Section DOC 310.03 - Definitions In this chapter:
(1) "Calendar week" means Sunday through Saturday.(2) "Calendar year" means 12 calendar months beginning January 1 and ending December 31.(3) "Complaint record" means ICRS forms and evidence compiled in connection with an ICRS complaint by the ICE or CCE.(4) "Corrections complaint examiner" or "CCE" means the employee of the department who is designated by the secretary to process and review complaints appealed to the secretary.(5) "Days" means all calendar days including Saturdays, Sundays, and state legal holidays.(6) "Department" means the department of corrections.(7) "Division" means the division of adult institutions.(8) "Employee" means any staff member, an employee of a contract agency, an independent contractor, or a volunteer of the department or an institution.(9) "Good cause" means substantial grounds, justification, or reason to take a certain action as determined by the examiner.(10) "Inmate complaint review system" or "ICRS" means the process by which complaints filed by inmates of adult correctional institutions are investigated and resolved.(11) "Institution" means a correctional institution or correctional facility defined under s. 302.01, Stats.(12) "Institution complaint examiner" or "ICE" means the person or persons at each institution designated by the warden to process, investigate, and make recommendations on complaints filed under this chapter.(13) "Moot" means any of the following:(a) Abstract and not arising from existing facts or rights.(14) "PREA" means the prison rape elimination act, 42 U.S.C. 15601, et seq. and the standards issued thereunder, 28 C.F.R. Part 115.(15) "Reviewing authority" means a person who is authorized to review and decide an inmate complaint.(16) "Secretary" means the secretary of the department or designee.(17) "Sexual abuse" means the definition given under 28 C.F.R. s. 115.6.(18) "Sexual harassment" means the definition given under 28 C.F.R. s. 115.6(19) "Staff member" or "staff" means a person employed by the department as a permanent, project, or limited term employee.(20) "Warden" means the warden, superintendent, or designee.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Corrections DOC 310.03
CR 02-038: cr. Register November 2002 No. 563, eff. 12-1-02.Adopted by, CR 16-054: cr., Register March 2018, No. 747, eff. 4-1-18; correction in (20) made under s. 35.17, Stats, Register March 2018 No. 747, eff. 4/1/2018