Wisconsin Administrative Code

DHS 129.18 Feeding assistant training program record retention requirements. (1) Feeding assistant training programs shall maintain all of the following records for at least 3 years: (a) All student skill checklists, written examinations, certificates and other relevant training …

DHS 129.19 Feeding assistant training program prohibitions. (1) The department will review substandard quality of care citations made under 42 CFR 483 that result in a prohibition of a nurse aide training or competency evaluation program for a nursing home, in order to determine …

DHS 129.20 Feeding assistant training program appeals. (1) For any of the following department actions, a feeding assistant training program may request a hearing by filing an appeal with the department of administration’s division of hearings and appeals. (a) A denial of an appl…

DHS 129.21 Medication aide training program application and approval process.

DHS 129.22 Standards for instructors of medication aide training programs.

DHS 129.23 Nursing home medication aide student qualifications.

DHS 129.24 Standards for nursing home medication aide training programs.

DHS 129.25 Nursing home medication aide training program operation.

DHS 129.26 Medication aide training program prohibitions.

DHS 129.27 Hospice medication aide training program approval process.

DHS 129.28 Standards for instructors of hospice medication aide training programs.

DHS 129.29 Hospice medication aide student qualifications.

DHS 129.30 Standards for hospice medication aide training programs.

DHS 129.31 Hospice medication aide training program operation. Subchapter III — Feeding Assistants

DHS 13.01 Authority and purpose. This chapter is promulgated under the authority of ss. 146.40 (4g) and (4r) and 227.11 (2), Stats., to protect clients served in specified department-regulated programs by establishing a process for reporting allegations of abuse or neglect of a c…

DHS 13.02 Applicability. This chapter applies to the department, to all specified department-licensed, certified, approved or registered entities and to all persons employed by or under contract with an entity and who have access to the entity’s clients and who are under the enti…

DHS 13.03 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) (a) “Abuse” means any of the following: 1. An act or repeated acts by a caregiver or nonclient resident, including but not limited to restraint, isolation or confinement, that, when contrary to the entity’s policies and procedures, not …

DHS 13.04 Caregiver misconduct registry. (1) ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE. The department shall establish and maintain a database of caregivers as an official record of persons found to have abused or neglected a client or misappropriated a client’s property under the requiremen…

DHS 13.05 Allegations of caregiver misconduct. (1) DEFINITIONS. In this section: (a) “Community-based residential facility” has the meaning given in s. 50.01 (1g), Stats. (b) “Home health agency” has the meaning given in s. 50.49 (1) (a), Stats. (c) “Nursing home” has the meaning…

DHS 131.11 Authority and purpose.

DHS 131.12 Applicability.

DHS 131.13 Definitions.

DHS 131.14 License.

DHS 131.15 Inspections of licensed programs.

DHS 131.16 Waivers and variances. Subchapter II — Patient Rights

DHS 131.17 Admission.

DHS 131.18 Discharge.

DHS 131.19 Patient rights. Subchapter III — Patient Care

DHS 131.20 Assessment.

DHS 131.21 Plan of care.

DHS 131.22 Quality assessment and performance improvement.

DHS 131.23 Infection control. Subchapter IV — Management

DHS 131.24 Employee health. Note: Chapter HSS 131 was renumbered Chapter HFS 131 under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 1., Stats., and corrections made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 6. and 7., Stats., Register, July, 1999, No. 523. Chapter HFS 131 was renumbered chapter DHS 131 under s. 13.92 (4) (b…

DHS 131.25 Core services. (1) GENERAL REQUIREMENTS. A hospice is responsible for providing care and services to a patient and, as necessary, the patient[s family, based on the plan of care developed by the core team. Volunteers shall participate in the delivery of program service…

DHS 131.26 Non-core services. (1) GENERAL REA hospice is responsible for providing care and services to a patient and, as necessary, the patient[s family, based on the plan of care developed by the core team. Volunteers shall participate in the delivery of program services. The h…

DHS 131.27 Volunteers. Prior to beginning patient care, the chapter was last published. DHS 131.27 WISCONSIN ADMINISTRATIVE CODE a volunteer shall be oriented to the hospice program and shall have the training for the duties to which he or she is assigned.

DHS 131.28 Governing body. (1) Each hospice shall have a governing body that assumes full legal responsibility for determining, implementing and monitoring the overall conduct and operation of the program, including the quality of the care and services. (2) The governing body sha…

DHS 131.29 Administration. (1) ADMINISTRATOR. The administrator shall be responsible for day-to-day operation of the hospice. (2) DUTIES OF THE ADMINISTRATOR. The administrator shall do all of the following: (a) Implement and regularly evaluate policies for the management and ope…

DHS 131.30 Professional management responsibility. (1) RESPONSIBILITY. The hospice is responsible for providing services to the patient or family, or both, based on assessed need and as established by the plan of care. (2) CONTRACT SERVICES. The hospice may contract with other pr…

DHS 131.31 Employees. (1) CAREGIVER BACKGROUND Each hospice shall comply with the caregiver background check and misconduct reporting requirements in s. 50.065, Stats., and ch. DHS 12, and the caregiver misconduct reporting and investigation requirements in ch. DHS 13. (2) GENERA…

DHS 131.32 Medical director. (1) The hospice shall have a medical director who shall be a medical doctor or a doctor of osteopathy. (2) The medical director shall do all of the following: (a) Direct the medical components of the program. the chapter was last published. 11 DEPARTM…

DHS 131.33 Clinical record. (1) GENERAL. A hospice shall establish a single and complete clinical record for every patient. Clinical record information shall remain confidential except as required by law or a third-party payment contract. (2) DOCUMENTATION AND ACCESSIBILITY. The …

DHS 131.34 Personnel qualifications. (1) PERSONNEL QUALIFICATIONS. All professionals who furnish services directly, under an individual contract, or under arrangements with a hospice, shall be legally authorized, licensed, certified or registered in accordance with applicable fed…

DHS 131.35 Definitions.

DHS 131.36 Scope.

DHS 131.37 Physical plant.

DHS 131.38 Fire protection.

DHS 131.39 Fire safety.

DHS 131.40 Plans for new construction and alterations.

DHS 131.41 Plan review.