.05
				  unless the degree of decomposition prevents use of those procedures in which
				  case the embalmer shall:
(1) Cover the
				body in cotton saturated with liquid disinfectant, disinfectant gel or powder;
				and
(2) Place the body in an
				impermeable disaster or body pouch and completely seal the pouch.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 136 - Embalming standards › Section DHS 136.07 - Partial embalming

Current through June 24, 2024
If only partial embalming is requested, the body shall be
				  prepared as specified in s.
				  DHS
				  136.04 and only procedures authorized by next of kin
				  or other designated persons may be performed.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 137 - Anatomical Gifts › Subchapter I - The Wisconsin Donor Registry › Section DHS 137.01 - Authority and purpose

Current through June 24, 2024
This subchapter is promulgated under the authority of s.
					 157.06(20),
					 Stats., to establish and govern the operation of the Wisconsin donor registry
					 as a means for individuals to make anatomical gifts in the manner provided
					 under s.
					 157.06(5)
					 (a) 5, Stats., as a means for procurement
					 organizations to determine whether individuals at or near death are donors, and
					 as a means for the department to obtain and analyze aggregate donor data for
					 the purpose of encouraging and increasing organ, tissue and eye donation. The
					 subchapter establishes the means by which individuals may authorize their
					 inclusion in the registry when applying for a Wisconsin driver's license or
					 identification card and the means by which individuals who have either a
					 Wisconsin driver's license or identification card may authorize their inclusion
					 in the registry by completing a form on the Wisconsin donor registry website.
					 Under this subchapter, when an individual is at or near death, authorized
					 procurement organizations may query the registry database to determine whether
					 the individual has a record of gift or a record of intent.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 137 - Anatomical Gifts › Subchapter I - The Wisconsin Donor Registry › Section DHS 137.03 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
Words, phrases, and terms used in this subchapter have the
					 same meanings as are set forth in s.
					 157.06, Stats., except as
					 defined in this subchapter or where the context clearly indicates a different
					 meaning. In this subchapter:
(1)
				  "Department" means the department of health services.
(2) "Donor question" means an inquiry made by
				  the department of transportation pursuant to s.
				  343.50 (4m) or
				  343.175, Stats.
(3) " Record of intent" means a statement or
				  symbol in the department of transportation electronic database that indicates
				  an individual responded affirmatively to the donor question when applying for a
				  driver's license or identification card before March 29, 2010 or before the
				  individual was at least 15 years of age.
(4) "Wisconsin donor registry," or
				  "registry," means the donor registry established by the department, pursuant to
				  s. 157.06 (20),
				  Stats., the operation of which is governed by this subchapter. It comprises
				  records of anatomical gifts, which are maintained in the Wisconsin department
				  of transportation driver license and identification card database, and any
				  supplemental records of anatomical gifts maintained in a department
				  database.
(5) "Wisconsin donor
				  registry website" or "registry website," means the website established by the
				  department that an individual with a Wisconsin driver's license or
				  identification card may access to make an anatomical gifts by authorizing his
				  or her inclusion in the Wisconsin donor registry or to revoke an anatomical
				  gift the individual has recorded in the Wisconsin donor registry.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 137 - Anatomical Gifts › Subchapter I - The Wisconsin Donor Registry › Section DHS 137.05 - Amending an anatomical gift recorded in the Wisconsin Donor Registry

Current through June 24, 2024
An individual who makes an anatomical gift by registering
					 in the registry may amend his or her gift as provided in s.
					 157.06(6)
					 (a), Stats., in order to direct the gift for
					 the use of a particular person, limit the gift, or otherwise specify a
					 particular legal use of his or her gift, by executing another record of gift
					 under s.
					 157.06(5),
					 Stats., such as a donor card, a statement in a power of attorney for health
					 care document, advanced directive or will, or a statement on a driver's license
					 or identification card, that identifies particular uses of the gift, consistent
					 with s.
					 157.06(11),
					 Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 137 - Anatomical Gifts › Subchapter I - The Wisconsin Donor Registry › Section DHS 137.06 - Revocation of an anatomical gift recorded in the Wisconsin Donor Registry

