Wisconsin Administrative Code

DHS 134.82 Life safety code. (1) APPLICABILITY. Facilities shall meet the applicable provisions of the 2012 edition of the Life Safety Code. Note: Copies of the 2012 Life Safety Code and related codes are on file in the Department’s Division of Quality Assurance and the Legislati…

DHS 134.83 Safety and systems. (1) MAINTENANCE. The building shall be maintained in good repair and kept free of hazards, including hazards created by any damaged or defective building equipment. Floors shall be maintained in a safe condition. (2) CORRIDORS. (a) In all facilities…

DHS 134.84 Design. (1) SUBMISSION OF PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS. (a) For all new construction: 1. One copy of the schematic and preliminary plans shall be submitted to the department for review and approval of the functional layout; and 2. One copy of the working plans and specific…

DHS 135.01 Purpose and authority. This chapter and ch. DHS 136 regulate the preparation, transportation and disposition of human corpses and stillbirths for purposes of protecting the health of the public and properly registering deaths. The chapter is promulgated under the autho…

DHS 135.02 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) XCommon carrierY has the meaning prescribed for Xcommon motor carrierY in s. 194.01 (1), Stats., and in addition includes a vehicle using rails, air or water to transport persons or property. (2) XCremation permitY has the meaning pres…

DHS 135.03 Responsibility for notification of death. (1) When a person dies, the funeral director or, if a funeral director is not involved, a member of the immediate family of the deceased, shall present or mail a completed death certificate to the local registrar in the registr…

DHS 135.04 Removal from a hospital or nursing home. (1) HOLDING, PENDING DECISION OF RELATIVE, FRIEND OR PUBLIC AUTHORITIES. Hospital or nursing home authorities shall make provision for holding a human corpse until a relative, friend or the public authorities determine what disp…

DHS 135.05 Preparation and funeral. (1) PREPARATION FOR BURIAL OR FOR ENTOMBMENT. (a) In removing bodies and preparing them for burial or other disposition or for transportation, the funeral director and registered apprentice funeral director shall use universal precautions and o…

DHS 135.06 Transportation and burial or other disposition. (1) REPORT FOR FINAL DISPOSITION. (a) 1. Except for transportation under s. DHS 135.07 for purposes of reinterment, a report for final disposition completed by the funeral director or other person preparing the body for b…

DHS 135.07 Disinterment. (1) No human remains that are buried or resting in a permanent vault may be disinterred, transported and reinterred unless a disinterment permit is first obtained from the coroner or medical examiner of the county in which the disinterment is to take plac…

DHS 135.08 Pronouncement of death outside of a hospital or nursing home. The coroner or medical examiner of a county shall establish procedures for use within that county for the legal pronouncement of death outside of a hospital or nursing home. History: Cr. Register, January, 1…

DHS 135.09 Jurisdiction and duties of coroner or medical examiner. (1) DEATHS REPORTABLE UNDER S. 979.01, STATS. For a death that is reportable under s. 979.01, Stats.: (a) If the death-producing incident occurred in the state, the coroner or medical examiner of the county in whi…

DHS 136.01 Minimum embalming standards. Rules in this chapter establish minimum standards for embalming dead human bodies. History: Cr. Register, November, 1980, No. 299, eff. 12-1-80.

DHS 136.02 Definitions. (1) XEmbalmingY means the use of procedures specified in this chapter for the preservation and disinfection of dead human bodies. (2) XEmbalming fluidY means a chemical solution injected in arteries, and placed in body cavities, to preserve and disinfect a…

DHS 136.03 License or certificate required. (1) No person may embalm a dead human body unless the person holds a funeral director[s license, pursuant to ss. 445.04 to 445.06, Stats., or an apprentice funeral director[s certificate pursuant to s. 445.095, Stats. (2) Embalming may …

DHS 136.04 Preparation of bodies prior to embalming. (1) Prior to embalming, or prior to public viewing or final disposition of the body if embalming is not performed, the funeral director shall do all of the following: (a) Remove all clothing from the body and wash the entire bo…

DHS 136.05 Embalming procedures. In every embalming, the embalmer shall perform at least the following procedures: (1) ARTERIAL INJECTION. (a) For each 50 pounds of body weight, at least one gallon of arterial embalming fluid shall be injected into the arteries of the body. The e…

DHS 136.06 Treatment for advanced decomposition. Bodies in a state of advanced decomposition shall be embalmed according to procedures specified in s. DHS 136.05 unless the degree of decomposition prevents use of those procedures in which case the embalmer shall: (1) Cover the bo…

DHS 136.07 Partial embalming. If only partial em- 2 balming is requested, the body shall be prepared as specified in s. DHS 136.04 and only procedures authorized by next of kin or other designated persons may be performed. History: Cr. Register, November, 1980, No. 299, eff. 12-1…

DHS 137.01 Authority and purpose.

DHS 137.02 Applicability.

DHS 137.03 Definitions.

DHS 137.04 Registration in the Wisconsin Donor Registry.

