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134.71
(12) Applications and forms. The department of agriculture, trade and
24consumer protection
, in consultation with the department of justice, shall develop
1applications and other forms required under subs. (5) (intro.) and (8) (c). The
2department
of agriculture, trade and consumer protection shall print a sufficient
3number of applications and forms to provide to counties and municipalities for
4distribution to pawnbrokers, secondhand article dealers and secondhand jewelry
5dealers at no cost.
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7136.03 (title)
Duties of the department of agriculture, trade and
8consumer protection justice.
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136.03
(1) (intro.) The department of
agriculture, trade and consumer
11protection of justice shall investigate violations of this chapter and of rules and
12orders issued under s. 136.04. The department
of justice may subpoena persons and
13records to facilitate its investigations, and may enforce compliance with such
14subpoenas as provided in s. 885.12. The department
of justice may
in on behalf of
15the state:
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17136.04 Powers of the department of agriculture, trade and consumer
18protection justice. (1) The department of
agriculture, trade and consumer
19protection justice may adopt such rules as may be required to carry out the purposes
20of this chapter.
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21(2) The department of
agriculture, trade and consumer protection justice after
22public hearing may issue general or special orders to carry out the purposes of this
23chapter and to determine and prohibit unfair trade practices in business or unfair
24methods of competition in business pursuant to s. 100.20 (2) to (4).".
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3134.74 Nondisclosure of information on receipts. (1) In this section:
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(a) "Credit card" has the meaning given in s. 421.301 (15).
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(b) "Debit card" means a plastic card or similar device that may be used to
6purchase goods or services by providing the purchaser with direct access to the
7purchaser's account at a depository institution.
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(c) "Depository institution" means a bank, savings bank, savings and loan
9association, or credit union.
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10(2) Beginning on the first day of the 37th month beginning after the effective
11date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date], no person who is in the business of
12selling goods at retail or selling services and who accepts a credit card or a debit card
13for the purchase of goods or services may issue a credit card or debit card receipt, for
14that purchase, on which is printed more than 5 digits of the credit card or debit card
15number.
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16(3) This section does not apply to any person who issues a credit card or debit
17card receipt that is handwritten or that is manually prepared by making an imprint
18of the credit card or debit card.".
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146.50
(4) (title)
Ambulance staffing
and operational plans; limitations;
22rules.
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23Section 329s. 146.50 (4) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 146.50 (4) (c) (intro.)
24and amended to read:
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1146.50
(4) (c) (intro.) Notwithstanding par. (a), the department may
2promulgate rules that establish standards for
approval by the department of
3operational plans for the staffing of ambulances in which the primary services
4provided are those which an emergency medical technician - intermediate is
5authorized to provide or those which an emergency medical technician - paramedic
6is authorized to provide.
Rules promulgated by the department under this
7paragraph may permit the department to approve an operational plan, for services
8that an emergency medical technician-paramedic is authorized to provide, that is
9submitted by an ambulance service provider that provided these services before
10January 1, 2000, only if the operational plan specifies all of the following for the
11transport of a patient in a prehospital setting:
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146.50
(4) (c) 1. That the ambulance service provider ensures, in writing, that
14the ambulance is staffed with at least 2 emergency medical technicians-paramedic,
15licensed registered nurses, licensed physician assistants, or physicians or a
16combination of any 2 of these, who are trained in the use of all skills authorized by
17rule for an emergency medical technician-paramedic and are designated by the
18medical director of the ambulance service. This subdivision does not apply during
19an emergency when there is an agreement for the sharing of emergency services in
20place between a town, village, or city and another town, village, or city.
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146.50
(4) (c) 2. That the ambulance staff, as specified in subd. 1., is dispatched
23from the same site, together, to the scene of an emergency. This subdivision does not
24apply if the ambulance service provider, as of October 1, 2001, dispatched ambulance
25staff from multiple sites to the scene of an emergency.
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146.50
(4) (c) 3. That if an emergency medical technician-paramedic arrives
3at the scene of an emergency prior to the arrival of the ambulance staff, as specified
4in subd. 1., the emergency medical technician-paramedic may provide services using
5all skills authorized by rule for an emergency medical technician-paramedic.".
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146.50
(13) (a) The department may promulgate rules necessary for
9administration of this section
, as limited under sub. (4) (c).".