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) In addition to using any of the means
				  provided in s.
				  157.06(6)
				  (b), Stats., for revoking an anatomical gift,
				  an individual who has made an anatomical gift by registering in the registry
				  may revoke that gift as follows:
(a) The
				  individual may ask that his or her name be removed from the registry by
				  submitting the request through the Wisconsin donor registry website or by
				  submitting the request to the department of transportation.
(b) The individual may decline to authorize
				  inclusion of his or her name in the registry when applying for or renewing his
				  or her driver's license or identification card.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 137 - Anatomical Gifts › Subchapter I - The Wisconsin Donor Registry › Section DHS 137.07 - Authorization to access registry data

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Access to
				  registry data requires authorization by the department.
(2) The department may authorize employees of
				  procurement organizations that regularly serve Wisconsin citizens and are in
				  compliance with federal and state law to access the registry solely for the
				  purpose of determining whether an individual at or near death is included in
				  the registry as having a record of gift or record of intent. As a condition for
				  access to the registry, an employee of a procurement organization shall submit
				  to a criminal background check through the Wisconsin department of
				  justice.
(3) To obtain access to
				  the registry for its employees, a procurement organization shall demonstrate to
				  the department's satisfaction, in a manner prescribed by the department, that
				  it has instituted effective procedures for assuring that access to the registry
				  is not given to employees who are disqualified from accessing department of
				  transportation records on the basis of a criminal background check, training
				  its employees in the proper use of the registry, assuring that the registry is
				  used only for appropriate purposes, and maintaining confidentiality of registry
				  data. This may include submitting a signed use agreement prescribed by the
				  department for the organization and each individual user.
Note: Forms for requesting authorization to use the
					 registry may be obtained from the Organ & Tissue Donation Program and
					 completed forms may be faxed to the program at 608-266-8925 or mailed to Organ
					 & Tissue Donation Program, P.O. Box 2659, Madison, WI 53701-2659.
(4) A procurement organization
				  shall remove registry access from users who are no longer employed by the
				  organization or whose duties no longer include determining whether a person is
				  included in the registry. In addition, a procurement organization shall remove
				  registry access from employees at the request of the department.
(5) A procurement organization or authorized
				  individual user of the registry shall report any suspected misuse of the
				  registry to the department immediately.
(6) The department may authorize department
				  employees or agents access to the registry for the purposes of monitoring the
				  use of the registry and obtaining and analyzing aggregate donor data.
(7) The department may terminate an
				  organization's or individual's access to the registry if the department
				  reasonably suspects inappropriate access to or use of the registry.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 137 - Anatomical Gifts › Subchapter I - The Wisconsin Donor Registry › Section DHS 137.08 - Use of the registry by procurement organizations

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) An authorized
				  user may query the registry solely for the purpose of determining whether an
				  individual who is near death or is recently deceased has a record of gift or
				  record of intent recorded in the registry.
(2) Upon determining that a person is
				  included in the registry, a procurement organization may print a registry
				  certificate that shows the person's name, date of birth, and whether the person
				  has a record of gift or record of intent. The certificate may be placed in the
				  donor's file or shared with the donor's family.
(3) A procurement organization shall make a
				  reasonable inquiry whether an individual who has a record of gift or record of
				  intent has executed any other record of gift or intent that limits or extends
				  the uses of the anatomical gift made by means of the registry, or has
				  subsequently refused to make an anatomical gift, as provided under s.
				  157.06(7),
				  Stats., or revoked the anatomical gift as provided under s.
				  157.06(6),
				  Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 137 - Anatomical Gifts › Subchapter II - Forms For Use When Removing Organs and Tissues From a Decedent › Section DHS 137.30 - Authority and purpose

