Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
This rule will not have any effect on small business.
Fiscal Estimate
The proposed rule has no fiscal effect. A copy of the fiscal estimate may be obtained upon request to the Office of Credit Unions, P. O. Box 14137, Madison, WI 53714-0137.
Text of Rule
SECTION l. Chapter DFI-CU 64 is repealed.
Contact Person
Ginger Larson, Director, Office of Credit Unions, 345 W. Washington Ave., 3rd Fl, P. O. Box 14137, Madison, WI 53714-0137
Notice of Hearings
Health & Family Services
(Health, Chs. HFS 110-)
Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to ss. 227.11(2) (a), 250.04 (7) and 254.47 (4), Stats., the Department of Health and Family Services will hold public hearings to consider the repeal and recreation of ch. HFS 175, Wis. Adm. Code, relating to recreational and educational camps.
Hearing Information
January 4, 2000 2nd Floor West Conf. Room
Tuesday Marathon County Health Dept.
From 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. 1200 Lakeview Drive
WAUSAU, WI
January 5, 2000 Downstairs Conference Room
Wednesday City of Milwaukee Health Dept. –
From 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Northwest Health Center
7630 W. Mill Road
MILWAUKEE, WI
January 6, 2000 Room 124
Thursday Washington Square Building
From 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. 1414 E. Washington Avenue
MADISON, WI
The hearing sites are fully accessible to people with disabilities. For the public hearing in Madison, parking for people with disabilities is available in the parking lot across Dickenson Street from the Washington Square Building. The most convenient entrance to the Washington Square Building to get to Room 124, a ground floor hearing site, is from Dickenson Street through the 55 Washington Square entrance.
Analysis Prepared by the Department of Health and Family Services
The Department and local health departments that serve as agents of the Department regulate all educational and recreational camps operating in Wisconsin to protect public health and safety. Regulation is on the basis of administrative rules promulgated by the Department. The Department's rules are in ch. HFS 175, Wis. Adm. Code. No one may operate a camp without a permit issued by the Department or by one of the Department's agent local health departments. A permit is evidence that when the permit was issued the camp complied with the Department's rules. At the end of 1998 there were 246 educational and recreational camps in Wisconsin, 191 regulated by the Department and 55 by agent local health departments.
Chapter HFS 175 has not been generally revised since November 1985. A workgroup drawn from camp operators, local public health department staff and staff of the Department's Environmental Sanitation Section began reviewing the current rules in early 1993 with the object of developing recommendations for updating them, including making them more flexible in recognition of changes in the industry, clarifying various provisions, making provision for the exceptional risk involved in some activities and adding new safety requirements.
This order makes changes in ch. HFS 175 based upon the workgroup's recommendations, as follows:
-The definition of “recreational and educational camp" is modified to delete the limitation that the overnight living quarters provide 4 or more consecutive nights of lodging. The definition would now cover programs for one to 3 nights, but only if the premises included permanent facilities for food and lodging. This change allows some camps to make use of their facilities the year around and in many cases eliminate the need for more than one license or other approval.
-There is no longer a requirement that plans for a new or expanded camp be submitted to the Department for review and approval before construction begins. An operator may submit the plans for the Department's review but is not required to do so.
-The current rules section on Water Supply and Waste Disposal is divided into separate sections on Water Supply, Sewage Disposal System, Toilet and Shower Facilities, and Garbage and Refuse.
-Food safety and service requirements and related equipment and utensil requirements in ch. HFS 196, the Department's rules for restaurants, are made to apply also to camp dining halls, commissary operations and concession stands in place of separate rule sections currently in ch. HFS 175 relating to food supplies and protection, equipment and utensils, and washing, rinsing and sanitizing utensils.
-New rules are added for outdoor food service. These rules are intended to ensure food safety and proper sanitation when food is prepared and/or served out-of-doors at camps.
-The rules section relating to Safety is expanded to require that specified high-risk camper activities, such as rock climbing and archery, be under the supervision of a trained adult; to require a camp emergency plan covering camper security, fire, severe weather, a lost camper and a lost swimmer; to require notification of local fire-fighting and law enforcement officials when a camp opens; and to require that permanent structures be in compliance with Department of Commerce fire safety rules which DHFS staff and agent local health department staff will enforce. The Waterfront subsection in the current rules, which covers swimming and watercraft activities, is renamed Water Activities, the training requirements for lifeguards are updated and an alternative safety measure is provided to the requirement for supervision of adults engaged in non-swimming water activities.
-The rules section relating to Health is revised to delete the requirement that each camper and staff member on arrival at a camp present a written report of a physical examination performed within the preceding 36 months (an up-to-date health history is still required, except in family camping programs), to provide more flexibility in staffing for on-site health services but limited service by persons who have only completed an American Red Cross first aid and safety course, to add a requirement that the staff or consulting physician, in cooperation with the camp operator, develop a written protocol for the administration of medications and provision of routine and emergency medical care at the camp, and to require a health services staff person to accompany all overnight programs that go off-site or to primitive camping areas.
Contact Person
To find out more abut the hearings or to request a copy of the proposed rules, write or phone:
Edward Rabotski
Bureau of Environmental Health
P.O. Box 2659
Madison WI 53701-2659
608-266-8294 or,
if you are hearing impaired,
608-267-7371 (TTY)
If you are hearing or visually impaired, do not speak English, or have circumstances which might make communication at a hearing difficult and if you, therefore, require an interpreter or a non-English, large print or taped version of the hearing document, contact the person at the address or phone number shown above. Persons requesting a non-English or sign language interpreter should contact the person at the address or phone number given above at least 10 days before the hearing. With less than 10 days notice, an interpreter may not be available.
Written Comments
Written comments on the proposed rules received at the above address no later than January 13, 2000 will be given the same consideration as testimony presented at a hearing.
