Wis. Admin. Code Department of Safety and Professional Services SPS 174.04

Current through September 30, 2024

Section SPS 174.04 - Definitions

In chs. SPS 174 to 177:

(1) "Accredited college or university" means an educational institution that is accredited by a regional or national accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

(2) "Department" means the department of safety and professional services.

(3) "Environmental health" means the science and art which pertains to the protection of human health through the assessment, management, control and prevention of environmental factors that may adversely affect the health, comfort, safety or well being of individuals or the environment.

(4) "Field of environmental health" means employment, whether private or public, where the principles of environmental health are directly applied to one or more of the following areas:

(a) Air quality.

(b) Food protection.

(c) Hazardous substances.

(d) Product safety.

(e) Housing.

(f) Institutional health and safety.

(g) Radiation protection.

(h) Recreational areas and waters.

(i) Solid waste management.

(j) Vector control.

(k) Water quality.

(L) Wastewater technology and management.

(m) Hazardous waste management.

(n) Industrial hygiene.

(o) Water supply.

(5) "Full-time equivalent employment" means an accumulation of 2,080 hours for one year of creditable employment experience in the field of environmental health. All creditable hours shall be within the scope of environmental health practice.

(6) "Nationally recognized professional examination" means a department-approved written examination designed to assess the knowledge and competence of professional sanitarians.

(7) "Registered sanitarian" means a sanitarian or environmental health professional registered in accordance with the provisions of chs. SPS 174 to 177 and s. 440.98, Stats.

(8) "Registered sanitarian advisory committee" means the committee established by the secretary of the department, pursuant to s. 440.042, Stats., to advise the department in matters related to the administration of chs. SPS 174 to 177.

Wis. Admin. Code Department of Safety and Professional Services SPS 174.04

CR 06-125: cr. Register July 2007 No. 619, eff. 8-1-07; correction in (intro.), (2), (7), (8) made under s. 13.92(4) (b) 6, 7., Stats., Register November 2011 No. 671.