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) This subchapter is established under the
				  authority of s.
				  157.06(26m),
				  Stats., to create a form for use by physicians when removing an organ from a
				  decedent under s.
				  157.06(23m),
				  Stats., and to create a form for use by physicians, technicians, and tissue
				  bank employees when removing tissue, other than cardiovascular tissue, from a
				  decedent under s.
				  157.06(23m),
				  Stats.
(2) Pursuant to s.
				  157.06(23m)
				  (e) 3, Stats., a physician, technician, or
				  tissue bank employee shall complete the applicable form prescribed under this
				  subchapter and transmit the completed form to the coroner or medical examiner
				  with jurisdiction over the decedent.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 137 - Anatomical Gifts › Subchapter II - Forms For Use When Removing Organs and Tissues From a Decedent › Section DHS 137.31 - Applicability

Current through June 24, 2024
This subchapter applies to physicians, technicians, and
					 tissue bank employees, coroners and medical examiners.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 137 - Anatomical Gifts › Subchapter II - Forms For Use When Removing Organs and Tissues From a Decedent › Section DHS 137.32 - Form for use when removing organs from a decedent

Current through June 24, 2024
Form Number
Title
DPH 43023
Wisconsin Organ and Tissue Recovery and Assessment
								(ORGAN - SPECIFIC).
Form DPH 43023 can be obtained from the Department's
						website at
http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/forms/F4/F43023.pdf
.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 137 - Anatomical Gifts › Subchapter II - Forms For Use When Removing Organs and Tissues From a Decedent › Section DHS 137.33 - Form for use when removing tissues from a decedent

Current through June 24, 2024
Form Number
Title
DPH 43024
Wisconsin Organ and Tissue Recovery and Assessment
								(TISSUE - SPECIFIC).
Form DPH 43024 can be obtained from the Department's
						website at
http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/forms/F4/F43024.pdf
.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 138 - Subsidy of health insurance premiums for persons with HIV infection › Section DHS 138.01 - Authority and purpose

Current through June 24, 2024
This chapter is promulgated pursuant to ss.
				  252.16
				  and
				  252.17,
				  Stats., for the purpose of enabling the department to administer a program to
				  subsidize health insurance premium costs for an individual who takes unpaid
				  medical leave or for an individual who is unable to continue his or her
				  employment or must reduce his or her hours because of an illness or medical
				  condition arising from or related to HIV infection.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 138 - Subsidy of health insurance premiums for persons with HIV infection › Section DHS 138.02 - Applicability

Current through June 24, 2024
This chapter applies to any individual with HIV infection who
				  is eligible to participate in the subsidy program under this chapter, to the
				  individual's employer, if the individual is currently employed, or former
				  employer, if the individual is no longer employed, to the individual's insurer
				  and to the department.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 138 - Subsidy of health insurance premiums for persons with HIV infection › Section DHS 138.03 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this chapter:
(1)
				"COBRA" means the federal consolidated omnibus budget reconciliation act of
				1986, PL 99-272.
(2) "Department"
				means the Wisconsin department of health services.
(3) "Dependent" means a spouse, domestic
				partner under ch. 770, Stats., or an unmarried child under the age of 19 years,
				an unmarried child who is a full-time student under the age of 21 years and who
				is financially dependent upon the parent, or an unmarried child of any age who
				is medically certified as disabled and who is dependent upon the
				parent.
(4) "Employee" means any of
				the following:
(a) An active or retired wage,
				commissioned or salaried earner whose services are or were utilized by the
				employer who provided health care coverage to the individual by virtue of the
				individual's employment.
(b) A
				member of a union, trust or association where the member is entitled to health
				care coverage by virtue of the individual's membership in the union, trust or
				association.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 138 - Subsidy of health insurance premiums for persons with HIV infection › Section DHS 138.04 - Participation in the health insurance premium subsidy program

