Register June 2018 No. 750
Chapter DHS 145
CONTROL OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Subchapter I — General Provisions
DHS 145.01 Statutory authority.
DHS 145.02 Purpose and scope.
DHS 145.04 Reports of communicable diseases.
DHS 145.05 Investigation and control of communicable diseases.
DHS 145.06 General statement of powers for control of communicable disease.
DHS 145.07 Special disease control measures.
Subchapter II — Tuberculosis
DHS 145.09 Laboratory procedures.
DHS 145.10 Restriction and management of patients and contacts.
DHS 145.11 Discharge from isolation or confinement.
DHS 145.12 Certification of public health dispensaries.
DHS 145.13 Dispensary reimbursement.
Subchapter III — Sexually Transmitted Disease
DHS 145.15 Case reporting.
DHS 145.16 Reporting of cases delinquent in treatment.
DHS 145.17 Determination of sources and contacts.
DHS 145.18 Criteria for determination of suspects.
DHS 145.19 Examination of suspects.
DHS 145.20 Commitment of suspects.
DHS 145.21 Treatment of minors.
DHS 145.22 Treatment guidelines.
Ch. DHS 145 Note
Note: Chapter HSS 145 was renumbered chapter HFS 145 under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 1., Stats., and corrections made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 6. and 7., Stats.,
Register, June, 1997, No. 498. Chapter HFS 145 was renumbered chapter DHS 145 under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 1., Stats., and corrections made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats.,
Register January 2009 No. 637.
DHS 145.01 History
History: Cr.
Register, April, 1984, No. 340, eff. 5-1-84; corrections made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats.,
Register, August, 1995, No. 476; am.
Register, March, 2000, No. 531, eff. 4-1-00; correction made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats.,
Register, March, 2002 No. 555;
CR 01-105: am.
Register March 2002 No. 555, eff. 4-1-02.
DHS 145.02
DHS 145.02 Purpose and scope. 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.
DHS 145.02 History
History: Cr.
Register, April, 1984, No. 340, eff. 5-1-84; am.
Register, March, 2000, No. 531, eff. 4-1-00.
DHS 145.03
DHS 145.03 Definitions. In this chapter:
DHS 145.03(1)
(1) “Advanced practice nurse prescriber" means an advanced practice nurse, as defined in
s. N 8.02 (1), who under s.
441.16 (2), Stats., has been granted a certificate to issue prescription orders.
DHS 145.03(2)
(2) “Case" means a person determined to have a particular communicable disease on the basis of clinical or laboratory criteria or both.
DHS 145.03(3)
(3) “Chief medical officer" means the person appointed by the state health officer under s.
250.02 (2), Stats., to provide public health consultation and leadership in the program area of acute and communicable disease and who serves also as state epidemiologist for that program area.
DHS 145.03(4)
(4) “Communicable disease" means a disease or condition listed in Appendix A of this chapter.
DHS 145.03(5)
(5) “Control" means to take actions designed to prevent the spread of communicable diseases.
DHS 145.03(6)
(6) “Conveyance" means any publicly or privately owned vehicle used for providing transportation services.
DHS 145.03(7)
(7) “Date of onset" means the day on which the case or suspected case experienced the first sign or symptom of the communicable disease.
DHS 145.03(8)
(8) “Day care center" has the meaning prescribed in s.
48.65, Stats., and includes nursery schools that fit that definition.
DHS 145.03(9)
(9) “Department" means the department of health services.
DHS 145.03(10)
(10) “Food handler" means a person who handles food utensils or who prepares, processes or serves food or beverages for people other than members of his or her immediate household.
DHS 145.03(11)
(11) “Health care facility" has the meaning prescribed in s.
155.01 (6), Stats., and includes providers of ambulatory health care.
DHS 145.03(13)
(13) “Individual case report form" means the form provided by the department for the purpose of reporting communicable diseases.
DHS 145.03(14)
(14) “Investigation" means a systematic inquiry designed to identify factors which contribute to the occurrence and spread of communicable diseases.
DHS 145.03(16)
(16) “Local health department" means an agency of local government that takes any of the forms specified in s.
250.01 (4), Stats.
DHS 145.03(17)
(17) “Local health officer" has the meaning prescribed in s.
250.01 (5), Stats., and applies to the person who is designated as the local health officer for the place of residence of a case or suspected case of communicable disease.
DHS 145.03(18)
(18) “Organized program of infection control" means written and implemented policies and procedures for the purpose of surveillance, investigation, control and prevention of infections in a health care facility.
DHS 145.03(19)
(19) “Other disease or condition having the potential to affect the health of other persons” means a disease that can be transmitted from one person to another but that is not listed in Appendix A of this chapter and therefore is not reportable under this chapter, although it is listed in the official report of the American Public Health Association, unless specified otherwise by the state epidemiologist.
DHS 145.03 Note
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.
DHS 145.03(20)
(20) “Outbreak" means an unusual aggregation of health events that are grouped together in a short time period and limited geographic area.
DHS 145.03(21)
(21) “Personal care" means the service provided by one person to another person who is not a member of his or her immediate household for the purpose of feeding, bathing, dressing, assisting with personal hygiene, changing diapers, changing bedding and other services involving direct physical contact.
DHS 145.03(22)
(22) “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, and holding a license granted by the board under s.
448.01 (5), Stats.
DHS 145.03(23)
(23) “Public building" means any privately or publicly owned building which is open to the public.
DHS 145.03(24)
(24) “Public health intervention" means an action designed to promote and protect the health of the public.
DHS 145.03(25)
(25) “State epidemiologist" means the person appointed by the state health officer under s.
250.02 (1), Stats., to be the person in charge of communicable disease control for the state who serves also as chief medical officer for the acute and communicable disease program area.
