Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 254 - Environmental health.
254.55 - Definitions.

254.55 Definitions. In this subchapter:
(1) “Dwelling" means any structure, all or part of which is designed or used for human habitation.
(2) “Owner" means any of the following:
(a) A person who has legal title to a dwelling.
(b) A person who has charge, care, or control of a dwelling or unit of a dwelling as an agent of or as personal representative, trustee, or guardian of the estate of a person under par. (a).
History: 1993 a. 27; 2001 a. 102.

Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations

Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations

Chapter 254 - Environmental health.

254.01 - Definitions.

254.015 - Departmental power; designation.

254.02 - Health risk assessments.

254.04 - Authority of department of safety and professional services.

254.05 - Joint employment.

254.11 - Definitions.

254.115 - Denial, nonrenewal and revocation of certification and permit based on delinquent taxes or unemployment insurance contributions.

254.12 - Use or sale of lead-bearing paints.

254.13 - Reporting requirements.

254.15 - Departmental duties.

254.151 - Lead poisoning or lead exposure prevention grants.

254.152 - Delegation to local health departments.

254.154 - Local authority.

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.

254.181 - Certificate of lead-free status and certificate of lead-safe status; fees and notification.

254.182 - Repayment to general fund.

254.19 - Asbestos testing fees.

254.20 - Asbestos abatement certification.

254.21 - Asbestos management.

254.22 - Indoor air quality.

254.30 - Enforcement; penalties.

254.31 - Definitions.

254.33 - Public policy.

254.335 - Agreements with the U.S. nuclear regulatory commission transition.

254.34 - Powers and duties.

254.35 - Registration of ionizing radiation installations.

254.365 - Licensing of radioactive material.

254.37 - Enforcement.

254.38 - Emergency authority.

254.39 - Exceptions.

254.41 - Radiation monitoring of nuclear power plants.

254.45 - Penalties.

254.46 - Beaches.

254.50 - Definition.

254.51 - Powers and duties.

254.52 - Lyme disease; treatment, information and research.

254.55 - Definitions.

254.56 - Public places.

254.57 - Smoke.

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.

254.911 - Definitions.

254.916 - Investigations.

254.92 - Purchase or possession of cigarettes or tobacco products by person under 18 prohibited.