Wisconsin Administrative Code

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…

DHS 110.395 Community EMS. (1) In addition to the responsibilities under s. DHS 110.34, an emergency medical services provider or other organization licensed to provide CEMS shall obtain department approval before using licensed EMS practitioners to provide CEMS. To obtain depart…

DHS 110.40 Intercept service. In addition to the responsibilities under s. DHS 110.34, and ambulance service provider or non-transporting emergency medical service that provides intercept services is subject to all of the following requirements: (1) The emergency medical service …

DHS 110.41 Air medical services. (1) In order to provide air medical service in Wisconsin, an ambulance service provider, including an ambulance service provider licensed in another state that makes more than 10 patient transports a year that originate and terminate in Wisconsin,…

DHS 110.42 Tactical emergency medical services. An ambulance service provider or other agency shall obtain departmental approval before using licensed EMS professionals to provide tactical emergency medical services as follows: (1) AMBULANCE SERVICES PROVIDERS. To obtain departme…

DHS 110.43 Special units. If a licensed ambulance service owns, operates, and maintains special transport vehicles including, but not limited to, boats, ATV[s, or snowmobiles, the licensed ambulance service shall identify them in its application and operational plan as required u…

DHS 110.44 Special events. A licensed ambulance service provider or non-transporting emergency medical service provider shall obtain department approval before providing emergency medical services for special events outside its primary service area or that will require the provid…

DHS 110.45 Department decisions on applications. (1) Except as provided in sub. (2), 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 re…

DHS 110.46 License duration and application for renewal license. (1) A license issued by the department to an emergency medical service provider is valid for the duration of the triennium as long as the provider remains in continuous compliance with EMS-related federal and state …

DHS 110.47 Required personnel and responsibilities. An emergency medical service provider shall have all of the following personnel: (1) A service director qualified under s. DHS 110.49. (2) A service medical director qualified under s. DHS 110.50. (3) An infection control design…

DHS 110.48 Service director. An emergency medical service provider shall have a service director who shall: (1) Serve as the primary contact between the emergency medical service provider and the department. (2) Assure that all elements of the operational plan are kept current. (…

DHS 110.49 Service medical director. An emergency medical service provider shall have a service medical director who meets all of the qualifications under sub. (1) and has all the responsibilities under sub. (2): (1) QUALIFICATIONS. The service medical director shall meet all the…

DHS 110.495 Community emergency medical services medical director. A CEMS provider shall have a minimum of one medical director who meets all of the qualifications under sub. (1) and has all the responsibilities under sub. (2). (1) QUALIFICATIONS. Except as provided by sub. (3), …

DHS 110.50 EMS provider staffing requirements. (1) An emergency medical service provider shall satisfy the staffing requirements appropriate to the level of service for which it is licensed. All individuals constituting the minimum staffing shall be credentialed with the emergenc…

DHS 110.51 Preceptors. (1) The service medical director shall designate those individuals who may serve as preceptors based on the director[s determination that the individuals are qualified to act as preceptors for supervised field training. Only individuals who are designated b…

DHS 110.52 EMS professional credentialing. (1) In order to provide emergency medical care, an emergency medical responder or emergency medical services practitioner must first be credentialed with an emergency medical service provider with which the emergency medical responder or…

DHS 110.525 Field training requirements. (1) An ambulance service provider may provide supervised field training of EMS professionals through its licensed staff who have been designated as preceptors by the provider[s service medical director under s. DHS 110.51 (1). (2) An ambul…

DHS 110.526 Opioids training. (1) An EMS practitioner shall undergo training regarding the safe and proper administration of naloxone or another opioid antagonist to individuals who are undergoing or suspected of undergoing an opioid-related drug overdose consisting of instructio…

DHS 110.53 Authority to investigate. (1) The department may conduct an investigation to determine whether there has been a violation of this chapter or ch. 256, Stats. (2) An authorized employee or agent of the department, upon presentation of identification, shall be permitted t…

DHS 110.54 Reasons for enforcement actions. The department may take any enforcement action under ss. DHS 110.55 to 110.58, which it determines is appropriate against a person subject to the requirements of this chapter and ss. 256.12 to 256.18, Stats., for any of the following re…

