Wis. Admin. Code Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection 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.
Notes
State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compare.
No prior version found.