CHAPTER 50
UNIFORM LICENSURE
SUBCHAPTER I
CARE AND SERVICE RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES
50.02 Department; powers and duties.
50.03 Licensing, powers and duties.
50.032 Certification of certain adult family homes.
50.033 Licensure of certain adult family homes.
50.034 Assisted living facilities.
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.
50.053 Informal conference.
50.06 Certain admissions to facilities.
50.09 Rights of residents in certain facilities.
50.095 Resident's right to know.
50.096 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 occupied, 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.
50.39 Exemptions and enforcement.
50.49 Licensing and regulation of home health agencies.
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.
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.
50.95 Rule-making authority.
50.97 Right of injunction.
Ch. 50 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See s.
46.011 for definitions applicable to chs.
46,
48,
50,
51,
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:
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.
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.
50.01(1)(b)
(b) A place that meets the definition under
sub. (1g), except
sub. (1g) (e), and except that only 3 or 4 unrelated adults reside there.
50.01(1d)
(1d) "Assisted living facility" 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. "Assisted living facility" 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.
50.01(1g)
(1g) "Community-based residential facility" means a place where 5 or more unrelated adults reside in which care, treatment or services above the level of room and board but not including nursing care are provided to persons residing in the facility as a primary function of the facility. "Community-based residential facility" does not include any of the following:
50.01(1g)(a)
(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.