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) ELIGIBILITY. In
				order to participate in the health insurance premium subsidy program, a person
				shall satisfy all of the following requirements which pertain to the type of
				subsidy the person is seeking:
(a) Have
				residence in this state;
(b)
1. For a subsidy under s.
				252.16,
				Stats., have a family income that does not exceed 300% of the federal poverty
				line for a family the size of the individual's family;
2. For a subsidy under s.
				252.17,
				Stats., have a family income that does not exceed 300% of the federal poverty
				line for a family the size of the individual's family;
(c) Have an HIV infection;
(d) Have health insurance coverage under a
				group health plan, an individual health policy or Medicare part D, or is
				eligible for health insurance coverage under a group health plan, an individual
				health policy or Medicare part D;
(e) Is on unpaid medical leave if the person
				is seeking a subsidy for group health plan premiums while on unpaid medical
				leave; and
(f) Does not have
				escrowed under s.
				103.10(9)
				(c), Stats., an amount sufficient to pay the
				individual's required contribution to his or her group health plan premium
				payments during an unpaid medical leave if the individual is seeking a subsidy
				for these payments.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 138 - Subsidy of health insurance premiums for persons with HIV infection › Section DHS 138.05 - Payment of health insurance premiums

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) AMOUNT AND
				PERIOD OF SUBSIDY.
(a) Except as provided in
				pars. (e), (f), (g), and (h), if an individual satisfies s.
				DHS
				138.04(1) and has been notified by
				the department under s.
				DHS
				138.04(3) (a) that the application
				has been approved, the department shall take one of the following actions, as
				appropriate, on or after the date of the notice of decision under s.
				DHS
				138.04(3) (a):
1. For a subsidy under s.
				252.17,
				Stats., the department shall pay the full amount of the premium due for
				coverage under a group health plan during an unpaid medical leave for an
				individual whose family income does not exceed 200% of the federal poverty
				line.
2. For a subsidy under s.
				252.16,
				Stats., the department shall pay the full amount of the premium due for health
				insurance coverage for an individual whose family income does not exceed 200%
				of the federal poverty line.
3. For
				a subsidy under s.
				252.16,
				Stats., the department shall pay the full amount of the premium, subject to an
				annual premium contribution assessment under par. (d), due for health insurance
				coverage for an individual whose family income exceeds 200% but does not exceed
				300% of the federal poverty line.
4. For a subsidy under s.
				252.17,
				Stats., the department shall pay the full amount of the premium, subject to a
				premium contribution assessment under par. (dm), due for health insurance
				coverage during an unpaid medical leave for an individual whose family income
				exceeds 200% but does not exceed 300% of the federal poverty line.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 139 - Qualifications of public health professionals employed by local health departments › Section DHS 139.01 - Authority and purpose

Current through June 24, 2024
This chapter is promulgated under the authority of ss.
				  250.04(7),
				  250.06(1)
				  and
				  251.06(3)
				  (e), Stats., to prescribe qualifications for
				  certain professional employees of local health departments.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 139 - Qualifications of public health professionals employed by local health departments › Section DHS 139.02 - Applicability

Current through June 24, 2024
This chapter applies to local governments that operate health
				  departments established under s.
				  251.02,
				  Stats., to local boards of health that govern local health departments, and to
				  persons applying for appointment as or employed as a local health officer,
				  public health sanitarian, director of environmental health program, public
				  health nurse or director of a general public health nursing program employed by
				  a local health department.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 139 - Qualifications of public health professionals employed by local health departments › Section DHS 139.03 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this chapter:
(1)
				"Department" means the Wisconsin department of health services.
(2) "Director of environmental health
				program" means the person in charge of planning, directing, supervising and
				evaluating the environmental health services program for a local health
				department.
(3) "Director of public
				health nursing program" means the person in charge of planning, directing,
				supervising and evaluating the general public health nursing services program
				for a local health department.
(4)
				"Local health department" means an agency of local government that takes any of
				the forms specified in s.
				250.01(4),
				Stats.
(5) "Local health officer"
				means the person in charge of a local health department including general
				administration and the supervision of personnel who direct or carry out public
				health nursing and environmental health programs and other programs or units of
				the local health department.
(6)
				"Public health nurse" means a person employed by a local health department to
				provide public health nursing services who is licensed as a registered
				professional nurse under ch. 441, Stats., and who is qualified under s.
				DHS
				139.08.
(7) "Public health sanitarian" means a
				sanitarian as defined in s.
				440.98(1)
				(b), Stats., who applies biological, chemical
				and public health principles to control, eliminate, ameliorate or prevent
				environmental health hazards, is employed by a local health department and is
				qualified under s.
				DHS
				139.06.
(8) "State health officer" means the
				individual appointed under s.
				250.02(1),
				Stats., by the secretary of the department to develop public health policy for
				the state and direct state public health programs.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 139 - Qualifications of public health professionals employed by local health departments › Section DHS 139.04 - General requirement

