Current through August 26, 2024
(1) FEE AMOUNTS. Except as provided under
sub. (2) or (3), an operator shall pay the following certification fees:
(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.
(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.
(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.
(d)
Water
tests. An annual certification fee of $408 for each test under s.
ATCP 77.02(3) for which the operator is
certified.
(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.
(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).
(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.
(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.
(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.
(4) PAYING CERTIFICATION FEES.
(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.
(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.
(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:
(a) The additional tests for which the
operator seeks certification.
(b)
Documentation, under s.
ATCP 77.04(1)
(e), that the operator is qualified to
perform each additional test under par. (a).
(c) The fees required under this
section.
An operator may apply under sub. (5) at any time during a
license year, and need not wait until the annual license
renewal.
