ATCP 77.04 NoteWisconsin department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection
Division of food and recreational safety, bureau of food and recreational businesses
Laboratory Certification Program
P.O. Box 8911
Madison, WI 53708-8911
(608) 224-4712
ATCP 77.04(2)(2) Annual renewal. To renew an annual certification, the operator of a certified laboratory shall file a renewal application with the department by December 31 of each year. The operator shall file the renewal application on a form provided by the department. The renewal application shall include all of the following: ATCP 77.04(2)(a)(a) The information required under sub. (1) (a) to (d). The application shall identify any changes since the last annual renewal. ATCP 77.04(2)(b)(b) The information required under sub. (1) (e) if the operator requests certification to perform a test which the department has not yet certified the operator to perform. ATCP 77.04 NoteNote: The department will send renewal application forms to certified laboratories approximately 6 weeks before their current annual certifications expire.
ATCP 77.04(3)(3) False information. No person may misrepresent or falsify any information contained in a certification application under this section. ATCP 77.04 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, September, 1999, No. 525, eff. 10-1-99; CR 19-076: am. (1) (b) Register May 2020 No. 773, eff. 6-1-20. ATCP 77.06(1)(1) Fee amounts. Except as provided under sub. (2) or (3), an operator shall pay the following certification fees: ATCP 77.06(1)(a)(a) Milk or food tests. An annual certification fee of $492 for each test under s. ATCP 77.02 (1) or (2) at each laboratory for which the operator is certified. This fee does not apply to a laboratory that is approved under s. ATCP 77.23 only to conduct drug residue screening tests on milk samples. ATCP 77.06(1)(b)(b) Certified analysts; milk or food tests. An annual certification fee of $36 for each analyst who performs one or more tests under s. ATCP 77.02 (1) or (2). This fee does not apply to an individual approved under s. ATCP 77.23 only to conduct drug residue screening tests on milk samples. ATCP 77.06(1)(c)(c) Discretionary inspection or additional analyst certification; milk or food tests. A supplemental fee of $180 for each discretionary inspection or requested certification of one or more analysts to conduct any test under s. ATCP 77.02 (1) or (2), if the certification occurs at any time other than during a mandatory inspection under s. ATCP 77.14 (1). This fee does not apply to an individual approved under s. ATCP 77.23 only to conduct drug residue screening tests on milk samples. ATCP 77.06(1)(e)(e) Drug residues in milk; screening tests. The fees provided in s. ATCP 77.23 (3) if the laboratory performs drug residue screening tests on milk samples. ATCP 77.06(2)(2) Partial fees. An operator of a milk or food laboratory shall pay the fee as provided in par. (a) and the operator of a water laboratory shall pay the fee as provided in par. (b). ATCP 77.06(2)(a)(a) If the department certifies an operator of a milk or food laboratory to perform a test for less than a full calendar year, the operator shall pay a fee of $42 for each full month of certification for that test. This fee does not apply to a laboratory that is authorized under s. ATCP 77.23 only to conduct drug residue screening tests on milk samples. ATCP 77.06(2)(b)(b) If the department certifies an operator of a water laboratory to perform a test for less than a full calendar year, the operator shall pay a fee of $35 for each full month of certification for that test. ATCP 77.06(3)(3) Fee exemptions. A county or municipality that contracts with the department to license and inspect retail food establishments as the department’s agent under s. 97.41, Stats., is not required to pay any certification fee. ATCP 77.06(4)(a)(a) If the department has not previously certified an operator to perform any of the tests listed under s. ATCP 77.02 at the laboratory for which the operator is seeking certification, the department shall bill the operator under this section after the department inspects the laboratory under s. ATCP 77.14 (1) (a). The department may not certify the operator to perform any test until the operator pays the required certification fee for that test. ATCP 77.06(4)(b)(b) If the operator of a certified laboratory applies for certification to perform additional tests under sub. (5), or files a renewal application under s. ATCP 77.04 (2), the operator shall include with that application the fees required under this section. ATCP 77.06(5)(5) Additional tests. The operator of a certified laboratory may, at any time, apply for certification to perform additional tests which the department has not yet certified the operator to perform at that laboratory. The operator shall apply on a form provided by the department. The application shall include all of the following: ATCP 77.06(5)(a)(a) The additional tests for which the operator seeks certification. ATCP 77.06 NoteNote: An operator may apply under sub. (5) at any time during a license year, and need not wait until the annual license renewal.
ATCP 77.06 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, September, 1999, No. 525, eff. 10-1-99; am. (1) and (2) and cr. (1) (a) to (d), Register, December, 1999, No. 528, eff. 1-1-00; emerg. am. (1) (a) to (c), cr. (1) (e), r. and recr. (2), eff. 11-15-01; CR 01-124: am. (1) (a) to (c), cr. (1) (e), r. and recr. (2) Register December 2002 No. 564, eff. 1-1-03; CR 05-044: cr. (2) (intro.), am. (4) and (5) (c) Register December 2005 No. 600, eff. 1-1-06; CR 07-037: am. (1) (a), (b) and (d) Register April 2008 No. 628, eff. 5-1-08; CR 19-076: am. (1) (a) to (d), (2) (a), (b) Register May 2020 No. 773, eff. 6-1-20. ATCP 77.08ATCP 77.08 Granting and withdrawing certification.