50.01 Definitions. As used in this subchapter: (1) “Adult family home” means one of the following and does not include a place that is specified in sub. (1g) (a) to (d), (f), or (g): (a) A private residence to which all of the following apply: 1. Care and maintenance above the level of room and board but not including nursing care are provided in the private residence by the care provider whose primary domicile is this residence for 3 or 4 adults, or more adults if all of the adults are siblings, each of whom has a developmental disability, as defined in s. 51.01 (5), or, if the residence is licensed as a foster home, care and maintenance are provided to children, the combined total of adults and children so served being no more than 4, or more adults or children if all of the adults or all of the children are siblings. 2. The private residence was licensed under s. 48.62 as a home for the care of the adults specified in subd. 1. at least 12 months before any of the adults attained 18 years of age. (b) A place where 3 or 4 adults who are not related to the operator reside and receive care, treatment or services that are above
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Notification to accrediting organization. Informed consent for pelvic examinations. Emergency contraception for sexual assault victims. Forfeiture. Victim advocates. Hospital assessment. Exemptions and enforcement. Licensing and regulation of home health agencies. Fees permitted for a workshop or seminar. Denial, nonrenewal and revocation of license, certification or registration based on delinquent taxes or unemployment insurance contributions. SUBCHAPTER III RURAL MEDICAL CENTERS Definitions. Departmental powers. Licensing procedure and requirements. Inspections and investigations. Reporting. Prohibitions. Penalties and remedies. Applicability. Fees permitted for a workshop or seminar. SUBCHAPTER V CLINICS Definitions; clinics. Pain clinics. SUBCHAPTER VI HOSPICES Definitions. Departmental powers and duties. Licensing requirements. Use of name or advertising prohibited. Licensing procedure. Admission to and care in a hospice for certain incapacitated persons. Accompaniment or visitation. Rule-making authority. Right of injunction. Forfeitures. Fees permitted for a workshop or seminar.
the level of room and board and that may include up to 7 hours per week of nursing care per resident. (1b) “Advanced practice nurse prescriber” means an advanced practice nurse who is certified under s. 441.16 (2) to issue prescription orders. NOTE: Sub. (1b) is repealed eff. 9-1-26 by 2025 Wis. Act 17.
(1e) “Basic care” includes periodic skilled nursing services or physical, emotional, social or restorative care. (1g) “Community-based residential facility” means a place where 5 or more adults who are not related to the operator or administrator and who do not require care above intermediate level nursing care reside and receive care, treatment or services that are above the level of room and board but that include no more than 3 hours of nursing care per week per resident. “Community-based residential facility” does not include any of the following: (a) A convent or facility owned or operated by members of a religious order exclusively for the reception and care or treatment of members of that order. (b) A facility or private home that provides care, treatment, and services only for victims of domestic abuse, as defined in s. 49.165 (1) (a), and their children. (c) A shelter facility as defined under s. 16.308 (1) (d). (d) A place that provides lodging for individuals and in which all of the following conditions are met: 1. Each lodged individual is able to exit the place under emergency conditions without the assistance of another individual.
May 22, 2026, are designated by NOTES. (Published 5-22-26)
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2. No lodged individual receives from the owner, manager or operator of the place or the owner’s, manager’s or operator’s agent or employee any of the following: a. Personal care, supervision or treatment, or management, control or supervision of prescription medications. b. Care or services other than board, information, referral, advocacy or job guidance; location and coordination of social services by an agency that is not affiliated with the owner, manager or operator, for which arrangements were made for an individual before he or she lodged in the place; or, in the case of an emergency, arrangement for the provision of health care or social services by an agency that is not affiliated with the owner, manager or operator. (e) An adult family home. (f) A residential care apartment complex. (g) A residential facility in the village of Union Grove that was authorized to operate without a license under a final judgment entered by a court before January 1, 1982, and that continues to comply with the judgment notwithstanding the expiration of the judgment. (h) A private residence that is the home to adults who independently arrange for and receive care, treatment, or services for themselves from a person or agency that has no authority to exercise direction or control over the residence. (i) A group home licensed under s. 48.625 or a residential care center for children and youth licensed under s. 48.60 that provides care and maintenance for persons who are in extended outof-home care under s. 48.366 or 938.366. (1m) “Facility” means a nursing home or community-based residential facility. If notice is required to be served on a facility or a facility is required to perform any act, “facility” means the person licensed or required to be licensed under s. 50.03 (1). (1ng) “Immediate jeopardy” means a situation in which a nursing home’s noncompliance with one or more requirements under 42 CFR 483 related to the operation of a nursing home has caused, or is likely to cause, serious injury, harm, impairment, or death to a resident. (1r) “Home health agency” has the meaning given under s.