Wisconsin Administrative Code

DHS 109.52 Provider certification.

DHS 109.53 Department recovery of overpayments from SeniorCare providers.

DHS 109.54 Incorporation of Medicaid standards. Subchapter VI — Participant Rights and Responsibilities

DHS 109.61 Participant duties.

DHS 109.62 Recovery of incorrect payments from participants.

DHS 109.63 Participant appeals. Subchapter VII — Program Administration

DHS 109.71 Rebate agreement.

DHS 109.72 Payment for drugs.

DHS 109.73 Program suspension.

DHS 109.74 Safeguarded information. niorCare participant with income over 160% of the poverty line for amounts no greater than the program payment rate. (b) The department’s tracking of prescription drug purchases by a SeniorCare participant with income over 160% of the poverty l…

DHS 110.01 Authority and purpose. This chapter is promulgated under the authority of ss. 256.08 (4) and 256.15 (13), Stats., to establish standards for all of the following: (1) Certifying, training, and credentialing emergency medical responders. (2) Licensing, training, and cre…

DHS 110.02 Applicability. This chapter applies to all of the following: (1) Emergency medical responders. (2) Emergency medical technicians. (3) Advanced emergency medical technicians. (4) Emergency medical technicians — intermediate. (5) Paramedics. (6) Emergency medical service…

DHS 110.03 Waivers. The department may waive any non-statutory requirement under this chapter, upon written request, if the department finds that strict enforcement of the requirement will create an unreasonable hardship for the emergency medical services provider or the public i…

DHS 110.04 Definitions. In this chapter: (1g) XAdvanced emergency medical technicianY or XAEMTY has the meaning given in s. 256.01 (1k), Stats. (1r) XAdvanced life supportY means prehospital and interfacility emergency medical care consisting of basic life support procedures and …

DHS 110.05 License or certificate and credential required. (1) Before an individual may perform emergency medical care or advertise for the provision of emergency medical care as an EMS professional, the individual shall be certified as an emergency medical responder or licensed …

DHS 110.06 Application for initial license or certificate; initial training requirements. (1) ELIGIBILITY. To apply for an initial license as an emergency medical services practitioner or certificate as a an emergency medical responder, the applicant shall meet all of the followi…

DHS 110.066 Application for license or certificate when licensed and trained in another state as an EMS professional. (1) ELIGIBILITY. To be eligible to apply for a license based on out-of-state license or education as an emergency medical services practitioner or certificate as …

DHS 110.07 Application for renewal license or certificate; refresher training requirements. (1) ELIGIBILITY. To apply for renewal of an emergency medical services practitioner license or emergency medical responder certificate, the applicant shall meet all of the following eligib…

DHS 110.08 Practice level upgrades; downgrades. (1) UPGRADING EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PRACTITIONER PRACTICE LEVELS. To upgrade an emergency medical services practitioner practice level, the emergency medical services practi- the chapter was last published. 7 DEPARTMENT OF HEAL…

DHS 110.088 Endorsements. (1) ELIGIBILITY. To apply for an endorsement on an emergency medical services practitioner license, the applicant shall meet all of the following requirements: (a) The individual holds a current emergency medical service practitioner license that is not …

DHS 110.09 Expiration date; expired license or certification; late renewal; reinstatement. Licenses and certificates expire on June 30 of the third year of the triennium. If a license or certificate expires, the following as applicable, applies: (1) LATE RENEWAL. An individual ma…

DHS 110.10 Department decision on applications. (1) COMPLETE APPLICATION. The department shall review and make a determination on an application that has been completed in accordance with all of the department[s instructions for completion within 60 business days of receiving the…

DHS 110.12 Authorized actions; scope of practice. An emergency medical services practitioner or emergency medical responder may only perform the skills, use the equipment, and administer the medications that are specified by the department in the Wisconsin scope of practice for t…

DHS 110.13 Professional responsibilities. (1) An EMS professional shall maintain a current credential with each emergency medical service provider with which the EMS professional serves. An EMS professional may not provide emergency medical care if the EMS professional does not h…

DHS 110.14 Written and practical examinations retakes. (1) An individual who fails a state approved written or practical examination required for emergency medical responder certification after 3 attempts shall successfully take department approved emergency medical responder ref…

DHS 110.15 Emergency medical services practitioner training permit application; authorized actions and limitations. (1) APPLICATION. To apply for a training permit, the applicant shall submit to the department, in the manner specified by the department, an application with docume…

DHS 110.16 Department administrative fees. (1) The department may assess the following fees as applicable. The fees may be increased each year at the annual rate of inflation as determined by movement in the consumer price index for all urban consumers, published each month in th…

DHS 110.17 CPR and AED training and instruction. (1) ORGANIZATIONS APPROVED FOR CPR TRAINING. All of the following organizations are approved by the department to provide CPR training: (a) American Heart Association. (b) American Red Cross. (c) American Safety and Health Institut…

