1. (1) A regional poison control center shall keep a record of each inquiry.

   Note: A record of an inquiry must be treated as a confidential patient health care record pursuant to ss. 146.81 to 146.83, Stats.

2. (2) A regional poison control center shall submit a record of all calls requesting information and exposure data to the AAPCC’s national data collection system on a quarterly basis within 30 days after the end of the quarter.

3. (3) The centers shall submit to the department reports required by the department, including a joint annual statewide report submitted to the department no later than September 1 of each year beginning in 1995. The joint report shall include a description of progress on attaining the goals, objectives and implementation steps outlined in the regional work plans and shall provide both center data and statewide data for the following data elements:

   1. (a) Epidemiology of poison case calls;
   2. (b) Breakdown of cases by nature of exposure;
   3. (c) Source of calls; and
   4. (d) Geographic origin of cases.
4. (4) Failure of a center to maintain the records or to submit the reports required under this section may result in the department’s termination of funding available under s. 255.35 (3), Stats.

History

History: Cr. Register, January, 1995, No. 469, eff. 2-1-95; correction in (4) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register January 2009 No. 637.