CHAPTER 254
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
SUBCHAPTER I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
254.015 Departmental power; designation.
254.02 Health risk assessments.
254.04 Authority of department of safety and professional services.
SUBCHAPTER II
TOXIC SUBSTANCES
254.115 Denial, nonrenewal and revocation of certification and permit based on delinquent taxes or unemployment insurance contributions.
254.12 Use or sale of lead-bearing paints.
254.13 Reporting requirements.
254.15 Departmental duties.
254.151 Lead poisoning or lead exposure prevention grants.
254.152 Delegation to local health departments.
254.156 Definition of lead poisoning or lead exposure.
254.158 Screening recommendations.
254.162 Screening requirements.
254.164 Care for children with lead poisoning or lead exposure.
254.166 Response to reports of lead poisoning or lead exposure.
254.167 Conduct of lead investigation.
254.168 Lead investigations of facilities serving children under 6 years of age.
254.172 Prevention and control of lead-bearing paint hazards in dwellings and premises.
254.174 Technical advisory committees.
254.176 Certification requirements.
254.178 Accreditation of lead training courses and approval of lead instructors.
254.179 Rules for dwellings and premises.
254.18 Lead hazard reduction in dwellings and premises; renovations.
254.181 Certificate of lead-free status and certificate of lead-safe status; fees and notification.
254.182 Repayment to general fund.
254.19 Asbestos testing fees.
254.20 Asbestos abatement certification.
254.21 Asbestos management.
254.22 Indoor air quality.
254.30 Enforcement; penalties.
SUBCHAPTER III
RADIATION PROTECTION
254.335 Agreements with the U.S. nuclear regulatory commission transition.
254.34 Powers and duties.
254.35 Registration of ionizing radiation installations.
254.365 Licensing of radioactive material.
254.38 Emergency authority.
254.41 Radiation monitoring of nuclear power plants.
SUBCHAPTER IV
RECREATIONAL SANITATION
SUBCHAPTER V
ANIMAL-BORNE AND VECTOR-BORNE
DISEASE CONTROL
254.51 Powers and duties.
254.52 Lyme disease; treatment, information and research.
SUBCHAPTER VI
HUMAN HEALTH HAZARDS
254.58 Powers of villages, cities and towns.
254.59 Human health hazards.
254.593 Authority of the department and local health departments.
254.595 Property violating codes or health orders.
SUBCHAPTER IX
SALE OR GIFT OF CIGARETTES OR
TOBACCO PRODUCTS TO MINORS
254.92 Purchase or possession of cigarettes or tobacco products by person under 18 prohibited.
Ch. 254 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See definitions in s.
250.01.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
254.01
254.01
Definitions. In this chapter:
254.01(1)
(1) “Environmental health" means the assessment, management, control and prevention of environmental factors that may adversely affect the health, comfort, safety or well-being of individuals.
254.01(2)
(2) “Human health hazard" means a substance, activity or condition that is known to have the potential to cause acute or chronic illness, to endanger life, to generate or spread infectious diseases, or otherwise injuriously to affect the health of the public.
254.01 History
History: 1993 a. 27;
2007 a. 130.
254.015
254.015
Departmental power; designation. The department may designate a local health department to carry out a function of the department under this chapter.
254.015 History
History: 1993 a. 27.
254.02
254.02
Health risk assessments. 254.02(1)(a)
(a) “Adverse health effect" means a condition that results in human morbidity, mortality, impaired reproductive function or toxicity or teratogenic, carcinogenic or mutagenic effects.
254.02(1)(b)
(b) “Health risk assessment" means the determination of the relationship between the magnitude of exposure to environmental hazards and the probability of occurrence of adverse health effects.
254.02(2)
(2) The department is the lead state agency for health risk assessment.
