252.18 History
History: 1981 c. 291;
1993 a. 27 s.
298; Stats. 1993 s. 252.18;
2005 a. 187;
2011 a. 161.
252.19
252.19
Communicable diseases; suspected cases; protection of public. No person who is knowingly infected with a communicable disease may willfully violate the recommendations of the local health officer or subject others to danger of contracting the disease. No person may knowingly and willfully take, aid in taking, advise or cause to be taken, a person who is infected or is suspected of being infected with a communicable disease into any public place or conveyance where the infected person would expose any other person to danger of contracting the disease.
252.19 History
History: 1981 c. 291;
1993 a. 27 s.
299; Stats. 1993 s. 252.19.
252.21
252.21
Communicable diseases; schools; duties of teachers, parents, officers. 252.21(1)
(1) If a teacher, school nurse, or principal of any school or child care center knows or suspects that a communicable disease is present in the school or center, he or she shall at once notify the local health officer.
252.21(6)
(6) Any teacher, school nurse or principal may send home pupils who are suspected of having a communicable disease or any other disease the department specifies by rule. Any teacher, school nurse or principal who sends a pupil home shall immediately notify the parents of the pupil of the action and the reasons for the action. A teacher who sends a pupil home shall also notify the principal of the action and the reasons for the action.
252.21 History
History: 1981 c. 291;
1993 a. 27 s.
301; Stats. 1993 s. 252.21;
2009 a. 185.
252.23
252.23
Regulation of tattooists. 252.23(1)(b)
(b) "Tattoo establishment" means the premises where a tattooist performs tattoos.
252.23(1)(c)
(c) "Tattooist" means a person who tattoos another.
252.23(2)
(2) Department; duty. Except as provided in
ss. 250.041 and
252.241, the department shall provide uniform, statewide licensing and regulation of tattooists and uniform, statewide licensing and regulation of tattoo establishments under this section. The department shall inspect a tattoo establishment once before issuing a license for the tattoo establishment under this section and may make additional inspections that the department determines are necessary.
252.23(3)
(3) License required. Except as provided in
sub. (5), no person may tattoo or attempt to tattoo another, designate or represent himself or herself as a tattooist or use or assume the title "tattooist" and no tattoo establishment may be operated unless the person and the establishment are licensed by the department under this section or by a local health department that is designated as the department's agent under
s. 252.245.
252.23(4)
(4) Rule making. The department shall promulgate all of the following as rules:
252.23(4)(a)
(a) Except as provided in
ss. 250.041 and
252.241 and subject to
sub. (4m), standards and procedures, including fee payment to offset the cost of licensing tattooists and tattoo establishments, for the annual issuance of licenses as tattooists or as tattoo establishments to applicants under this section. The department may not promulgate a rule that imposes a fee for a license under
sub. (3) on an individual who is eligible for the veterans fee waiver program under
s. 45.44.
252.23(4)(b)
(b) Standards for the performance of tattoos by a licensed tattooist and for the maintenance of a licensed tattoo establishment, which will promote safe and adequate care and treatment for individuals who receive tattoos and eliminate or greatly reduce the danger of exposure by these individuals to communicable disease or infection.
252.23(4m)
(4m) Military experience. Any relevant education, training, instruction, or other experience that an applicant has obtained in connection with military service, as defined in
s. 111.32 (12g), counts toward satisfying standards related to education, training, instruction, or other experience for issuing a license as a tattooist if the applicant demonstrates to the satisfaction of the department that the education, training, instruction, or other experience that the applicant obtained in connection with his or her military service is substantially equivalent to the education, training, instruction, or other experience that is required for the issuance of a license for a tattooist.
252.23(5)
(5) Exception. This section does not apply to a dentist who is licensed under
s. 447.03 (1) or to a physician who tattoos or offers to tattoo a person in the course of the dentist's or physician's professional practice.
252.23 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also chs.
DHS 173 and
Med 15, Wis. adm. code.
252.24
252.24
Regulation of body piercing and body-piercing establishments. 252.24(1)(a)
(a) "Body piercer" means a person who performs body piercing on another.
252.24(1)(b)
(b) "Body piercing" means perforating any human body part or human tissue, except an ear, and placing a foreign object in the perforation in order to prevent the perforation from closing.
252.24(1)(c)
(c) "Body-piercing establishment" means the premises where a body piercer performs body piercing.
