299.05(2)(am)
(am) Notwithstanding s.
227.10 (1), the periods established by the department under par.
(a) need not be promulgated as rules under ch.
227.
299.05(2)(b)
(b) The department shall approve or disapprove an application for any of the following within 30 days from the date on which the department receives the application:
299.05(2)(c)
(c) The department shall approve or disapprove an application for an oil or gas exploration license under s.
295.33 (1) within 60 days from the date on which the department receives the application.
299.05(2m)(a)
(a) Subject to sub.
(4), the department shall refund fees paid by the applicant for an approval if the department fails to provide the applicant with written notice that the department has approved or disapproved the application for the approval, including the specific facts upon which any disapproval is based, before the expiration of the period established under sub.
(2) for the approval.
299.05(2m)(b)
(b) Subject to sub.
(4), if the department fails to provide the applicant for an approval with written notice that the department has approved or disapproved the application before the expiration of the period established under sub.
(2) for the approval, the applicant may choose to proceed under ch.
227 as though the department had disapproved the application by providing the department with written notice of that choice no later than 45 days after the expiration of the period established under sub.
(2).
299.05(2m)(c)
(c) The department may not disapprove an application for an approval solely because the department is unable to complete its review of the application within the period established under sub.
(2).
299.05(3)
(3)
Notice of deadline. Upon receiving an application for an approval, the department shall inform the applicant of the period established under sub.
(2) for the license or other approval.
299.05(4)
(4)
Permitted extension of deadline. The department may extend the period established under sub.
(2) because an application is incomplete if all of the following apply:
299.05(4)(a)
(a) Within 14 days after receiving the application, the department provides written notice to the applicant describing specifically the information that must be provided to complete the application.
299.05(4)(b)
(b) The information under par.
(a) is directly related to eligibility for the license or other approval or to terms or conditions of the license or other approval.
299.05(4)(c)
(c) The information under par.
(a) is necessary to determine whether to approve the application or is necessary to determine the terms or conditions of the license or other approval.
299.05(4)(d)
(d) The extension is not longer than the period equal to the number of days from the day on which the department provides the notice under par.
(a) to the day on which the department receives the information.
299.07
299.07
License denial, nonrenewal, and revocation based on delinquent taxes or unemployment insurance contributions. 299.07(1)(a)
(a) Except as provided in par.
(am), 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 any of the following:
299.07(1)(am)1.1. If an individual who applies for the issuance or renewal of a license, registration or certification specified in par.
(a) does not have a social security number, the department shall require the applicant, as a condition of issuing or renewing the license, registration or certification, to submit a statement made or subscribed under oath or affirmation that the applicant does not have a social security number. The statement shall be in the form prescribed by the department of children and families.
299.07(1)(am)2.
2. A license, registration or certification specified in par.
(a) that is issued in reliance on a statement submitted under subd.
1. is invalid if the statement is false.
299.07(1)(b)
(b) The department may not disclose any information received under par.
(a) to any person except as follows:
299.07(1)(b)1.
1. To the department of revenue for the purpose of requesting certifications under s.
73.0301 and to the department of workforce development for the purpose of requesting certifications under s.
108.227.
299.07(1)(b)2.
2. If the department is required to obtain the information under s.
299.08 (1) (a), to the department of children and families in accordance with a memorandum of understanding under s.
49.857.
299.07(2)
(2) The department shall deny an application for the issuance or renewal of a license, registration or certification specified in sub.
(1) (a), or shall revoke a license, registration or certification specified in sub.
(1) (a), if the department of revenue certifies under s.
73.0301 that the applicant or holder of the license, registration or certification is liable for delinquent taxes.
299.07(3)
(3) The department shall deny an application for the issuance or renewal of a license, registration, or certification specified in sub.
(1) (a), or shall revoke a license, registration, or certification specified in sub.
(1) (a), if the department of workforce development certifies under s.
108.227 that the applicant or holder of the license, registration, or certification is liable for delinquent unemployment insurance contributions.
299.08
299.08
License denial, nonrenewal, suspension or restriction based on failure to pay support. 299.08(1)(a)
(a) Except as provided in par.
(am), the department shall require each applicant who is an individual to provide the department with the applicant's social security number as a condition of issuing or renewing any of the following:
299.08(1)(am)1.1. If an individual who applies for the issuance or renewal of a license, registration or certification specified in par.