DHS 137.05 Amending an anatomical gift recorded in the Wisconsin Donor Registry.

DHS 137.06 Revocation of an anatomical gift recorded in the Wisconsin Donor Registry. DHS 137.07 DHS 137.08 Note: Chapter HFS 137 was created as an emergency rule effective July 24, 2006. Chapter HFS 137 was renumbered chapter DHS 137 under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 1., subchapter. It com…

DHS 137.07 Authorization to access registry data. (1) Access to registry data requires authorization by the department. (2) The department may authorize employees of procurement organizations that regularly serve Wisconsin citizens and are in compliance with federal and state law…

DHS 137.08 Use of the registry by procurement organizations. (1) An authorized user may query the registry solely for the purpose of determining whether an individual who is near death or is recently deceased has a record of gift or record of intent recorded in the registry. (2) …

DHS 137.30 Authority and purpose.

DHS 137.31 Applicability.

DHS 137.32 Form for use when removing organs from a decedent.

DHS 137.33 Form for use when removing tissues from a decedent. History: EmR1009: emerg. cr. eff. 3-29-10; CR 10-037: cr. Register October 2010 No. 658, eff. 11-1-10; EmR2312: emerg. am. (3), eff. 8-21-23; CR 23-036: am. DHS 137.04 Registration in the Wisconsin Donor Registry. (1)…

DHS 138.01 Authority and purpose. This chapter is promulgated pursuant to ss. 252.16 and 252.17, Stats., for the purpose of enabling the department to administer a program to subsidize health insurance premium costs for an individual who takes unpaid medical leave or for an indiv…

DHS 138.02 Applicability. This chapter applies to any individual with HIV infection who is eligible to participate in the subsidy program under this chapter, to the individual[s employer, if the individual is currently employed, or former employer, if the individual is no longer …

DHS 138.03 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) XCOBRAY means the federal consolidated omnibus budget reconciliation act of 1986, PL 99-272. (2) XDepartmentY means the Wisconsin department of health services. (3) XDependentY means a spouse, domestic partner under ch. 770, Stats., or…

DHS 138.04 Participation in the health insurance premium subsidy program. (1) ELIGIBILITY. In order to participate in the health insurance premium subsidy program, a person shall satisfy all of the following requirements which pertain to the type of subsidy the person is seeking:…

DHS 138.05 Payment of health insurance premiums. (1) AMOUNT AND PERIOD OF SUBSIDY. (a) Except as provided in pars. (e), (f), (g), and (h), if an individual satisfies s. DHS 138.04 (1) and has been notified by the department under s. DHS 138.04 (3) (a) that the application has bee…

DHS 139.01 Authority and purpose. This chapter is promulgated under the authority of ss. 250.04 (7), 250.06 (1) and 251.06 (3) (e), Stats., to prescribe qualifications for certain professional employees of local health departments.

DHS 139.02 Applicability. This chapter applies to local governments that operate health departments established under s. 251.02, Stats., to local boards of health that govern local health departments, and to persons applying for appointment as or employed as a local health office…

DHS 139.03 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) XDepartmentY means the Wisconsin department of health services. (2) XDirector of environmental health programY means the person in charge of planning, directing, supervising and evaluating the environmental health services program for …

DHS 139.04 General requirement. (1) Except as provided in sub. (2), no person may be employed or may continue to be employed by a local health department to perform the duties of a local health officer, public health sanitarian, public health nurse, director of environmental heal…

DHS 139.05 Local health officers. A local health officer shall meet the appropriate qualifications under s. 251.06 (1) and (2), Stats. History: Cr. Register, July, 1998, No. 511, eff. 8-1-98.

DHS 139.06 Public health sanitarians. A public health sanitarian shall be qualified in one of the following ways: (1) By being currently registered as a sanitarian under chs. SPS 174 to 177. (2) By meeting the training requirement under chs. SPS 174 to 177 and either having or be…

DHS 139.07 Directors of environmental health programs. The director of an environmental health program shall be one of the following: (1) A public health sanitarian who is registered under chs. SPS 174 to 177 and has 3 or more years of progressively responsible full-time experien…

DHS 139.08 Public health nurses. A public health nurse, in addition to being licensed as a registered nurse under ch. 441, Stats., shall have one of the following: (1) A bachelor[s degree from a nursing program approved by the board of nursing under s. 441.01 (3), Stats., and ch.…

DHS 139.09 Directors of public health nursing programs. The director of a public health nursing program shall be one of the following: (1) A public health nurse who meets the requirements in s. DHS 139.08 (1) and has 3 or more years of progressively responsible full-time experien…

DHS 140.01 Authority and purpose. This chapter is promulgated under the authority of s. 251.20, Stats., which directs the department to specify by rule required services for each of 3 levels of local health departments. Under s. 251.05 (2), Stats., all local health departments ar…

DHS 140.03 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) XCommunity health assessmentY means the regular, systematic collection, assembly, analysis and dissemination of information on the health of the community. (1m) XCommunity health improvement planY means the written plan developed by a …