Section 330.03. Definitions.

  Unless otherwise indicated, in this chapter:

(1)  "Antiandrogen" means a chemical agent that lowers levels of testosterone.

(2)  "Condition" means specific rules, regulations or prohibitions imposed on an offender under the supervision of the department of corrections by the court, parole commission or department.

(3)  "Department" means the Wisconsin department of corrections.

(4)  "Division administrator" means the administrator of the department of corrections, division of program planning and movement when the pharmacological treatment hearing is conducted as part of the program review process in s. DOC 302.18 , and the administrator of the department of corrections, division of community corrections when the hearing in not conducted as part of the program review process.

(5)  "Hearing" means the department's administrative proceeding to determine whether the department may impose a condition of supervision requiring compliance with pharmacological treatment.

(6)  "Hearing examiner" means a person appointed to preside over the hearing, to review the evidence presented, including testimony, and to determine, based on the evidence presented, whether the department may impose a condition of supervision requiring the offender to comply with pharmacological treatment.

(7)  "Offender" means an inmate, probationer, or parolee who is committed to the custody of the department for correctional purposes.

(8)  "Pharmacological treatment" means treatment with an antiandrogen or the chemical equivalent of an antiandrogen.

(9)  "Physician" has the meaning given in s. 448.01 (5) , Stats.

(10)  "Proper medical subject" means a serious child sex offender who does not have a diagnosed physical condition that precludes treatment with an antiandrogen.

(11)  "Revocation" means the removal of an offender from probation or parole supervision in accordance with ch. DOC 331 .

(12)  "Rules" means those written departmental regulations applicable to a specific offender under supervision.

(13)  "Secretary" means the secretary of the department of corrections.

(14)  "Serious child sex offender" has the meaning given in s. 304.06 (1q) (a) , Stats.

(15)  "Supervision" means the control and monitoring of offenders on probation or parole supervision by a department employee or contract agency employee.

(16)  "Therapeutic level" means the hormone level that, as determined by the treating physician, is the intended effect of pharmacological treatment on an offender.

History: Cr. Register July, 1999, No. 523 , eff. 8-1-99.