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Except as provided in sub. (2), no person
				may be employed or may continue to be employed by a local health department to
				perform the duties of a local health officer, public health sanitarian, public
				health nurse, director of environmental health program or director of public
				health nursing program unless he or she meets the qualifications set forth in
				this chapter. The state health officer may, on his or her own initiative or
				upon request, review the qualifications of persons applying for or functioning
				in positions described in this chapter, and may advise the employing unit
				whether it considers a person applying for or functioning in a position
				described in this chapter to be qualified or not under this chapter.
(2) Persons employed by local health
				departments on December 1, 1984 are exempt from the provisions of sub. (1) with
				the approval of the state health officer.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 139 - Qualifications of public health professionals employed by local health departments › Section DHS 139.06 - Public health sanitarians

Current through June 24, 2024
A public health sanitarian shall be qualified in one of the
				  following ways:
(1) By being currently
				registered as a sanitarian under chs.
				SPS 174 to 177.
(2) By meeting the training requirement under
				chs.
				SPS 174 to 177 and either having
				or being in the process of acquiring the corresponding work experience that is
				a prerequisite for taking the registered sanitarian examination under chs.
				SPS 174 to 177.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 139 - Qualifications of public health professionals employed by local health departments › Section DHS 139.07 - Directors of environmental health programs

Current through June 24, 2024
The director of an environmental health program shall be one
				  of the following:
(1) A public health
				sanitarian who is registered under chs.
				SPS 174 to 177 and has 3 or more
				years of progressively responsible full-time experience in a general
				environmental health program in a public health agency.
(2) A public health sanitarian who is
				registered under chs.
				SPS 174 to 177, with a masters
				degree in environmental health, public health, public health administration,
				health administration or a similar field, and has 2 or more years of full-time
				experience in a general environmental health program in a public health
				agency.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 139 - Qualifications of public health professionals employed by local health departments › Section DHS 139.08 - Public health nurses

Current through June 24, 2024
A public health nurse, in addition to being licensed as a
				  registered nurse under ch. 441, Stats., shall have one of the following:
(1) A bachelor's degree from a nursing
				program approved by the board of nursing under s.
				441.01(3),
				Stats., and ch. N 1, or accredited by the national professional nursing
				education accrediting organization. The program shall include preparation in
				public health nursing or community health nursing.
(2) A master's degree from a nursing program
				accredited by the national professional nursing education accrediting
				organization. The program shall include preparation in public health nursing or
				community health nursing.
(3) A
				public health nurse certificate issued by the department prior to December 1,
				1984.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 139 - Qualifications of public health professionals employed by local health departments › Section DHS 139.09 - Directors of public health nursing programs

Current through June 24, 2024
The director of a public health nursing program shall be one
				  of the following:
(1) A public health
				nurse who meets the requirements in s.
				DHS
				139.08(1) and has 3 or more years of
				progressively responsible full-time experience in a general public health
				nursing program in a public health agency.
(2) A public health nurse who meets the
				requirements in s.
				DHS
				139.08(1) with a master's degree in
				nursing, public health, public administration, health administration or a
				similar field, and who has 2 or more years of full-time experience in a general
				public health nursing program in a public health agency.
(3) A person employed on April 1, 1988 as the
				director of a public health nursing program who received a public health nurse
				certificate issued by the department prior to December 1, 1984.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 140 - Required Services Of Local Health Departments › Section DHS 140.01 - Authority and purpose

