299.08(1)(am)1. 1. If an individual who applies for the issuance or renewal of a license, registration or certification specified in par. (a) does not have a social security number, the department shall require the applicant, as a condition of issuing or renewing the license, registration or certification, to submit a statement made or subscribed under oath or affirmation that the applicant does not have a social security number. The statement shall be in the form prescribed by the department of children and families.

299.08(1)(am)2. 2. A license, registration or certification specified in par. (a) that is issued in reliance on a statement submitted under subd. 1. is invalid if the statement is false.

299.08(1)(b) (b) The department may not disclose any information received under par. (a) to any person except as follows:

299.08(1)(b)1. 1. To the department of children and families in accordance with a memorandum of understanding under s. 49.857.

299.08(1)(b)2. 2. If the department is required to obtain the information under s. 299.07 (1) (a), to the department of revenue for the purpose of requesting certifications under s. 73.0301 and to the department of workforce development for the purpose of requesting certifications under s. 108.227.

299.08(2) (2) The department shall deny an application for the issuance or renewal of a license, registration or certification specified in sub. (1) (a), or shall suspend a license, registration or certification specified in sub. (1) (a) for failure to make court-ordered payments of child or family support, maintenance, birth expenses, medical expenses or other expenses related to the support of a child or former spouse or failure to comply, after appropriate notice, with a subpoena or warrant issued by the department of children and families or a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and relating to paternity or child support proceedings, as required in a memorandum of understanding under s. 49.857.

299.08 History History: 1997 a. 191, 237; 1999 a. 9, 32; 2005 a. 360; 2007 a. 20; 2013 a. 20, 36.

299.09 299.09 Military training or experience.

299.09(1) (1) In this section, “approval” means a well driller license under s. 280.15 (2m), certification for an incinerator operator under s. 285.51 (2), certification for an operator of a solid waste disposal facility under s. 289.42 (1), or certification of a consultant under s. 292.63 (2) (g).

299.09(2) (2) Any relevant experience or training that an applicant for an approval has obtained in connection with any military service, as defined in s. 111.32 (12g), counts toward satisfying the requirements for experience or training for the approval if the applicant demonstrates to the satisfaction of the department that the experience or training obtained by the applicant is substantially equivalent to the education or training required for the approval.

299.09 History History: 2011 a. 120; 2013 a. 20.

299.11 299.11 Laboratory certification program.

299.11(1) (1) Definitions. As used in this section:

299.11(1)(a) (a) “Accuracy” means the closeness of a measured value to its generally accepted value or its value based upon an accepted reference standard.

299.11(1)(b) (b) “Certified laboratory” means a laboratory which performs tests for hire in connection with a covered program and which receives certification under sub. (7) or receives recognition as a certified laboratory under sub. (5).

299.11(1)(c) (c) “Council” means the certification standards review council created under s. 15.107 (12).

299.11(1)(d) (d) “Covered program” means test results submitted in connection with any of the following:

299.11(1)(d)1. 1. A feasibility report, plan of operation or the condition of any license issued for a solid waste facility under subch. III of ch. 289, or hazardous waste facility under s. 291.25 (2) and (3).

299.11(1)(d)2. 2. An application for a mining permit under s. 293.37 (2).

299.11(1)(d)3. 3. Monitoring required by terms and conditions of a permit issued under ch. 283.

299.11(1)(d)4. 4. The replacement of a well or provision of alternative water supplies under s. 281.75 or 281.77.

299.11(1)(d)5. 5. Groundwater monitoring under ch. 160.

299.11(1)(d)6. 6. The management or enforcement of the safe drinking water program under s. 280.13 (1) (b) and (d) or 281.17 (8).

299.11(1)(d)7. 7. The terms of department contracts when specifically required in the contracts.

299.11(1)(d)8. 8. An investigation of a discharge of a hazardous substance under s. 292.11.

299.11(1)(d)9. 9. A regulatory program specified by the department by rule if, after consultation with the council, the department finds that existing quality control programs do not provide consistent and reliable results and the best available remedy is to require that all laboratories performing the tests for that regulatory program be certified or registered.

299.11(1)(e) (e) “Laboratory” means a facility which performs tests in connection with a covered program.

299.11(1)(f) (f) “Precision” means the closeness of repeated measurements of the same parameter within a sample.

299.11(1)(g) (g) “Registered laboratory” means a laboratory which is registered under sub. (8) or receives recognition as a registered laboratory under sub. (5).