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12146.96 Uniform claim processing form. Beginning no later than July 1,
132004, every health care provider, as defined in s. 146.81 (1), shall use the uniform
14claim processing form developed by the commissioner of insurance under s. 601.41
15(9) (b) when submitting a claim to an insurer.".
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146.83
(1) (b) Receive a copy of the patient's health care records upon payment
19of
reasonable costs fees, as established by rule under sub. (3m).
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146.83
(1) (c) Receive a copy of the health care provider's X-ray reports or have
22the X-rays referred to another health care provider of the patient's choice upon
23payment of
reasonable costs fees, as established by rule under sub. (3m).
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1146.83
(3m) (a) The department shall, by rule, prescribe fees that are based on
2an approximation of actual costs. The fees, plus applicable tax, are the maximum
3amount that a health care provider may charge under sub. (1) (b) for duplicate
4patient health care records and under sub. (1) (c) for duplicate X-ray reports or the
5referral of X-rays to another health care provider of the patient's choice. The rule
6shall also permit the health care provider to charge for actual postage or other actual
7delivery costs. In determining the approximation of actual costs for the purposes of
8this subsection, the department may consider all of the following factors:
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1. Operating expenses, such as wages, rent, utilities, and duplication
10equipment and supplies.
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2. The varying cost of retrieval of records, based on the different media on which
12the records are maintained.
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3. The cost of separating requested patient health care records from those that
14are not requested.
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4. The cost of duplicating requested patient health care records.
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5. The impact on costs of advances in technology.
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(b) By January 1, 2006, and every 3 years thereafter, the department shall
18revise the rules under par. (a) to account for increases or decreases in actual costs.".
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20"
Section 336jc. 149.143 (1) (b) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
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149.143
(1) (b) 1. a. First, from premiums from eligible persons with coverage
22under s. 149.14 (2) (a) set at
a rate that is 140% to 150% of the rate that a standard
23risk would be charged under an individual policy providing substantially the same
24coverage and deductibles as are provided under the plan and from eligible persons
1with coverage under s. 149.14 (2) (b) set in accordance with s. 149.14 (5m), including
2amounts received for premium and deductible subsidies under s. 149.144 and under
3the transfer to the fund from the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (4) (ah), and
4from premiums collected from eligible persons with coverage under s. 149.146 set in
5accordance with s. 149.146 (2) (b).
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149.143
(1) (b) 1. c. Third, by increasing premiums from eligible persons with
8coverage under s. 149.14 (2) (a) to more than
150%
the rate at which premiums were
9set under subd. 1. a. but not more than 200% of the rate that a standard risk would
10be charged under an individual policy providing substantially the same coverage and
11deductibles as are provided under the plan and from eligible persons with coverage
12under s. 149.14 (2) (b) by a comparable amount in accordance with s. 149.14 (5m),
13including amounts received for premium and deductible subsidies under s. 149.144
14and under the transfer to the fund from the appropriation account under s. 20.435
15(4) (ah), and by increasing premiums from eligible persons with coverage under s.
16149.146 in accordance with s. 149.146 (2) (b), to the extent that the amounts under
17subd. 1. a. and b. are insufficient to pay 60% of plan costs.
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149.143
(2) (a) 2. After making the determinations under subd. 1., by rule set
20premium rates for the new plan year, including the rates under s. 149.146 (2) (b), in
21the manner specified in sub. (1) (b) 1. a. and c. and such that a rate for coverage under
22s. 149.14 (2) (a) is
approved by the board and is not less than
150% 140% nor more
23than 200% of the rate that a standard risk would be charged under an individual
24policy providing substantially the same coverage and deductibles as are provided
25under the plan.
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149.143
(2m) (b) 1. To reduce premiums in succeeding plan years as provided
3in sub. (1) (b) 1. b. For eligible persons with coverage under s. 149.14 (2) (a),
4premiums may not be reduced below
150% 140% of the rate that a standard risk
5would be charged under an individual policy providing substantially the same
6coverage and deductibles as are provided under the plan.".
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9157.055 Disposal of human remains during state of emergency relating
10to public health. (1) In this section:
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(a) "Funeral establishment" has the meaning given in s. 445.01 (6).
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(b) "Public health authority" has the meaning given in s. 250.01 (6g).
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13(2) Notwithstanding ss. 69.18 (4), 445.04 (2), 445.14, 979.01 (3), (3m), and (4),
14979.02, and 979.10, during a period of a state of emergency related to public health
15declared by the governor under s. 166.03 (1) (b) 1., a public health authority may do
16all of the following:
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(a) Issue and enforce orders that are reasonable and necessary to provide for
18the safe disposal of human remains, including by embalming, burial, cremation,
19interment, disinterment, transportation, and other disposal.