Fiscal Estimate
This is a general updating of the Department's rules for recreational and educational camps. The rules are designed to help protect the health and safety of the public. The rules are enforced by the Department in some areas of the state and by local health departments serving as agents of the Department in other areas of the state. No one may operate a camp without a permit issued by the Department or by an agent local health department.
The rules are amended to clarify provisions, add new safety requirements and make the rules more flexible in recognition of changes in the industry. The definition of “camp" is modified to delete the limitation that a camp provide 4 or more consecutive nights of lodging; there is no longer a requirement for Department pre-approval of plans for a new or expanded camp; food safety and service requirements and related equipment and utensil requirements in ch. HFS 196, rules for restaurants, are made to apply also to camp dining halls; there are new rules for food safety and sanitation when food is prepared and served out-of-doors; training requirements for lifeguards are updated; more flexibility is permitted in staffing for health care services; and the current requirement that each camper and staff member on arrival at the camp present a written report of a physical examination received within the preceding 36 months is deleted (an up-to-date health history is still required).
Fees charged to camps cover the costs to state government and agent local health departments of this regulatory program.
Of the 246 camps operating in the state at the end of 1998, 12 were operated by University of Wisconsin campuses and one was operated by the Department of Natural Resources. The rule changes will permit camps to rent out their facilities from time to time to organized groups without having to have restaurant and hotel permits which would be required now in addition to a camp permit. So the rule changes could either result in some savings for these camps in terms of permit fees, if they now rent out their facilities, or make it less costly for a camp to rent out its facilities.
Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
These revised rules apply to the operation of recreational and educational camps. No more than 30 of the 246 recreational and educational camps in Wisconsin are small businesses as “small business" is defined in s. 227.114 (1) (a), Stats.
The revised rules clarify current provisions, add new safety requirements and make the rules more flexible in recognitiion of changes in the industry. The definition of “camp" is modified to delete the limitation that a camp provide 4 or more consecutive nights of lodging, the effect being to permit a camp to operate the year around and to enable some camps to avoid having to obtain restaurant and hotel permits in addition to a camp permit; there is no longer a requirement for Department pre-approval of plans for a new or expanded camp; food safety and service requirements and related equipment and utensil requirements in ch. HFS 196, rules for restaurants, are made to apply also to camp dining halls; there are new rules for food safety and sanitation when food is prepared and served out-of-doors; and more flexibility is permitted in staffing for health care services.
The rules are minimum requirements for protecting the health and safety of campers and staff. Because of this, no special measures could be included in the revised rules to relieve small businesses, as such, of some of the requirements.
Notice of Hearing
Pharmacy Internship Board
Notice is hereby given that pursuant to s. 36.25 (20), Stats., and interpreting ss. 36.25 (20) and 450.045, Stats., the Pharmacy Internship Board will hold a public hearing at the time and place indicated below to consider a revision of rules affecting ch. Ph-Int 1, relating to the Pharmacy Internship Board.
Hearing Information
Date & Time Location
January 25, 2000 5120 Chamberlin Hall
Tuesday School of Pharmacy
12:30 P.M. UW-Madison
425 North Charter St.
MADISON, WI
Analysis Prepared By Pharmacy Internship Board
The profession of pharmacy, its roles, tasks, duties, and responsibilities have evolved greatly within the past five years. Similarly, the roles, tasks, duties, and responsibilities for interns enrolled in the state's pharmacy internship program have evolved as a prerequisite for pharmacist licensure in Wisconsin. Ending in 1999, the five-year baccalaureate degree has been replaced with the six-year Doctor of Pharmacy degree (Pharm.D.) as the entry-level degree into the pharmacy profession. With the inception of the Pharm.D., changes also have occurred in the didactic and experiential learning course work required by the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education, an accreditation agency, for schools and colleges of pharmacy nationwide. As a result, pharmacy students may now accrue all pharmacy internship hours while enrolled in the academic curriculum. This differs from the former baccalaureate degree where a minimum of 1000 of the 1500 hour pharmacy internship requirement had to be served extracurricularly. Furthermore, changes in experiential learning coursework, and the need for pharmacist preceptor supervision, now takes place earlier in the curriculum than in the past. The Pharmacy Internship Board needs to amend its current rules and make rule changes in light of this.
Other factors necessitate changes in the Pharmacy Internship Board rules. International pharmacy graduates (graduates from non-accredited schools and colleges of pharmacy) can pursue pharmacist licensure in Wisconsin as allowed by the Wisconsin Pharmacy Examining Board. A prerequisite to do this includes serving a pharmacy internship of 1500 hours before the state board exams are taken. Amendments and additional Pharmacy Internship Board rules are needed to reflect this change. Pharmacy residency programs (as a form of postgraduate professional training) will continue to emerge. Since some pharmacy residents elect not to pursue pharmacist licensure during this training, the Pharmacy Internship Board is needed to provide oversight and ensure adequate supervision and consumer protection. Pharmacy Internship Board rule amendments and changes are needed to reflect this. Last, pharmacists licensed in other states who have applied and are waiting to complete the Wisconsin pharmacist licensure exams often desire pharmacy internship licenses to practice in the interim period before they are licensed. Pharmacy Internship Board rule amendments and rule changes are needed to ensure these pharmacists are eligible to practice as pharmacist interns before being allowed to practice under the supervision of a registered pharmacist.
Other miscellaneous changes have been proposed, including registration expiration dates, fees and continuing education.
Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
The proposed rules and rule changes are not foreseen to affect small businesses.
Fiscal Estimate
The proposed rules and rule changes are not foreseen to have a fiscal impact on the liabilities, and revenues of a county, city, village, town, school district, technical college district or a sewerage district.