DHS 110.18 Training center initial and renewal certification requirements. (1) AUTHORIZED ACTIONS AND 10 QUALIFICATIONS. No person may provide training that is represented as qualifying an individual for emergency medical responder certification or emergency medical services prac…

DHS 110.19 Course approval requirements. A training center shall obtain prior department approval for each initial or refresher course it offers. Once a training center obtains approval, all subsequent course offerings based on that approval are automatically approved when entere…

DHS 110.20 Emergency medical responder training course content and hours. (1) The emergency medical responder training course shall include content and behavioral objectives that meet or exceed the Wisconsin curriculum for DHS 110.23 emergency medical responders. Each course shal…

DHS 110.21 Emergency medical services practitioner training course content and hours. (1) COURSES. All emergency medical services practitioner training courses shall include content and behavioral objectives that meet or exceed the appropriate Wisconsin curriculum. Each course sh…

DHS 110.22 Accreditation of training centers. (1) Effective July 1, 2013, all EMT-paramedic training centers shall be accredited by a national EMS education credentialing body. (2) Initial Critical Care Paramedic programs shall be taught by training centers accredited by a nation…

DHS 110.23 Records and recordkeeping requirements. (1) The training center shall retain at a minimum all of the following records for each student for at least 5 years after course completion and make the records available for review upon request by the department: (a) Attendance…

DHS 110.24 Required training center personnel; personnel responsibilities. A training center shall have all of the following personnel: (1) PROGRAM DIRECTOR. The training center shall have a program director who has a current certificate of approval issued by the department under…

DHS 110.25 Program director; application for department approval. (1) ELIGIBILITY. Before an individual may act as a program director, the individual shall be approved by the department under this section. The applicant shall be 18 years of age or older and shall successfully com…

DHS 110.26 Training center medical director; application for department approval. (1) ELIGIBILITY. Before an individual may act as a training center medical director, the individual shall be approved by the department under this section. The applicant shall be licensed as a physi…

DHS 110.27 EMS instructor I; application for department approval. (1) ELIGIBILITY. Before an individual may act as an instructor I, the training center shall approve the individual under this section. The individual shall be licensed by the department at or above the level of the…

DHS 110.28 EMS instructor II; application for initial and renewal certification. (1) ELIGIBILITY. Before an individual may act as an EMS instructor II, the individual shall be certified by the department under this section. The individual shall be licensed by the department at or…

DHS 110.29 Training center oversight. (1) QUALITY ASSURANCE. (a) The department is responsible for quality assurance of training centers and instructors. If a training center or instructor is part of the WTCS, quality assurance is a joint responsibility of the department and the …

DHS 110.30 Department decision on applications. (1) COMPLETE APPLICATION. The department shall review and make a determination on an application that has been completed in accordance with all of the department[s instructions for completion within 60 business days of receiving the…

DHS 110.31 Expiration dates; approvals and certifications. (1) MEDICAL DIRECTOR AND PROGRAM DIRECTOR APPROVAL. Department approval of the training center medical director and the training center program director shall remain in effect as long as all requirements continue to be me…

DHS 110.32 Emergency medical service provider license required; license levels. (1) No entity may act as or advertise for the provision of services as an emergency medical responder service, a non-transporting emergency medical service provider, or an ambulance service provider u…

DHS 110.33 Authorized services. (1) An emergency medical services provider may advertise and provide only those 14 services for which it has been licensed by the department, except a rural ambulance service provider that upgrades its ambulance service level may provide and advert…

DHS 110.34 Responsibilities. An emergency medical service provider shall do all of the following and document these activities through their operational plan submitted to the department: (1) Comply with the requirements of this chapter and ch. 256, Stats. (2) Advertise and provid…

DHS 110.35 License and application requirements. To apply for a license as an ambulance service provider, a nontransporting emergency medical service provider, or an emergency medical responder service provider, a person shall do all of the following: (1) FEASIBILITY STUDY. Compl…

DHS 110.36 Phase-in period; service level upgrades and downgrades. (1) A licensed ambulance service provider applying for licensure at a higher service level that can the chapter was last published. DHS 110.36 WISCONSIN ADMINISTRATIVE CODE demonstrate hardship in attaining the hi…

DHS 110.37 Service level downgrades. (1) An ambulance service provider or non-transporting emergency medical service provider may downgrade the level of its service only after department approval. The ambulance service provider or nontransporting emergency medical service provide…

DHS 110.38 Interfacility transports. In addition to the responsibilities under s. DHS 110.34, an ambulance service provider licensed to provide interfacility transports shall satisfy all of the following requirements: 16 (1) The ambulance service provider shall ensure that interf…

DHS 110.39 Critical care and specialty care transports. In addition to the responsibilities under s. DHS 110.34, an ambulance service provider that provides critical care and specialty care transport services shall satisfy all of the following requirements: (1) The ambulance serv…