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(b) Take possession and control of any human remains.
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(c) Order the disposal, through burial or cremation, of any human remains of
22an individual who has died of a communicable disease, within 24 hours after the
23individual's death and consider, to the extent feasible, the religious, cultural, or
1individual beliefs of the deceased individual or his or her family in disposing of the
2remains.
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(d) If reasonable and necessary for emergency response, require a funeral
4establishment, as a condition of its permit under s. 445.105 (1), to accept human
5remains or provide the use of its business or facility, including by transferring the
6management and supervision of the funeral establishment to the public health
7authority, for a period of time not to exceed the period of the state of emergency.
8Reasonable and necessary expenses of a funeral establishment in complying with the
9requirements under this paragraph may be paid by the department from the
10appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (e).
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(e) Require the labeling of all human remains before disposal with all available
12identifying information and information concerning the circumstances of death and,
13in addition, require that the human remains of an individual with a communicable
14disease be clearly tagged to indicate that remains contain a communicable disease
15and, if known, the specific communicable disease.
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(f) Maintain or require the maintenance of a written or electronic record of all
17human remains that are disposed of, including all available identifying information
18and information concerning the circumstances of death and disposal. If it is
19impossible to identify human remains prior to disposal, the public health authority
20may require that a qualified person obtain any fingerprints, photographs, or
21identifying dental information, and collect a specimen of deoxyribonucleic acid from
22the human remains and transmit this information to the public health authority.
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(g) Notwithstanding s. 59.34 (1) or 59.35 (1), authorize a county medical
24examiner or a county coroner to appoint emergency assistant medical examiners or
25emergency deputy coroners, whichever is applicable, if necessary to perform the
1duties of the office of medical examiner or coroner, and to prescribe the duties of the
2emergency assistant medical examiners or emergency deputy coroners. The term of
3any emergency appointment authorized under this paragraph may not exceed the
4period of the state emergency. A county medical examiner or county coroner may
5terminate an emergency appointment before the end of the period of the state
6emergency, if termination of the appointment will not impede the performance of the
7duties of his or her office. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (e), the
8department shall reimburse counties for the cost of any emergency medical
9examiners or emergency deputy coroners appointed under this paragraph.".
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165.70
(1) (b) Enforce chs. 945 and 961 and ss. 940.20 (3), 940.201, 941.25 to
13941.27, 943.01 (2) (c), 943.011, 943.27, 943.28, 943.30, 944.30, 944.31, 944.32, 944.33,
14944.34, 946.65, 947.02 (3) and (4)
, 948.075, and 948.08.".
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17160.257 Exceptions for aquifer storage and recovery systems. (1) In
18this section:
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(a) "Aquifer storage and recovery system" means all of the aquifer storage and
20recovery wells and related appurtenances that are part of a municipal water system.
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(b) "Aquifer storage and recovery well" means a well through which treated
22drinking water is placed underground for the purpose of storing and later recovering
23the water through the same well for use as drinking water.
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1(c) "Municipal water system" means a community water system, as defined in
2s. 281.62 (1) (a), that is owned by a city, village, town, county, town sanitary district,
3utility district, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district, or municipal
4water district, or by a privately owned water utility serving any of the foregoing.
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(d) "Specified substance" means one of the following:
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2. Bromodichloromethane.
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3. Dibromochloromethane.
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(e) "Treated drinking water" means potable water that has been treated so that
11it complies with the primary drinking water standards promulgated under ss. 280.11
12and 281.17 (8).
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13(2) Notwithstanding s. 160.19 (1) and (2), the department is not required to
14promulgate or amend rules that define design or management criteria for aquifer
15storage and recovery systems to minimize the amount of a specified substance in
16groundwater or to maintain compliance with the preventive action limit for a
17specified substance, however, the department shall promulgate rules that define
18design or management criteria for aquifer storage and recovery systems to maintain
19compliance with drinking water standards promulgated under ss. 280.11 and 281.17
20(8).
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21(3) Notwithstanding s. 160.21 (2), the point of standards application for an
22aquifer storage and recovery well with respect to a specified substance is 1,200 feet
23from the aquifer storage and recovery well and at any other well that is within 1,200
24feet from the aquifer storage and recovery well.".