Current through June 24, 2024
This chapter is promulgated under the authority of s.
				  251.20, Stats., which
				  directs the department to specify by rule required services for each of 3
				  levels of local health departments. Under s.
				  251.05(2),
				  Stats., all local health departments are to provide at least level I services,
				  while level II and level III local health departments are to provide additional
				  services.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 140 - Required Services Of Local Health Departments › Section DHS 140.04 - Level I local health department

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) REQUIRED
				SERVICES. A level I local health department shall provide leadership for
				developing and maintaining the public health system within its jurisdiction by
				conducting all of the following:
(a)
Surveillance and investigation.
1. Collect and analyze public health data to
				do all of the following:
a. Identify health
				problems, environmental public health hazards, and social and economic risks
				that affect the public's health.
b.
				Guide public health planning and decision-making at the local level.
c. Develop recommendations regarding public
				health policy, processes, programs, or interventions, including the community
				health improvement plan.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 140 - Required Services Of Local Health Departments › Section DHS 140.05 - Level II local health department

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) REQUIRED
				SERVICES. In addition to the level I local health department required services
				described in s.
				DHS
				140.04, a level II local health department shall do
				all of the following:
(a) Address communicable
				disease control, chronic disease and injury prevention, environmental public
				health, family health, and access and linkage to health services, in addition
				to services already provided under s.
				DHS
				140.04, by doing all of the following:
1. Identifying and promoting either a
				community need that has not already been selected as a local priority by the
				local health department in its most recent community health improvement plan or
				an objective specified in the department of health services' most recent state
				public health agenda, developed pursuant to s.
				250.07,
				Stats.
2. Providing support to
				implement services through leadership, resources, and engagement of the public
				health system.
3. Utilizing
				evidence-informed resources and practices to provide services.
4. Evaluating the additional services and
				reporting to the community and local board of health on progress and
				performance.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 140 - Required Services Of Local Health Departments › Section DHS 140.06 - Level III local health department

Current through June 24, 2024
In addition to the level I local health department required
				  services described in s.
				  DHS
				  140.04 and to the level II local health department
				  required services described in s.
				  DHS
				  140.05, a level III local health department shall do
				  all of the following:
(1) Lead the
				collection of data to guide public health planning and decision-making at the
				local level in alignment with the most recent state public health
				agenda.
(2) Provide public health
				expertise within the jurisdiction to elected officials, stakeholders, and
				community partners, including data and research.
(3) Identify and address factors impacting
				population health by implementing evidence-informed and emerging
				practices.
(4) Develop, advocate,
				adopt, and implement policies or strategies to improve the physical,
				environmental, social, and economic conditions affecting health.
(5) Establish and implement an environmental
				health program as directed by the local board of health or other local
				governing body by doing all of the following:
(a) Participating and providing environmental
				health expertise in the development of community plans.
(b) Providing or arranging for the
				availability of services authorized under ch. 254, Stats., such as for toxic
				substances, indoor air quality, animal borne or vector borne disease, and human
				health hazards.
(c) Collecting,
				reviewing, and analyzing environmental and community health data, and managing,
				controlling, and preventing environmental factors that may adversely affect the
				health, safety, or well-being of individuals or the community.
(d) Implement agreements established with
				state agencies to provide or arrange for environmental health
				services.
(e) Administering
				regulations of the board of health or other local governing body.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 140 - Required Services Of Local Health Departments › Section DHS 140.07 - Local health officer qualifications

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) DEFINITION. In
				this section, "similar field" means a field of academic study, or combination
				of graduate-level courses that the state health officer determines provides the
				knowledge and skills required to adequately meet the responsibilities of a
				level I, II, or III local health officer.
(2) LEVEL I. A local health officer of a
				level I local health department shall meet the requirements stated in s.
				251.06(1)
				(a), Stats., or shall obtain approval in
				writing from the state health officer indicating that the individual has met
				the requirements of s.
				251.06(1)
				(d), Stats.
(3) LEVEL II. A local health officer of a
				level II local health department shall meet the requirements stated in s.
				251.06(1)
				(b), Stats., or shall obtain approval in
				writing from the state health officer indicating that the individual has met
				the requirements of s.
				251.06(1)
				(d), Stats.
(4) LEVEL III. Pursuant to ss.
				251.06(1)
				(c) and (d), Stats., a level III local health
				officer shall have any of the following qualifications:
(a) At least 3 years of experience in a
				full-time administrative position in either a public health agency or public
				health work and one of the following:
1. A
				master's degree in public health, public administration, or health
				administration.
2. Approval in
				writing from the state health officer indicating that the individual has
				submitted adequate documentation to demonstrate possession of a master's degree
				in a similar field.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 140 - Required Services Of Local Health Departments › Section DHS 140.08 - Local health department level designation

