2022 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 101 - Department of safety and professional services — regulation of industry, buildings and safety.
101.053 - Recreational and educational camps.

101.053 Recreational and educational camps.

(1) In this section, “recreational and educational camp” means a premises, including temporary and permanent structures, that is operated as an overnight living quarters where both food and lodging or facilities for food and lodging are provided for children or adults or both children and adults for a planned program of recreation or education, and that is offered free of charge or for payment of a fee by a person or by the state or a local unit of government. “Recreational and educational camp" does not include any of the following:

(a) An overnight planned program of recreation or education for adults or families at an establishment holding a current retail food establishment license issued under s. 97.30 or lodging license issued under s. 97.605.

(b) An overnight planned program of recreation or education for fewer than 4 consecutive nights and without permanent facilities for food and lodging.

(c) An overnight planned program for credit at an accredited academic institution of higher education.

(d) A tournament, competition, visitation, recruitment, campus conference, or professional sports team training camp.

(2) The department shall promulgate rules revising the commercial building code to establish separate standards for the construction and inspection of recreational and educational camps. The standards established in the rules shall take into account the uses, including seasonal use, that are unique to recreational and educational camps.

History: 2019 a. 130; 2021 a. 240 s. 30.