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Radioactive Materials Program

Wisconsin Stats. § 254.365 requires that any person who possesses, uses, manufactures, transports, stores or transfers radioactive materials in Wisconsin must have a radioactive materials license. Effective August 11, 2003, the Department of Health Services (DHS) licenses and inspects byproduct, source, special nuclear, naturally occurring and accelerator-produced radioactive materials in Wisconsin (unless exempted).

WISREGS, Licenses, and Notices

License forms, WISREGS and other related documents can be downloaded from this website. The Wisconsin Regulatory Guidelines are the best source of information about the licensing of radioactive materials.

Wisconsin Admin. Code § DHS 157 details the licensing requirements and fees. Wisconsin Admin. Code ch. DHS 157 is divided into 15 subchapters. The following table provides a list of Wis. Admin. Code ch. DHS 157 subchapters relating to the regulation of radioactive materials.

Wisconsin Administrative Code DHS Chapter 157 Subchapters
Subchapter Topic Subchapter Topic
I General VII Irradiators
II Licensing X Notices/Reports to Workers
III Radiation Protection XI Inspection
IV Industrial Radiography XII Enforcement
V Well logging XIII Transportation
VI Medical Use of Radioactive Material XV Registration

Wisconsin Statutes, Wis. Admin. Code ch. DHS 157, WISREGs and all posters and forms can be mailed to you. Contact the Radiation Protection Section at:

Division of Public Health
Radiation Protection Section
Attn: Radioactive Materials Program
P.O. Box 2659
Madison, WI 53701-2659
Phone: 608-267-4789
Fax: 608-267-3695

Last revised April 13, 2023