Wis. Admin. Code Department of Safety and Professional Services SPS 335.01 - Definitions

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Infectious agents" has the meaning set forth in s. 101.58(2) (f), Stats.

Notes

Wis. Admin. Code Department of Safety and Professional Services SPS 335.01

Cr. Register, September, 1983, No. 333, eff. 10-1-83; correction in (1) made under s. 13.92(4) (b) 6, Stats., Register December 2011 No. 672.

The statutory definition for infectious agents reads: "Infectious agent" means a bacterial, mycoplasmal, fungal, parasitic or viral agent identified by the department by rule as causing illness in humans or human fetuses or both, which is introduced by an employer to be used, studied or produced in the workplace. "Infectious agent" does not include such an agent in or on the body of a person who is present in the workplace for diagnosis or treatment.