DHS 110.55 Warning letter. The department may issue a warning letter to a licensee, permit holder, or certificate holder if the department finds that the person has committed a minor, first-time violation of a requirement of this chapter or ch. 256, Stats., or a minor, first-time…

DHS 110.56 Reprimand. The department may reprimand a licensee, permit holder, or certificate holder if the department finds that the person has violated a requirement of this chapter or ch. 256, Stats., or engaged in conduct described in s. DHS 110.54. A reprimand documents the d…

DHS 110.57 Summary suspension of a license, permit or certification. (1) The department may summarily suspend a license, permit, or certification if the department has probable cause to believe that the licensee, permit holder, or cer- the chapter was last published. DHS 110.57 W…

DHS 110.58 Denial, refusal to renew, conditional issuance, issuance with limitation, suspension, revocation. (1) The department may deny, refuse to renew, limit, condition, suspend or revoke a license, permit, or certification, for any reason under s. DHS 110.54, if the departmen…

DHS 110.59 Appeals. (1) RIGHT TO APPEAL. An enforcement action taken by the department under s. DHS 110.57 or 110.58 is subject to review under ch. 227, Stats. To request a hearing under ch. 227, Stats., an aggrieved person shall submit a written request to the department of admi…

DHS 115.01 Authority and purpose. This chapter is promulgated under the authority of ss. 253.13 and 227.11 (2), Stats., to specify the congenital disorders for which each newborn is screened and tested. History: Cr. Register, May, 1993, No. 449, eff. 6-1-93; correction made under…

DHS 115.02 Applicability. This chapter applies to the attending physician licensed under ch. 448, Stats., nurse-midwife certified under s. 441.15, Stats., or other attendant at the birth of an infant born in Wisconsin, to the infant and the infant[s parents or guardian, and to th…

DHS 115.03 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) XCongenital disorderY means a disorder present at birth, either inherited or due to an influence occurring during gestation up to birth. (2) XDepartmentY means the Wisconsin department of health services. (3) XICD-10-CMY means the Inte…

DHS 115.04 Congenital disorders. Pursuant to s. 253.13 (1), Stats., blood samples taken from each newborn shall be tested for all of the following conditions: (1) (a) Phenylketonuria (PKU), ICD-10-CM-E70.0. (b) Hyperphenylalaninemia, ICD-10-CM-E70.1. (2) Galactosemia, ICD-10-CM-E…

DHS 115.05 Laboratory tests.

DHS 115.055 Fees.

DHS 115.06 Criteria for adding or deleting conditions. (a) Sickle cell disease, ICD-10-CM-D57.1. (b) Hemoglobin S-beta Thalassemia, ICD-10-CM-D57.40. (c) Hemoglobin SC disease, ICD-10-CM-D57.20. (d) Hemoglobin disease other, ICD-10-CM-D58.2. (5) Biotinidase deficiency, ICD-10-CM-…

DHS 116.01 Authority and purpose. This chapter is promulgated under the authority of ss. 227.11 (2) and 253.12 (3) (a), Stats., to implement the Wisconsin birth defect prevention and surveillance system established by s. 253.12, Stats. The purpose of the program is to provide for…

DHS 116.02 Applicability. This chapter applies to all of the following: (1) The department. (2) A physician who diagnoses a birth defect in a child or treats a child with a reportable condition. (3) A pediatric specialty clinic that diagnoses a birth defect in a child or treats a…

DHS 116.03 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) “Agency” means an organization that assists or uses information about persons with birth defects. (2) “Birth defect” has the meaning given in s. 253.12 (1) (a), Stats. DHS 116.04 DHS 116.05 Reporting of birth defects. Confidentiality. …

DHS 116.04 Reporting of birth defects. (1) BIRTH DEFECTS FOR WHICH REPORTING IS MANDATORY. Reporters shall report to the department all of the following birth defects for children in whom the condition is diagnosed or treated by age 2: (a) Birth defects for which the council unan…

DHS 116.05 Confidentiality. (1) RELEASE OF INFORMATION. The department shall keep Wisconsin birth defects prevention and surveillance system reports confidential and may release information from them only in accordance with s. 253.12 (5), Stats., and following the procedures in s…

DHS 118.01 Authority and purpose.