Wisconsin Code § 254.176

Certification requirements
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(1) Except as provided in sub. (2) and s. 250.041, and subject to sub. (3m) and s.
254.115, the department may establish by rule certification requirements for any person who performs lead hazard reduction or
a lead management activity or who supervises the performance of
any lead hazard reduction or lead management activity.
(2) No certification is required under this section for lead
hazard reduction conducted by any of the following persons, unless the lead hazard reduction is being done to comply with an order by the department or another state or local agency that requires the use of persons certified under this section:
(a) A person whose activities are limited to interim control activities, unless the activities are directly funded by a grant from
the federal department of housing and urban development.
(b) A person whose activities do not involve lead-bearing
paint or lead-contaminated soil or dust.
(c) A homeowner who engages in lead hazard reduction only
in or on his or her own nonrental residential dwelling or real
property.
(d) A person licensed, certified or registered under ch. 145
who engages in activities that constitute lead hazard reduction,
only to the extent that these activities are within the scope of his
or her license, certification or registration.
(e) A person who engages in the business of installing or servicing heating, ventilating or air conditioning equipment if the
person is registered with the department of safety and professional services and if the person engages in activities that constitute lead hazard reduction, only to the extent that the activities are
within the scope of his or her registration.
(3) Except as provided in s. 250.041 and subject to sub. (3m)
and s. 254.115, the department may promulgate rules establishing
certification requirements for persons required to be certified under this section. Any rules promulgated under this section:
(a) Shall include requirements and procedures for issuing, renewing, revoking and suspending under this section certifications
issued under this section.

(c) Shall require completion of an appropriate training course
accredited under s. 254.178 or of a training course determined by
the department to be comparable to the appropriate training
course under s. 254.178.
(d) May provide for requirements other than training as a condition for full certification.
(e) Shall specify fees for certifying persons under this section,
except that no fee may be imposed on any person employed by the
state or by any political subdivision of the state for a certification
required to perform duties within the scope of the employment or
on an individual who is eligible for the veterans fee waiver program under s. 45.44.
(f) Shall require the issuance of a photo identification card to
each person certified under this section.
(3m) Any relevant education, training, instruction, or other
experience that an applicant has obtained in connection with military service, as defined in s. 111.32 (12g), counts toward satisfying the requirements for education, training, instruction, or other
experience for certification under this section if the applicant
demonstrates to the satisfaction of the department that the education, training, instruction, or other experience that the applicant
obtained in connection with his or her military service is substantially equivalent to the education, training, instruction, or other
experience that is required to be certified under this section.
(4) The department shall maintain lists of all persons who are
certified under this section and shall make the lists available to
the public. The department may charge a fee for lists provided
under this subsection to cover the department’s costs in providing
the lists.
(5) After notice and opportunity for hearing, the department
may revoke, suspend, deny or refuse to renew any certification issued under this section in accordance with the procedures set
forth in ch. 227, except that if a revocation, denial, or nonrenewal
is based on tax delinquency under s. 73.0301 or unemployment
insurance contribution delinquency under s. 108.227, the only
hearing rights available are those set forth in s. 73.0301 (5) or
108.227 (5), whichever is applicable.

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