Wisconsin Administrative Code

DHS 152.09 CRD program advisory committee. (1) A CRD program advisory committee shall be established by the department and shall be given staff support by the department. The committee shall consist of 12 Wisconsin citizens, as follows: (a) Four physicians, 2 of whom are nephrolo…

DHS 153.01 Authority and purpose.

DHS 153.02 Definitions.

DHS 153.03 Eligibility.

DHS 153.035 Termination of eligibility.

DHS 153.037 Retroactive eligibility. DHS 153.04 DHS 153.05 DHS 153.06 DHS 153.07 DHS 153.08 Note: Chapter HSS 153 as it existed on December 31, 1994 was repealed and a new chapter HSS 153 was created effective January 1, 1995. Chapter HSS 153 was renumbered to chapter HFS 153 und…

DHS 153.04 Patient certification. (1) APPLICATION. To apply for assistance in paying for the costs of blood products and supplies used in the home care of hemophilia, a patient shall complete a form available from a comprehensive hemophilia treatment center, and shall submit the …

DHS 153.05 Provider approval. (1) COMPREHENSIVE HEMOPHILIA TREATMENT CENTERS. (a) Condition. 1. To be reimbursed by the program for blood products and supplies, including case management services, provided to program participants, a center treating hemophilia patients shall submi…

DHS 153.06 Provider reimbursement. (1) CLAIM (a) A provider shall use claim forms furnished or prescribed by the department or its fiscal agent, except that a provider may submit claims by electronic media or electronic submission if the provider or billing service is approved by…

DHS 153.07 Participant liability. (1) CALCULATION. A participant[s liability to contribute toward the cost of treatment shall be calculated in accordance with subs. (2) to (4). If there are 2 or more participants in the same family, the family[s liability shall be limited to the …

DHS 153.08 Standards for comprehensive treatment centers. (1) COMPLIANCE. A comprehensive hemophilia treatment center shall comply with the standards in this section. (2) STAFFING. A comprehensive hemophilia treatment center shall have the following staff: (a) A physician directo…

DHS 154.01 Authority and purpose.

DHS 154.02 Definitions.

DHS 154.03 Eligibility.

DHS 154.035 Termination of eligibility.

DHS 154.037 Retroactive eligibility. DHS 154.04 DHS 154.05 DHS 154.06 DHS 154.07 Note: Chapter HSS 154 was created as an emergency rule effective September 1, 1993. Chapter HSS 154 was renumbered to chapter HFS 154 under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 1., Stats., and corrections made under s.…

DHS 154.04 Patient certification. (1) APPLICATION. To apply for assistance in paying for the costs of treatment of adult cystic fibrosis, a patient shall complete a form available from a cystic fibrosis treatment center, and shall submit the completed form either to the center or…

DHS 154.05 Provider approval. (1) CYSTIC FIBROSIS (a) Condition. To be reimbursed by the program for medical care provided to program participants, a cystic fibrosis treatment center shall be certified by the national cystic fibrosis foundation and, except as provided in par. (b)…

DHS 154.06 Provider reimbursement. (1) CLAIM (a) A provider shall use claim forms furnished or prescribed by the department or its fiscal agent, except that a provider may submit claims by electronic media or electronic submission if the provider or billing service is approved by…

DHS 154.07 Participant liability. (1) CALCULATION. A participant[s liability to contribute toward the cost of treatment shall be calculated in accordance with subs. (2) to (4). If there are 2 or more participants in the same family, the family[s liability shall be limited to the …

DHS 157.01 Authority and purpose. (1) This chapter is promulgated under the authority of ss. 254.31 to 254.45, Stats. to regulate the receipt, use, transfer, possession, ownership or acquisition of any source of radiation. The standards in this chapter generally conform to nation…

DHS 157.02 Applicability. (1) Except as specified, this chapter applies to all persons who receive, possess, use, transfer, own or acquire any source of radiation, except that nothing in this chapter shall apply to any person subject to regulation by the U.S. nuclear regulatory c…

DHS 157.03 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) XA1Y means the maximum activity of special form radioactive material permitted in a Type A package. This value is either listed in Table VI and Table VIII in ch. DHS 157 Appendix O or may be derived under the procedures prescribed in c…

DHS 157.04 Exemptions from the regulatory requirements. (1) GENERAL. The department may, upon application or upon its own initiative, grant such exemptions or exceptions from the requirements of this chapter as it determines are authorized by law and will not result in undue haza…

DHS 157.05 Prohibitions. (1) DEVICES. The following devices may not be used in Wisconsin: (a) A hand-held fluoroscopic screen unless it has been listed in the Registry of Sealed Source and Devices. (b) A shoe-fitting fluoroscopic device. (2) DELIBERATE MISCONDUCT. No person may d…

DHS 157.06 General regulatory requirements. (1) RECORDS. A licensee or registrant shall maintain records showing the receipt, transfer and disposal of all sources of radiation until the department terminates the license or registration autho- 328 rizing possession of the device o…

DHS 157.09 Exemptions. (1) EXEMPTIONS OF SOURCE MATERIAL. (a) A person is exempt from subchs. III and X if the person receives, possesses, uses, owns or transfers any of the following types and forms of source material: 1. Any chemical mixture, compound, solution or alloy in whic…

DHS 157.10 License types and fees. (1) TYPES OF LICENSES. A license for radioactive materials may be one of the following: (a) General. A general license is effective without the filing of an application with the department or the issuance by the department of licensing documents…

