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

254.911 Definitions. In this subchapter:
(1) “Cigarette" has the meaning given in s. 139.30 (1m).
(2) “Governmental regulatory authority" means the department, a local health department, a state agency or a state or local law enforcement agency; or a person with whom the local health department, state agency, or state or local law enforcement agency contracts to conduct investigations authorized under s. 254.916 (1) (a).
(3) “Law enforcement officer" has the meaning given in s. 165.85 (2) (c).
(3m) “Nicotine product" has the meaning given in s. 134.66 (1) (f).
(4) “Retailer" has the meaning given in s. 134.66 (1) (g).
(5) “Retail outlet" means a place of business from which cigarettes, nicotine products, or tobacco products are sold at retail to consumers.
(6) “State agency" has the meaning given in s. 1.12 (1) (b).
(7) “Tobacco products" has the meaning given in s. 139.75 (12).
(8) “Tobacco vending machine" is any mechanical device that automatically dispenses cigarettes or tobacco products when money or tokens are deposited in the device in payment for the cigarettes or tobacco products.
(9) “Tobacco vending machine operator" means a person who acquires tobacco products or stamped cigarettes from manufacturers, as defined in s. 134.66 (1) (e), or permittees, stores them and sells them through the medium of tobacco vending machines that he or she owns, operates or services and that are located on premises that are owned or under the control of other persons.
(10) “Tobacco vending machine premises" means any area in which a tobacco vending machine is located.
History: 1999 a. 9; 2001 a. 75; 2005 a. 25; 2011 a. 249.

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.