Current through June 24, 2024
The department shall review the operations of each local
				  health department at least every 5 years, and based on this review, the state
				  health officer shall issue a written finding as to whether the local health
				  department satisfies the requirements for a level I, II, or III local health
				  department. In the alternative, the state health officer may determine that the
				  operations of a local health department satisfy the requirements for a level I,
				  II, or III local health department based on a national accreditation process
				  that fulfills the requirements specified under ch. 251, Stats., and this
				  chapter.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 142 - Access to vital records › Section DHS 142.01 - Authority and purpose

Current through June 24, 2024
This chapter establishes procedures for controlling access to
				  paper records of births, deaths, fetal deaths, marriages, divorces and
				  annulments that are maintained on file in the offices of local registrars or
				  the department, for the purpose of protecting these vital records from
				  mutilation, alteration or theft. The chapter is promulgated under the authority
				  of ss.
				  69.02(2)
				  and
				  69.20(4),
				  Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 142 - Access to vital records › Section DHS 142.02 - Applicability

Current through June 24, 2024
This chapter applies to the department, to local registrars,
				  including county registers of deeds and city health officers in cities that are
				  registration districts, and to all persons who wish to examine a vital record
				  to which access is not prohibited under ch. 69, Stats., or any other
				  statute.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 142 - Access to vital records › Section DHS 142.03 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this chapter:
(1)
				"Department" means the Wisconsin department of health services.
(2) "Local registrar" means the county
				register of deeds or the city health officer in a city which is a registration
				district.
(3) "Poor condition" in
				reference to a vital record in paper form means brittle, frayed, poorly
				attached to the book, faded or of poor legible quality.
(4) "Public index" means a list of key
				identifying items from vital records registered by the local or state
				registrar, which is issued by the local or state registrar and contains only
				information that is available to all persons with no restriction by statute or
				rule.
(5) "Records area" means a
				designated area in a registrar's office where vital records are stored and
				where they are made available for public use.
(6) "Registrar" means a local registrar or
				the state registrar.
(7)
				"Registration district" means a county or, for purposes of filing certificates
				of birth or certificates of birth and death, a city approved by the state
				registrar under s.
				69.04,
				Stats.
(8) "Related data" means
				court orders, amendment forms of all types, affidavits, documentary proofs,
				correspondence and indexes associated with a specific vital record.
(9) "State registrar" means the state
				registrar of vital statistics appointed under s.
				69.02(1)
				(b), Stats.
(10) "Vital record" means a certificate of
				birth, death, divorce or annulment, a marriage document or a fetal death
				report, including related data.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 142 - Access to vital records › Section DHS 142.04 - General policy on access to vital records

Current through June 24, 2024
A vital record is a multi-purpose document. It acts as a
				  formal record of the occurrence of a vital event, serves as legal proof for the
				  individual that a vital event occurred and provides medical information to
				  serve the needs of public health programs and health research. The state
				  registrar and local registrars shall facilitate access by the public to
				  non-confidential information that specified vital events occurred while at the
				  same time protecting paper documents from alteration, theft or mutilation. The
				  state registrar and local registrars shall provide certified documentary proof
				  of a vital event for individual use to any person who requests that proof and
				  has a direct and tangible interest as defined in s.
				  69.20(1),
				  Stats. As provided in s.
				  69.21(2),
				  Stats., the state registrar and local registrars shall issue uncertified copies
				  to any person requesting uncertified copies, including any person not having a
				  direct and tangible interest. The state registrar shall provide health and
				  demographic data for public health program use and for health and demographic
				  research use consistent with the provisions of s.
				  69.20,
				  Stats., but shall require that users respect the legal confidentiality of the
				  data.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 142 - Access to vital records › Section DHS 142.05 - Duties of registrars