DHS 157.11 General licenses. (1) GENERAL LICENSES — SOURCE MATERIAL. (a) General license for certain organizations to use and transfer limited amounts of source material. A general license is issued authorizing commercial and industrial firms, research, educational and medical in…

DHS 157.13 Specific licenses. (1) FILING APPLICATION FOR SPECIFIC LICENSES. (a) An application for a specific license shall be filed on a form prescribed by the department. Note: A specific license application form may be obtained by writing the Department, including a descriptio…

DHS 157.14 Reciprocity. (1) RECOGNITION OF LICENSES ISSUED BY THE NRC OR OTHER STATES. The department shall reciprocally recognize radioactive material licenses issued by the NRC or a state agency in another state under the conditions set forth in this section. (2) LICENSES OF BY…

DHS 157.15 Financial assurance and records for decommissioning. (1) FINANCIAL ASSURANCE REQUIREMENT FOR A SPECIFIC LICENSE. (a) Unsealed radioactive material, sealed sources or plated foils. A person applying for a specific license authorizing the possession and use of unsealed r…

DHS 157.20 Implementation. (1) Any existing license or registration condition more restrictive than this subchapter remains in force until there is an amendment or renewal of the license or registration. (2) If a condition attached to a license or registration exempts a licensee …

DHS 157.21 Radiation protection programs. (1) A licensee or registrant shall develop, document and implement a radiation protection program sufficient to ensure compliance with the provisions of this subchapter. A licensee or registrant shall designate a person in control over ea…

DHS 157.23 Radiation dose limits for individual members of the public. (1) DOSE LIMITS FOR INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. (a) A licensee or registrant shall conduct operations to meet all of the following: 1. The total effective dose equivalent to individual members of the pub…

DHS 157.24 Testing for leakage or contamination of sealed sources. (1) GENERAL REQUIREMENTS. A licensee or registrant in possession of any sealed source shall ensure that all of the following requirements are met: (a) Each sealed source, other than hydrogen-3, with a half-life of…

DHS 157.25 Surveys and monitoring. (1) GENERAL REQUIREMENTS. (a) A licensee or registrant shall make or cause to be made all the following surveys: 1. Surveys of areas, including the subsurface, necessary for the licensee or registrant to comply with this subchapter. 2. Surveys o…

DHS 157.26 Control of exposure from external sources in restricted areas. (1) CONTROL OF ACCESS TO HIGH RADIATION AREAS. (a) A licensee or registrant shall ensure that each entrance or access point to a high radiation area has one or more of the following features: 1. A control d…

DHS 157.27 Respiratory protection and controls to restrict internal exposure in restricted areas. (1) USE OF PROCESS OR OTHER ENGINEERING CONTROLS. A licensee or registrant shall use, to the extent practical, process or other engineering controls, such as containment, decontamina…

DHS 157.28 Storage and control of licensed or registered sources of radiation. (1) SECURITY AND CONTROL OF LICENSED OR REGISTERED RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL. (a) Security of stored radioactive material. A licensee or registrant shall secure licensed or registered radioactive material t…

DHS 157.29 Precautionary procedures. (1) CAU(a) Standard radiation symbol. Unless otherwise authorized by the department, the standard radiation symbol shall use the colors magenta, purple or black on a yellow background and shall be the 3-bladed design depicted in Figure DHS 157…

DHS 157.30 Waste management. (1) GENERAL RE(a) A licensee or registrant disposing of licensed or registered material may use any of the following methods: 1. Transfer to an authorized recipient as provided in sub. (6) or in subch. II, or to the U.S. department of energy. 2. Decay…

DHS 157.31 Records. (1) GENERAL PROVISIONS. (a) A licensee or registrant shall use the SI units becquerel, gray, sievert and coulomb per kilogram followed by the special units curie, rad, rem and roentgen, or the special units curie, rad, rem and roentgen, including multiples and…

DHS 157.32 Reports. (1) REPORTS OF STOLEN, LOST OR MISSING LICENSED OR REGISTERED SOURCES OF RADIATION. (a) A licensee or registrant shall report to the department by telephone any of the following: 1. Immediately after its occurrence becomes known to a licensee or registrant, st…

DHS 157.33 Radiological criteria for license termination. (1) GENERAL. (a) The criteria in this section apply to the decommissioning of facilities licensed under this chapter, as well as other facilities under the department[s jurisdiction. (b) The criteria in this section do not…

DHS 157.35 Exemptions. Industrial uses of hand-held imaging intensification devices are exempt from the requirements of this subchapter if the dose rate 0.45 meters (18 inches) from the source of radiation to any individual does not exceed .02 mGy (2.0 mR) per hour. Industrial x-…

DHS 157.36 Performance requirements for industrial radiography equipment. (1) EQUIPMENT. Equipment used in industrial radiographic operations shall meet all the following minimum criteria: (a) Except as provided in sub. (2), each radiographic exposure device, source assembly or s…

DHS 157.37 Radiation safety requirements for storage containers and source changers. (1) MAXIMUM EXPOSURE RATE LIMITS. The maximum exposure rate limits for storage containers and source changers are 2 millisieverts (200 mrem) per hour at any exterior surface and 0.1 millisieverts…

DHS 157.38 Radiation survey instruments. (1) REQUIREMENT. A licensee shall keep sufficient calibrated and operable radiation survey instruments at each location where sources of radiation are present to make the radiation surveys required by this subchapter and subch. III. Instru…

DHS 157.39 Leak testing and replacement of sealed sources. (1) AUTHORIZATION. (a) The replacement of any sealed source fastened to or contained in a radiographic exposure device and leak testing of any sealed source shall be performed by persons authorized to do so by the departm…