254.22 Indoor air quality. The department shall do all of the following:
(1) Investigate illness or disease outbreaks suspected of being caused by poor indoor air quality. The department shall promote or require control measures if indoor air quality is established to be the cause of illness or disease outbreaks.
(2) Assist local health departments in the adoption of regulations that establish standards for indoor air quality in public buildings to protect the occupants from adverse health effects due to exposure to chemical or biological contaminants.
(3) Provide training and technical support to local health departments for conducting indoor air quality testing and investigations.
(4) Assist the department of safety and professional services with the enforcement of s. 101.123.
History: 1993 a. 27; 1995 a. 27 ss. 6331, 9116 (5); 2011 a. 32.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 254 - Environmental health.
254.015 - Departmental power; designation.
254.02 - Health risk assessments.
254.04 - Authority of department of safety and professional services.
254.12 - Use or sale of lead-bearing paints.
254.13 - Reporting requirements.
254.151 - Lead poisoning or lead exposure prevention grants.
254.152 - Delegation to local health departments.
254.156 - Definition of lead poisoning or lead exposure.
254.158 - Screening recommendations.
254.162 - Screening requirements.
254.164 - Care for children with lead poisoning or lead exposure.
254.166 - Response to reports of lead poisoning or lead exposure.
254.167 - Conduct of lead investigation.
254.168 - Lead investigations of facilities serving children under 6 years of age.
254.172 - Prevention and control of lead-bearing paint hazards in dwellings and premises.
254.174 - Technical advisory committees.
254.176 - Certification requirements.
254.178 - Accreditation of lead training courses and approval of lead instructors.
254.179 - Rules for dwellings and premises.
254.18 - Lead hazard reduction in dwellings and premises; renovations.
254.182 - Repayment to general fund.
254.19 - Asbestos testing fees.
254.20 - Asbestos abatement certification.
254.30 - Enforcement; penalties.
254.335 - Agreements with the U.S. nuclear regulatory commission transition.
254.35 - Registration of ionizing radiation installations.
254.365 - Licensing of radioactive material.
254.41 - Radiation monitoring of nuclear power plants.
254.52 - Lyme disease; treatment, information and research.
254.58 - Powers of villages, cities and towns.
254.59 - Human health hazards.
254.593 - Authority of the department and local health departments.
254.595 - Property violating codes or health orders.
254.92 - Purchase or possession of cigarettes or tobacco products by person under 18 prohibited.