Current through June 24, 2024
Registrars shall:
(1) Permit persons who want to examine and
				take notes from public indexes and examine and take notes from vital records to
				do those things but under the conditions set out in this chapter and subject to
				the restrictions in ch. 69, Stats., and any other statute which limits access
				to all or parts of certain records and to types of records;
(2) Establish reasonable hours during which
				interested persons may examine and take notes from vital records, notify the
				state registrar of the hours and post the hours in a conspicuous place in the
				registrar's office;
(3) Establish
				reasonable conditions consistent with this chapter for interested persons to
				examine and take notes from vital records, and post these conditions and the
				conditions under s.
				DHS
				142.07(1) in a conspicuous place in
				the registrar's office;
(4) Verify
				the identity of every person who asks to enter the records area to examine and
				take notes from vital records and maintain a sign-up system for record users,
				allowing signers the option of making their names available to others or
				not;
(5) Provide a place outside
				the records area for record users to store their coats and briefcases, purses,
				bags and other hand carried items at their own risk;
(6) Identify to record users wanting to
				examine or take notes from records any record that is in poor condition, and
				require staff assistance to examine or take notes from any record that is in
				poor condition;
(7) Prevent public
				access to legally confidential materials, and in this regard properly maintain
				public indexes to exclude legally confidential information;
(8) Maintain general surveillance of vital
				record users;
(9) Limit the number
				of record users admitted to the records area at one time to a number that is
				compatible with the available space and facilities and that can be subject to
				surveillance. In this connection a registrar may require appointments and may
				set reasonable limits on the time the record user spends in the records
				area;
(10) Enforce this chapter and
				ch. 69, Stats. by:
(a) Reporting suspected
				criminal activity to the appropriate law enforcement authorities; and
(b) Excluding offending record users from the
				records area for the periods of time indicated under s.
				DHS
				142.07(4); and
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 142 - Access to vital records › Section DHS 142.07 - Conditions for users

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) CONDITIONS FOR ADMISSION TO THE RECORDS
				AREA. To be admitted to the records area, a person wanting to examine vital
				records:
(a) Shall register to examine and
				take notes from vital records by providing to the registrar or the clerk on
				duty in the registrar's office his or her name and address, and identification
				of the records to be searched such as by individual or family
				relationship;
(b) Shall present
				satisfactory proof of identity to the registrar or clerk on duty in the
				registrar's office;
(c) Shall read
				the conditions for examining and taking notes from vital records established
				under s.
				DHS
				142.05(3) and this section and sign
				an agreement that he or she has read the conditions and agrees to abide by
				them;
(d) May not bring children
				under the age of 12 into the records area;
(e) May not bring food or beverages into the
				records area;
(f) May not bring a
				coat or a purse, briefcase, bag or other handcarried item into the records
				area; and
(g) May not bring a
				private copy machine or camera into the records area.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 143 - Hearing impaired children (Repealed) › Section DHS 143.05 - Requirements for participating clinical audiologists (Repealed)

Current through June 24, 2024
Submit the information to Program for Children with Special
					 Health Care Needs, 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 144 - Immunization Of Students › Section DHS 144.01 - Introduction

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) PURPOSE AND AUTHORITY. This rule
				implements s. 252.04, Stats., which requires
				the department to carry out a statewide immunization program to eliminate,
				immunize, and protect against certain diseases specified in statute or by
				department rule. This chapter addresses immunization requirements for
				vaccine-preventable diseases, by students admitted into schools or children
				admitted into child care settings.
(2) RELATIONSHIP TO INFANT AND PRESCHOOL
				IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULES. The emphasis placed in this chapter on meeting minimum
				immunization requirements upon entry to Wisconsin schools at any grade level or
				to a child care center complements efforts by the department to promote early
				immunization of infants and preschoolers according to accepted immunization
				schedules.