(a) does not have a social security number, the department shall require the applicant, as a condition of issuing or renewing the license, registration or certification, to submit a statement made or subscribed under oath or affirmation that the applicant does not have a social security number. The statement shall be in the form prescribed by the department of children and families.
299.08(1)(am)2.
2. A license, registration or certification specified in par.
(a) that is issued in reliance on a statement submitted under subd.
1. is invalid if the statement is false.
299.08(1)(b)
(b) The department may not disclose any information received under par.
(a) to any person except as follows:
299.08(1)(b)1.
1. To the department of children and families in accordance with a memorandum of understanding under s.
49.857.
299.08(1)(b)2.
2. If the department is required to obtain the information under s.
299.07 (1) (a), to the department of revenue for the purpose of requesting certifications under s.
73.0301 and to the department of workforce development for the purpose of requesting certifications under s.
108.227.
299.08(2)
(2) The department shall deny an application for the issuance or renewal of a license, registration or certification specified in sub.
(1) (a), or shall suspend a license, registration or certification specified in sub.
(1) (a) for failure to make court-ordered payments of child or family support, maintenance, birth expenses, medical expenses or other expenses related to the support of a child or former spouse or failure to comply, after appropriate notice, with a subpoena or warrant issued by the department of children and families or a county child support agency under s.
59.53 (5) and relating to paternity or child support proceedings, as required in a memorandum of understanding under s.
49.857.
299.09
299.09
Military training or experience. 299.09(1)(1)
In this section, “approval" means a well driller license under s.
280.15 (2m), certification for an incinerator operator under s.
285.51 (2), certification for an operator of a solid waste disposal facility under s.
289.42 (1), or certification of a consultant under s.
292.63 (2) (g).
299.09(2)
(2) Any relevant experience or training that an applicant for an approval has obtained in connection with any military service, as defined in s.
111.32 (12g), counts toward satisfying the requirements for experience or training for the approval if the applicant demonstrates to the satisfaction of the department that the experience or training obtained by the applicant is substantially equivalent to the education or training required for the approval.
299.09 History
History: 2011 a. 120;
2013 a. 20.
299.11
299.11
Laboratory certification program. 299.11(1)(1)
Definitions. As used in this section:
299.11(1)(a)
(a) “Accuracy" means the closeness of a measured value to its generally accepted value or its value based upon an accepted reference standard.
299.11(1)(b)
(b) “Certified laboratory" means a laboratory which performs tests for hire in connection with a covered program and which receives certification under sub.
(7) or receives recognition as a certified laboratory under sub.
(5).
299.11(1)(d)
(d) “Covered program" means test results submitted in connection with any of the following:
299.11(1)(d)1.
1. A feasibility report, plan of operation or the condition of any license issued for a solid waste facility under subch.
III of ch. 289, or hazardous waste facility under s.
291.25 (2) and
(3).
299.11(1)(d)3.
3. Monitoring required by terms and conditions of a permit issued under ch.
283.
299.11(1)(d)7.
7. The terms of department contracts when specifically required in the contracts.
299.11(1)(d)9.
9. A regulatory program specified by the department by rule if, after consultation with the council, the department finds that existing quality control programs do not provide consistent and reliable results and the best available remedy is to require that all laboratories performing the tests for that regulatory program be certified or registered.
299.11(1)(e)
(e) “Laboratory" means a facility which performs tests in connection with a covered program.
299.11(1)(f)
(f) “Precision" means the closeness of repeated measurements of the same parameter within a sample.
299.11(1)(g)
(g) “Registered laboratory" means a laboratory which is registered under sub.
(8) or receives recognition as a registered laboratory under sub.
(5).
299.11(1)(h)
(h) “Results" includes measurements, determinations and information obtained or derived from tests.
299.11(1)(i)
(i) “Test" means any chemical, bacteriological, biological, physical, radiation or microscopic test, examination or analysis conducted by a laboratory on water, wastewater, waste material, soil or hazardous substance.
299.11(1)(j)
(j) “Test category" means one type of test or group of tests specified by rule under sub.
(4) for similar materials or classes of materials or which utilize similar methods or related methods.
