Wis. Admin. Code Department of Health Services § DHS 116.03 - Definitions
In this chapter:
(1)
"Agency" means an organization that assists or uses information about persons
with birth defects.
(2) "Birth
defect" has the meaning given in s.
253.12(1)
(a), Stats.
(3) "Child" has the meaning given for "infant
or child" in s.
253.12(1)
(c), Stats.
(4) "Child-identifiable data" means
information that would identify a child, including the child's name, address or
social security number, or the parent's or guardian's name, address or social
security number.
(5) "Department"
means the Wisconsin department of health services.
(6) "Guardian" has the meaning given in s.
48.02(8),
Stats.
(7) "Local health officer"
has the meaning given in s.
250.01(5),
Stats.
(8) "Parent" has the meaning
given in s.
48.02(13),
Stats.
(9) "Pediatric specialty
clinic" has the meaning given in s.
253.12(1)
(b), Stats.
(10) "Physician" has the meaning given in s.
448.01(5),
Stats.
(11) "Registry" means a
database comprised of birth defect or suspected birth defect reports submitted
by pediatric specialty clinics, physicians, and hospitals.
(12) "Reporter" means a physician, pediatric
specialty clinic or hospital that is required or authorized by s.
253.12(2),
Stats., to convey birth defect or suspected birth defect information to the
department.
(13) "Suspected birth
defect" means that, on the basis of recognized medical testing and evaluation,
a child is thought to have a birth defect, but the results of the testing and
evaluation are not conclusive.
(14)
"Wisconsin birth defects prevention and surveillance system" means the program
established by s.
253.12,
Stats.
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