Wisconsin Administrative Code

DHS 129.08 Standards for nurse aide competency evaluation programs.

DHS 129.09 Registry.

DHS 129.10 Nurse aide program appeals. Subchapter IV — Medication Aides

DHS 129.11 Feeding assistant training program requirements.

DHS 129.12 Feeding assistant training program curriculum.

DHS 129.13 Feeding assistant training program completion.

DHS 129.14 Standards for instructors of feeding assistant training programs.

DHS 129.15 Feeding assistant training program approval process. Note: Chapter HSS 129 was renumbered to chapter HFS 129 under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 1., Stats., and corrections made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register, June, 1999, No. 522. Chapter HFS 129 as it existed on Nov…

DHS 129.16 Feeding assistant employment requirements. (1) A nursing home may not employ or use any person as a feeding assistant unless the person is at least 16 years of age and has: (a) Successfully passed a caregiver background check, that includes no employment or licensure-p…

DHS 129.17 Feeding assistant training program requirements. Approved feeding assistant training programs shall submit all of the following information to the department: (1) The program designee shall submit for approval a substantial change in the program to the department in wr…

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…