Wisconsin Administrative Code

DHS 94.18 Filming and taping.

DHS 94.19 Mail.

DHS 94.20 Telephone calls.

DHS 94.21 Visitors.

DHS 94.22 Voting.

DHS 94.23 Discharge of voluntary patients. Note: Corrections in chapter HFS 94 made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 1., 6. and 7., Stats., Register, June, 1996, No. 486. Chapter HFS 94 was renumbered to chapter DHS 94 under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 1., Stats., and corrections made under s. 13.92…

DHS 94.24 Humane psychological and physical environment. (1) CLEAN, SAFE AND HUMANE ENVIRONMENT. Treatment facilities shall provide patients with a clean, safe and humane environment as required under s. 51.61 (1) (m), Stats., and this section. (2) COMFORT, SAFETY AND RESPECT. (a…

DHS 94.25 Patient funds. Except as otherwise provided under s. 51.61 (1) (v), Stats., a patient shall be permitted to use the patient’s own money as the patient wishes. A service 8 provider holding funds for a patient shall give the patient an accounting of those funds in accorda…

DHS 94.26 Clothing and laundry. (1) Inpatients shall be permitted to wear their own clothing as authorized under s. 51.61 (1) (q), Stats., and this section. (2) If inpatients do not have enough of their own clothing, they shall be furnished with appropriate noninstitutional cloth…

DHS 94.27 Storage space. (1) Each inpatient shall be provided sufficient and convenient space for clothing, toilet articles and other personal belongings, as required under s. 51.61 (1) (r), Stats., and this section. (2) Individual storage space shall be conveniently accessible t…

DHS 94.28 Right to file grievances. (1) A patient or a person acting on behalf of a patient may file a grievance under s. DHS 94.29 procedures with the administrator of a facility or other service provider or with a staff member of the facility or other service provider without f…

DHS 94.29 Grievance resolution procedures. Failure of a treatment facility to comply with any provision of rights under s. 51.61, Stats., or this chapter may be processed as a grievance under s. 51.61 (5), Stats., and subch. III of this chapter. History: Renum. from HSS 94.27 (1)…

DHS 94.30 Compliance assurance. (1) Each treatment facility director and program director shall ensure that all of his or her employees who have any patient contact are aware of the requirements of this chapter and of the criminal and civil liabilities for violation of ss. 51.30 …

DHS 94.31 Application of other rules and regulations. In applying the requirements of this chapter, when a different state rule or federal regulation also applies to the protection of a particular right of patients, the different state rule or federal regulation shall be controll…

DHS 94.40 System requirements.

DHS 94.41 Program level review.

DHS 94.42 Administrative review by county or state.

DHS 94.43 State level review of county administrative decision.

DHS 94.44 Final state review.

DHS 94.45 Program coalitions.

DHS 94.46 Multiple grievances by one client.

DHS 94.47 Related grievances by several clients.

DHS 94.48 Grievances involving several programs.

DHS 94.49 Grievances presented on behalf of clients.

DHS 94.50 Interim relief.

DHS 94.51 Complaints related to the existence or operation of grievance resolution systems.

DHS 94.52 Investigation by the department.

DHS 94.53 Support for development of grievance resolution systems.

DHS 94.54 Units of time. practitioners who deliver services through offices that are not part of a program. History: Cr. Register, January, 1987, No. 373, eff. 2-1-87; correction in (2) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register, June, 1995, No. 474; am. (1), renum. (2) DH…

DHS 95.01 Authority and purpose. Pursuant to the authority vested in the department by ss. 46.055, 46.058 (2m), 51.61 (9), 227.11 (2), 980.04 (1), 980.06, 980.065 (2) and 980.067, Stats., the department adopts this chapter to do all of the following: (1) Define the use of Xnecess…

DHS 95.02 Applicability. This chapter applies to the secure mental health facility established under s. 46.055, Stats., the Wisconsin resource center established under s. 46.056, Stats., and any secure mental health unit or facility provided by the department of corrections under…

DHS 95.03 Definitions. (1) XAdministratorY means the administrator of the division. (2) XBodily injuryY means physical injury, illness, or any impairment of physical condition. (3) XDepartmentY means the department of health services. (4) XDirectorY means the superintendent of a …

DHS 95.04 Preventing escapes. The director shall adopt written policies and procedures consistent with this chapter to prevent escapes.

DHS 95.05 Pursuing and capturing escapees. The director shall adopt written policies and procedures consistent with this chapter to pursue and capture escapees. The director may enter agreements with local and state law enforcement agencies to pursue and capture escapees.

DHS 95.06 Use of force. (1) INTERVENTION OPTIONS. (a) Policies and procedures. The director shall adopt written policies and procedures that establish an intervention options model of force based on the perceived level of threat to guide staff in the use of force during a disturb…

DHS 95.07 Documentation. The director shall adopt written policies and procedures to ensure that all uses of force are documented in a manner approved by the department.

DHS 95.08 Training. (1) The director shall adopt written policies and procedures to ensure that facility staff who may be called upon to use force under s. DHS 95.06 are properly trained and regularly updated on the intervention options model of force policies and procedures adop…

DHS 95.10 Escorted leaves for chapter 980 patients. (1) Pursuant to s. 980.067, Stats., the director of the secure mental health facility established under s. 46.055, Stats., the Wisconsin resource center established under s. 46.056, Stats., or any secure mental health unit or fa…

DHS 97.01 Authority and applicability. Pursuant to authority under ss. 46.056 and 227.11 (2), Stats., the department adopts this chapter as the procedures governing complaints by inmates pertaining to the Wisconsin Resource Center.

DHS 97.03 Definitions. (1) In this chapter: (a) “Corrections complaint examiner” or “CCE” has the meaning given in s. DOC 310.03. (b) “DCTS administrator” means the administrator of the department’s division of care and treatment services. (c) “Department” means the department of…

DHS 97.04 Revisions in procedure. (1) For complaints pertaining to WRC, the provisions of ch. DOC 310 apply, except as provided in sub. (2). (2) (a) Notwithstanding s. DOC 310.04 (3), the director shall appoint an institution complaint examiner. (b) The CCE may send a copy of his…

DHS 98.01 Authority and purpose. This chapter is promulgated under the authority of ss. 51.37 (9), 51.375 (3), 971.17 (3) (e), and 980.08 (6m), Stats., to provide rules for supervision in communities of persons who are committed to the department and placed under its control afte…

DHS 98.02 Applicability. This chapter applies to the department and to all persons under its custody and supervision who were committed to the department after being found: (1) Not guilty by reason of mental disease or mental defect of a crime and for whom the commitment order sp…

DHS 98.03 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) XAbscondingY means the failure of a client to make himself or herself available as directed by the agent. (2) XAdministratorY means the administrator of the department[s division of care and treatment facilities or designee. (3) XAgentY…

DHS 98.04 Field supervision. (1) GENERAL. Supervision is a mechanism of control and an attempt to guide clients into socially appropriate ways of living. Field staff are to provide individualized supervision of clients in a manner consistent with the goals and objectives of this …

DHS 98.05 Prerelease planning. The prerelease plan shall be prepared by the client and institution staff or by the department and the county department under s. 51.42, Stats., as appropriate. After the client and institution or the department and county department under s. 51.42,…