Wisconsin Legislature: Chapter SPS 335

Chapter SPS 335

INFECTIOUS AGENTS

SPS 335.01 Definitions.

SPS 335.02 Infectious agents.

Ch. SPS 335 NoteNote: Chapter ILHR 35 was renumbered Chapter Comm 35 under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 1., Stats., and corrections made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 6. and 7., Stats., Register, March, 1999, No. 519. Chapter Comm 35 was renumbered chapter SPS 335 under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 1., Stats., Register December 2011 No. 672.

SPS 335.001SPS 335.001 Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to identify, by administrative rules, those infectious agents relevant to the Employees’ Right to Know Law, ss. 101.58 to 101.599, Stats.

SPS 335.001 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, September, 1983, No. 333, eff. 10-1-83.

SPS 335.01SPS 335.01 Definitions. In this chapter:

SPS 335.01(1)(1) “Department” means the department of safety and professional services.

SPS 335.01(2)(2) “Infectious agents” has the meaning set forth in s. 101.58 (2) (f), Stats.

SPS 335.01 NoteNote: The statutory definition for infectious agents reads: “Infectious agent” means a bacterial, mycoplasmal, fungal, parasitic or viral agent identified by the department by rule as causing illness in humans or human fetuses or both, which is introduced by an employer to be used, studied or produced in the workplace. “Infectious agent” does not include such an agent in or on the body of a person who is present in the workplace for diagnosis or treatment.

SPS 335.01 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, September, 1983, No. 333, eff. 10-1-83; correction in (1) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 6., Stats., Register December 2011 No. 672.

SPS 335.02SPS 335.02 Infectious agents. Pursuant to ss. 101.58 (2) (f) and 101.598 (1), Stats., the bacterial, mycoplasmal, fungal, parasitic and viral agents and arboviruses specified in Tables 335.02-1, 335.02-2, 335.02-3, 335.02-4, 335.02-5, respectively, are designated as infectious agents.

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