Wisconsin Administrative Code

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 …

DHS 140.04 Level I local health department. (1) REQUIRED SERVICES. A level I local health department shall provide leadership for developing and maintaining the public health system within its jurisdiction by conducting all of the following: (a) Surveillance and investigation. 1.…

DHS 140.05 Level II local health department. (1) REQUIRED SERVICES. In addition to the level I local health department required services described in s. DHS 140.04, a level II local health department shall do all of the following: (a) Address communicable disease control, chronic…

DHS 140.06 Level III local health department. In addition to the level I local health department required services described in s. DHS 140.04 and to the level II local health department required services described in s. DHS 140.05, a level III local health department shall do all…

DHS 140.07 Local health officer qualifications. (1) DEFINITION. In this section, Xsimilar fieldY means a field of academic study, or combination of graduate-level courses that the state health officer determines provides the knowledge and skills required to adequately meet the re…

DHS 140.08 Local health department level designation. The department shall review the operations of each local health department at least every 5 years, and based on this review, the state health officer shall issue a written finding as to whether the local health department sati…

DHS 142.01 Authority and purpose. This chapter establishes procedures for controlling access to paper records of births, deaths, fetal deaths, marriages, divorces and annulments that are maintained on file in the offices of local registrars or the department, for the purpose of p…

DHS 142.02 Applicability. This chapter applies to the department, to local registrars, including county registers of deeds and city health officers in cities that are registration districts, and to all persons who wish to examine a vital record to which access is not prohibited u…

DHS 142.03 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) XDepartmentY means the Wisconsin department of health services. (2) XLocal registrarY means the county register of deeds or the city health officer in a city which is a registration district. (3) XPoor conditionY in reference to a vita…

DHS 142.04 General policy on access to vital records. A vital record is a multi-purpose document. It acts as a formal record of the occurrence of a vital event, serves as legal proof for the individual that a vital event occurred and provides medical information to serve the need…

DHS 142.05 Duties of registrars. Registrars shall: (1) Permit persons who want to examine and take notes from public indexes and examine and take notes from vital records to do those things but under the conditions set out in this chapter and subject to the restrictions in ch. 69…

DHS 142.06 Volunteers. Registrars may use trained volunteers to assist record users, do surveillance of record users and maintain and improve the order and condition of records and indexes. History: Cr. Register, June, 1991, 426, eff. 7-1-91. DHS 142.07 Conditions for users. (1) …

DHS 144.01 Introduction. (1) PURPOSE AND AUTHORThis rule implements s. 252.04, Stats., which requires the department to carry out a statewide immunization program to eliminate, immunize, and protect against certain diseases specified in statute or by department rule. This chapter…

DHS 144.02 Definitions. (1) XAdvanced practice nurse prescriberY has the meaning given in s. N 8.02 (2). (2) XChild care centerY has the meaning given in s. 49.136 (1) (ad), Stats. (3) XDepartmentY means the Wisconsin department of health services, unless otherwise specified. (4)…