Wisconsin Statutes

Wis. Stat. § 146.815 (2026)

Contents of certain patient health care records

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146.815146.815 Contents of certain patient health care records.

146.815(1)(1) Patient health care records maintained for hospital inpatients shall include, if obtainable, the inpatient’s occupation and the industry in which the inpatient is employed at the time of admission, plus the inpatient’s usual occupation.

146.815(2)(2)

146.815(2)(a)(a) If a hospital inpatient’s health problems may be related to the inpatient’s occupation or past occupations, the inpatient’s physician shall ensure that the inpatient’s health care record contains available information from the patient or family about these occupations and any potential health hazards related to these occupations.

146.815(2)(b)(b) If a hospital inpatient’s health problems may be related to the occupation or past occupations of the inpatient’s parents, the inpatient’s physician shall ensure that the inpatient’s health care record contains available information from the patient or family about these occupations and any potential health hazards related to these occupations.

146.815(3)(3) The department shall provide forms that may be used to record information specified under sub. (2) and shall provide guidelines for determining whether to prepare the occupational history required under sub. (2). Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a hospital or physician to collect information required in this section from or about a patient who chooses not to divulge such information.

146.815 HistoryHistory: 1981 c. 214.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2021–2023 · leading case: Beatriz Banuelos v. Univ. of Wisconsin Hospitals & Clinics Auth., 2023 WI 25 (Wis. 2023).

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Beatriz Banuelos v. Univ. of Wisconsin Hospitals & Clinics Auth., 2023 WI 25 (Wis. 2023). · cites it 5× “" Wis. Stat. §§ 146.815 ; 146.82; 146.83(4); 146.”

Beatriz Banuelos v. Univ. of Wisconsin Hospitals & Clinics Auth., 2021 WI App 70 (Wis. Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 2× “836 provides: Sections 146.815, 146.82, 146.83(4) and 146.”

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