252.24(2)
(2) Department; duty. Except as provided in
ss. 250.041 and
252.241, the department shall provide uniform, statewide licensing and regulation of body piercers and uniform, statewide licensing and regulation of body-piercing establishments under this section. The department shall inspect a body-piercing establishment once before issuing a license for the body-piercing establishment under this section and may make additional inspections that the department determines are necessary.
252.24(3)
(3) License required. Except as provided in
sub. (5), no person may pierce the body of or attempt to pierce the body of another, designate or represent himself or herself as a body piercer or use or assume the title "body piercer" unless the person is licensed under this section.
252.24(4)
(4) Rule making. The department shall promulgate all of the following as rules:
252.24(4)(a)
(a) Except as provided in
ss. 250.041 and
252.241 and subject to
sub. (4m), standards and procedures, including fee payment to offset the cost of licensing body piercers and body-piercing establishments, for the annual issuance of licenses as body piercers or as body-piercing establishments to applicants under this section. The department may not promulgate a rule under which the department may charge an individual who is eligible for the veterans fee waiver program under
s. 45.44 a fee to obtain a license under
sub. (3).
252.24(4)(b)
(b) Standards for the performance of body piercing by a licensed body piercer and for the maintenance of a licensed body-piercing establishment, which will promote safe and adequate care and treatment for individuals who receive body piercing and eliminate or greatly reduce the danger of exposure by these individuals to communicable disease or infection.
252.24(4m)
(4m) Military experience. Any relevant education, training, instruction, or other experience that an applicant has obtained in connection with military service, as defined in
s. 111.32 (12g), counts toward satisfying standards related to education, training, instruction, or other experience for issuing a license as a body piercer if the applicant demonstrates to the satisfaction of the department that the education, training, instruction, or other experience that the applicant obtained in connection with his or her military service is substantially equivalent to the education, training, instruction, or other experience that is required for the issuance of a license for a body piercer.
252.24(5)
(5) Exception. This section does not apply to a dentist who is licensed under
s. 447.03 (1) or to a physician who pierces the body of or offers to pierce the body of a person in the course of the dentist's or physician's professional practice.
252.24 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also chs.
DHS 173 and
Med 15, Wis. adm. code.
252.241
252.241
Denial, nonrenewal and revocation of license based on delinquent taxes or unemployment insurance contributions. 252.241(1)(1) Except as provided in
sub. (1m), the department shall require each applicant to provide the department with the applicant's social security number, if the applicant is an individual, or the applicant's federal employer identification number, if the applicant is not an individual, as a condition of issuing or renewing a license under
s. 252.23 (2) or
(4) (a) or
252.24 (2) or
(4) (a).
252.241(1m)
(1m) If an individual who applies for or to renew a license under
sub. (1) does not have a social security number, the individual, as a condition of obtaining the license, shall submit a statement made or subscribed under oath or affirmation to the department that the applicant does not have a social security number. The form of the statement shall be prescribed by the department of children and families. A license issued or renewed in reliance upon a false statement submitted under this subsection is invalid.
252.241(2)
(2) The department may not disclose any information received under
sub. (1) to any person except to the department of revenue for the sole purpose of requesting certifications under
s. 73.0301 and to the department of workforce development for the sole purpose of requesting certifications under
s. 108.227.
252.241(3)
(3) Except as provided in
sub. (1m), the department shall deny an application for the issuance or renewal of a license specified in
sub. (1) if the applicant does not provide the information specified in
sub. (1).
252.241(4)
(4) The department shall deny an application for the issuance or renewal of a license specified in
sub. (1), or shall revoke the license specified in
sub. (1), if the department of revenue certifies under
s. 73.0301 that the applicant for or holder of the license is liable for delinquent taxes.
252.241(5)
(5) The department shall deny an application for the issuance or renewal of a license specified in
sub. (1), or shall revoke the license specified in
sub. (1), if the department of workforce development certifies under
s. 108.227 that the applicant for or holder of the license is liable for delinquent unemployment insurance contributions.
252.245
252.245
Agent status for local health departments. 252.245(1)(1) In the administration and enforcement of
ss. 252.23 and
252.24, the department may enter into a written agreement with a local health department with a jurisdictional area that has a population greater than 5,000, which designates the local health department as the department's agent in issuing licenses to and making investigations or inspections of tattooists and tattoo establishments and body piercers and body-piercing establishments. In a jurisdictional area of a local health department without agent status, the department of health services may issue licenses, collect license fees established by rule under
ss. 252.23 (4) (a) and
252.24 (4) (a) and make investigations or inspections of tattooists and tattoo establishments and body piercers and body-piercing establishments. If the department designates a local health department as its agent, the department or local health department may require no license for the same operations other than the license issued by the local health department under this subsection. If the designation is made and the services are furnished, the department shall reimburse the local health department furnishing the service at the rate of 80% of the net license fee per license per year issued in the jurisdictional area.
