Current through December 30, 2024
Section ATCP 74.01 - Definitions As used in this chapter:
(1) "Agent" means a local health department as defined in s. 250.01(4), Stats., that has entered into a contract with the department and is authorized under the terms of that contract to administer a retail food establishment, lodging, and recreational safety regulatory program, pursuant to s. 97.41 and 97.615(2), Stats., in the health department's area of jurisdiction.(2) "Agent program" means the retail food establishment, lodging, and recreational safety regulatory program operated by an agent.(3) "Contract" means a signed, written agreement between a local health department and the department setting forth the obligations of each party in the operation of an agent program.(4) "Department" means the Wisconsin department of agriculture, trade, and consumer protection.(5) "Establishment" means a retail food establishment, hotel or motel, tourist rooming house, bed and breakfast establishment, vending machine, vending machine commissary, camping resort or other campground, recreational camp, educational camp, public pool, or water attraction licensed pursuant to ch. 97, Stats.(6) "Fiscal year" means July 1 of one year through June 30 of the next year.(7) "Food" has the meaning given in s. 97.01(6), Stats.(8) "Inspection fee" means a fee charged by the agent program, the amount of which is reasonably related to the cost of performing an assessment of an establishment's compliance with the statutes and rules, under which a license is granted.(9) "Inspector" means any employee inspecting establishments for the department or the agent under the jurisdiction of an agent program.(10) "License" means the legal authority granted by the department or its agent to operate an establishment.(11) "Licensee" means the person or entity licensed to operate an establishment as defined in sub. (5).(12) "New agent" means an agent that has entered into its first contract with the department or an agent that has applied to re-enter into a contract with the department after termination of a previous contract.(13) "Registered environmental health specialist/registered sanitarian" or "REHS/RS" means a person who holds a REHS/RS credential awarded by the National Environmental Health Association.(14) "Registered sanitarian" or "RS" means an individual who is a Wisconsin-registered sanitarian, pursuant to s. 440.98, Stats., and chs. SPS 174 to 177, or is recognized as a registered environmental health specialist/registered sanitarian.(15) "Restaurant" means a retail food establishment as defined in s. 97.01(14g), Stats.(16) "Retail food establishment" has the meaning defined in s. 97.30(1) (c), Stats.(17) "Sanitarian" means a person who is qualified to conduct inspections as an agent of the department and meets the requirements under s. ATCP 74.08(2).(18) "Standard" means a department or agent employee who is certified as correctly interpreting and enforcing chs. ATCP 72, 73, 75, 76, 78, and 79 and ch. ATCP 75 Appendix.(19) "Standardization exercise" means an evaluation conducted by a standard to determine if a sanitarian is correctly interpreting and enforcing chs. ATCP 72, 73, 75, 76, 78, and 79 and ch. ATCP 75 Appendix.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection ATCP 74.01
Amended by, CR 16-082: cr. Register February 2018 No. 746, eff. 5-27-18; correction in (14) made under s. 13.92(4) (b) 7, Stats., and correction in (14), (19) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register February 2018 No. 746, eff. 5/27/2018