CHAPTER 50
UNIFORM LICENSURE
SUBCHAPTER I
CARE AND SERVICE RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES
50.02 Department; powers and duties.
50.03 Licensing, powers and duties.
50.031 Certification of 1-bed and 2-bed adult family homes.
50.032 Certification of certain adult family homes.
50.033 Licensure of certain adult family homes.
50.034 Residential care apartment complexes.
50.035 Special provisions relating to regulation of community-based residential facilities.
50.037 Community-based residential facility licensing fees.
50.04 Special provisions applying to licensing and regulation of nursing homes.
50.05 Placement of monitor and appointment of receiver.
50.06 Certain admissions to facilities.
50.065 Criminal history and patient abuse record search.
50.08 Informed consent for psychotropic medications.
50.09 Rights of residents in certain facilities.
50.095 Resident's right to know; nursing home reports.
50.098 Appeals of transfers or discharges.
50.10 Private cause of action.
50.11 Cumulative remedies.
50.12 Waiver of federal requirements.
50.13 Fees permitted for a workshop or seminar.
50.135 Licensing and approval fees for inpatient health care facilities.
50.14 Assessments on licensed beds.
SUBCHAPTER II
HOSPITALS
50.32 Hospital regulation and approval act.
50.35 Application and approval.
50.36 Rules and standards.
50.37 Notification to accrediting organization.
50.375 Emergency contraception for sexual assault victims.
50.38 Hospital assessment.
50.39 Exemptions and enforcement.
50.49 Licensing and regulation of home health agencies.
50.495 Fees permitted for a workshop or seminar.
50.498 Denial, nonrenewal and revocation of license, certification or registration based on tax delinquency.
SUBCHAPTER III
RURAL MEDICAL CENTERS
50.51 Departmental powers.
50.52 Licensing procedure and requirements.
50.53 Inspections and investigations.
50.55 Penalties and remedies.
50.57 Fees permitted for a workshop or seminar.
SUBCHAPTER IV
HOSPICES
50.91 Departmental powers and duties.
50.92 Licensing requirements.
50.925 Use of name or advertising prohibited.
50.93 Licensing procedure.
50.94 Admission to and care in a hospice for certain incapacitated persons.
50.942 Accompaniment or visitation.
50.95 Rule-making authority.
50.97 Right of injunction.
50.981 Fees permitted for a workshop or seminar.
Ch. 50 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See s.
46.011 for definitions applicable to chs.
46,
50,
51,
54,
55, and
58.
CARE AND SERVICE RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES
50.01
50.01
Definitions. As used in this subchapter:
50.01(1)
(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):
50.01(1)(a)
(a) A private residence to which all of the following apply:
50.01(1)(a)1.
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, or, if the residence is licensed as a treatment foster home, care and maintenance are provided to children, the combined total of adults and children so served being no more than 4.
Effective date note
NOTE: Subd. 1. is amended by
2009 Wis. Act 28 eff. the date stated in the notice provided by the secretary of children and families and published in the Wisconsin Administrative Register under s. 48.62 (9) to read:
Effective date text
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.
50.01(1)(a)2.
2. The private residence was licensed under
s. 48.62 as a foster home or treatment foster 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.
Effective date note
NOTE: Subd. 2. is amended by
2009 Wis. Act 28 eff. the date stated in the notice provided by the secretary of children and families and published in the Wisconsin Administrative Register under s. 48.62 (9) to read:
Effective date text
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.
50.01(1)(b)
(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 the level of room and board and that may include up to 7 hours per week of nursing care per resident.
50.01(1)(c)
(c) A place in which the operator provides care, treatment, support, or service above the level of room and board to up to 2 adults.
50.01(1b)
(1b) "Advanced practice nurse prescriber" means an advanced practice nurse who is certified under
s. 441.16 (2) to issue prescription orders.
50.01(1d)
(1d) "Residential care apartment complex" means a place where 5 or more adults reside that consists of independent apartments, each of which has an individual lockable entrance and exit, a kitchen, including a stove, and individual bathroom, sleeping and living areas, and that provides, to a person who resides in the place, not more than 28 hours per week of services that are supportive, personal and nursing services. "Residential care apartment complex" does not include a nursing home or a community-based residential facility, but may be physically part of a structure that is a nursing home or community-based residential facility. In this subsection, "stove" means a cooking appliance that is a microwave oven of at least 1,000 watts or that consists of burners and an oven.
50.01(1e)
(1e) "Basic care" includes periodic skilled nursing services or physical, emotional, social or restorative care.
