CHAPTER 250
HEALTH; ADMINISTRATION AND SUPERVISION
250.02 State health officials.
250.03 Public health system.
250.04 Powers and duties of the department.
250.041 Denial, nonrenewal and suspension of registration, license, certification, approval, permit and certificate based on certain delinquency in payment.
250.042 Powers and duties of the department as public health authority.
250.045 Drugs; department order authority.
250.05 Sanitarians; qualifications, duties, registration.
250.06 Public health nurses.
250.07 Public health planning.
250.10 Grant for dental services.
250.15 Grants for community health centers.
250.01
250.01
Definitions. In
chs. 250 to
255, unless the context requires otherwise:
250.01(1)
(1) "Chief medical officer" means a physician who is appointed by the state health officer under
s. 250.02 (2).
250.01(2)
(2) "Department" means the department of health and family services.
250.01(3)
(3) "Local board of health" means the policy-making body for a local health department.
250.01(4)
(4) "Local health department" means any of the following:
250.01(4)(a)
(a) In a county with a population of less than 500,000, any of the following:
250.01(4)(a)1.
1. A county health department established under
s. 251.02 (1), including a county health department whose powers and duties are transferred to a county department of human services under
s. 46.23 (3) (b) 1. c.
250.01(4)(a)3.
3. A city health department that was established before January 1, 1994.
250.01(4)(b)
(b) In a county with a population of 500,000 or more, a city health department or a village health department established under
s. 251.02 (2).
250.01(5)
(5) "Local health officer" means the health officer who is in charge of a local health department.
250.01(6g)
(6g) "Public health authority" means the department, if the governor declares under
s. 166.03 (1) (b) 1. a state of emergency related to public health and designates the department as the lead state agency to respond to that emergency.
250.01(8)
(8) "Secretary" means the secretary of health and family services.
250.01(9)
(9) "State health officer" means the individual who is appointed by the secretary to develop public health policy for the state and direct state public health programs.
250.02
250.02
State health officials. 250.02(1)
(1)
State health officer; duties. The secretary shall appoint a state health officer and may assign the state health officer such duties of the secretary or department as the secretary provides. The state health officer may appoint such advisory and examining bodies as are needed to carry out the duties of the state health officer and as provided by law. The state health officer shall appoint state epidemiologists for program areas of acute and communicable diseases, occupational and environmental diseases, maternal and child health and chronic diseases. Individuals appointed as state epidemiologists shall have advanced training and expertise in epidemiology in their program areas.
250.02(2)
(2) Chief medical officers; qualifications; duties. The state health officer shall appoint chief medical officers in the classified service to provide public health consultation to, and leadership for, state health programs. The chief medical officers shall also serve as state epidemiologists under
sub. (1), for acute and communicable diseases, occupational and environmental diseases, maternal and child health and chronic diseases. The chief medical officers shall be physicians who have training and expertise, as prescribed by the department, appropriate to their areas of assignment. The chief medical officers shall have all of the powers and duties that are designated to them by the state health officer to enforce the health laws of the state and to advise state and local officials as to health promotion, disease prevention and public health intervention strategies necessary to prevent morbidity and unnecessary mortality.
250.02 History
History: 1993 a. 27 ss.
163,
450; Stats. 1993 s. 250.02.
250.03
250.03
Public health system. 250.03(1)(a)
(a) Maintain a public health system in cooperation with local health departments; community organizations; and medical clinics that are operated by the governing bodies, or agencies of the governing bodies, of federally recognized American Indian tribes or bands located in this state.
250.03(1)(b)
(b) Serve as the state lead agency for public health.
250.03(1)(c)
(c) Assess the health needs in the state based on statewide data collection.
250.03(1)(d)
(d) Advise the legislature on the development of an adequate statutory base for health activities in the state.
250.03(1)(e)
(e) Establish statewide health objectives and delegate power to local health departments to achieve the objectives as the department considers appropriate.
250.03(1)(f)
(f) Support local public health service capacity building through grants, consultation and technical assistance.
250.03(1)(g)
(g) Develop policy and provide leadership in public health throughout the state that fosters local involvement and commitment, that emphasizes public health needs and that advocates for equitable distribution of public health resources and complementary private activities commensurate with public health needs.
250.03(1)(h)
(h) Distribute state and federal public health funds under its control in a manner that will promote the development and maintenance of an integrated system of community health services.
250.03(1)(i)
(i) Require, as a condition for distributing funds under
par. (h) at the local level, that services at that level be coordinated.
250.03(1)(j)
(j) Advocate for the provision of reasonable and necessary public health services.
250.03(2)
(2) The department may enter into agreements and provide consultation on matters relating to human health.
250.03(3)(a)(a) No later than 90 days after a state of emergency relating to public health is declared and the department is designated under
s. 166.03 (1) (b) 1. as the lead state agency to respond to that emergency and no later than 90 days after the termination of this state of emergency relating to public health, the department shall submit to the legislature under
s. 13.172 (2) and to the governor a report on all of the following:
250.03(3)(a)1.
1. The emergency powers used by the public health authority or its agents.
250.03(3)(a)2.
2. The expenses incurred by the public health authority and its agents in acting under the state of emergency related to public health.
250.03(3)(b)
(b) Biennially, after first consulting with the adjutant general, local health departments, health care providers, as defined in
s. 146.81 (1), and law enforcement agencies, as defined in
s. 165.77 (1) (b), the department shall submit to the legislature under
s. 13.172 (2) and to the governor a report on the preparedness of the public health system to address public health emergencies.
250.03 History
History: 1993 a. 27;
2001 a. 109.