252.245(2)
(2) A local health department designated as the department's agent under this section shall meet standards promulgated under
ss. 252.23 (4) (a) and
252.24 (4) (a). The department shall annually evaluate the licensing, investigation and inspection program of each local health department granted agent status. If, at any time, a local health department designated as the department's agent fails to meet the standards, the department of health services may revoke its agent status.
252.245(3)
(3) The department shall provide education and training to agents designated under this section to ensure uniformity in the enforcement of
s. 252.23 or
252.24 and rules promulgated under
s. 252.23 or
252.24.
252.245(4)
(4) Except as provided in
sub. (4m), a local health department designated as the department's agent under this section shall establish and collect the license fee for each tattooist or tattoo establishment and for each body piercer or body-piercing establishment. The local health department may establish separate fees for preinspections of new tattoo or body-piercing establishments, for preinspections of existing establishments for which a person intends to be the new operator or for the issuance of duplicate licenses. No fee may exceed the local health department's reasonable costs of issuing licenses to, making investigations and inspections of, and providing education, training and technical assistance to the tattooists and tattoo establishments or body piercers and body-piercing establishments, plus the state fee established under
sub. (9).
252.245(4m)
(4m) A local health department designated as the department's agent under this section may contract with the department of health services for the department of health services to collect fees and issue licenses under
s. 252.23 or
252.24. The department shall collect from the local health department the actual and reasonable cost of providing the services.
252.245(5)
(5) If, under this section, a local health department becomes an agent or its agent status is discontinued during a licensee's license year, the department of health services and the local health department shall divide any license fee paid by the licensee for that license year according to the proportions of the license year occurring before and after the local health department is designated as an agent or the agent status is discontinued. No additional fee may be required during the license year due to the change in agent status.
252.245(6)
(6) A village, city or county may enact ordinances and a local board of health may adopt regulations regarding the licensees and premises for which the local health department is the designated agent under this section, which are stricter than
s. 252.23 or
252.24 or rules promulgated by the department of health services under
s. 252.23 or
252.24. No such provision may conflict with
s. 252.23 or
252.24 or with department rules.
252.245(7)
(7) This section does not limit the authority of the department to inspect establishments in jurisdictional areas of local health departments that are designated as agents if it inspects in response to an emergency, for the purpose of monitoring and evaluating the local health department's licensing, inspection and enforcement program or at the request of the local health department.
252.245(8)
(8) The department shall hold a hearing under
ch. 227 if, in lieu of proceeding under
ch. 68, any interested person in the jurisdictional area of a local health department that is designated as the department's agent under this section appeals to the department of health services alleging that a license fee for a tattooist or tattooist establishment or for a body piercer or body-piercing establishment exceeds the license issuer's reasonable costs of issuing licenses to, making investigations and inspections of, and providing education, training and technical assistance to the tattooist or tattooist establishment or to the body piercer or body-piercing establishment.
252.245(9)
(9) The department shall promulgate rules establishing state fees for its costs related to setting standards under
ss. 252.23 and
252.24 and monitoring and evaluating the activities of, and providing education and training to, agent local health departments. The department may not promulgate a rule under which a local health department may charge an individual who is eligible for the veterans fee waiver program under
s. 45.44 a state fee to obtain a license under
s. 252.23 (3) or
252.24 (3). Agent local health departments shall include the state fees in the license fees established under
sub. (4), collect the state fees and reimburse the department for the state fees collected. For tattooists or tattoo establishments and for body piercers or body-piercing establishments, the state fee may not exceed 20% of the license fees established under
s. 252.23 (4) (a) or
252.24 (4) (a).
252.25
252.25
Violation of law relating to health. Any person who willfully violates or obstructs the execution of any state statute or rule, county, city or village ordinance or departmental order under this chapter and relating to the public health, for which no other penalty is prescribed, shall be imprisoned for not more than 30 days or fined not more than $500 or both.
252.25 History
History: 1981 c. 291;
1993 a. 27 s.
300; Stats. 1993 s. 252.25.
