Section DHS 163.02 - Scope(1) APPLICABILITY. (a) This subchapter, subchs. II and IV apply to a person performing, supervising or offering to perform or supervise a renovation, lead hazard reduction activity or lead investigation activity involving target housing or a child-occupied facility or the real property on which the target housing or child-occupied facility stands. Persons conducting work regulated under this chapter are also required to conduct activities in a manner that does not increase the hazards from lead-based paint to building occupants.(b) This subchapter, subchs. III and IV apply to a training course that is offered, advertised, conducted or taught leading to, or intended to lead to, certification under this chapter, and to the training manager and instructors for the training course.(c) Subchapter V applies to real property for which a certificate of lead-free status or lead-safe status is sought or has been issued.(2) APPROVED ALTERNATIVE TO AN ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENT. The department may approve an alternative to any administrative requirement in this chapter that is not a statutory requirement when the department is provided with satisfactory written proof that the alternative is as protective of human health and the environment as the original requirement. A request for approval of an alternative shall be in writing, shall be sent to the department and shall include justification for the alternative. The department shall approve or deny the alternative or request additional information within 20 working days of receipt of the request for approval. If granted, the department shall send the applicant a written notice of approval that may include limits on the approval.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Health Services DHS 163.02
CR 00-172: cr. Register February 2002 No. 554, eff. 3-1-02; EmR0928: emerg. am. (1) and (2), eff. 10-16-09; CR 09-085: am. (1) and (2) Register March 2010 No. 651, eff. 4-1-10.Amended by, correction in (2) (Note) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register June 2021 No. 786, eff. 7/1/2021Submit your request for approval of an alternative to a requirement by mail to the Lead and Asbestos Section, 1 W. Wilson Street, Room 137, Madison, WI 53703-3445, or by email to dhsasbestoslead@wi.gov.