Register April 2024 No. 820
Chapter DHS 132
NURSING HOMES
Subchapter I — General
DHS 132.11   Statutory authority.
DHS 132.12   Scope.
DHS 132.13   Definitions.
DHS 132.14   Licensure.
DHS 132.15   Certification for medical assistance.
DHS 132.16   Quality assurance and improvement projects.
Subchapter II — Enforcement
DHS 132.21   Waivers and variances.
Subchapter III — Residents' Rights and Protections
DHS 132.31   Rights of residents.
DHS 132.33   Housing residents in locked units.
Subchapter IV — Management
DHS 132.41   Administrator.
DHS 132.42   Employees.
DHS 132.44   Employee development.
DHS 132.45   Records.
DHS 132.46   Quality assessment and assurance.
Subchapter V — Admissions, Retentions and Removals
DHS 132.51   Limitations on admissions and programs.
DHS 132.52   Procedures for admission.
DHS 132.53   Transfers and discharges.
DHS 132.54   Transfer within the facility.
Subchapter VI — Services
DHS 132.60   Resident care.
DHS 132.61   Medical services.
DHS 132.62   Nursing services.
DHS 132.63   Dietary service.
DHS 132.64   Rehabilitative services.
DHS 132.65   Pharmaceutical services.
DHS 132.67   Dental services.
DHS 132.68   Social services.
DHS 132.69   Activities.
DHS 132.695   Special requirements for facilities serving persons who are developmentally disabled.
DHS 132.70   Special requirements when persons are admitted for short-term care.
Subchapter VII — Physical Environment
DHS 132.71   Furniture, equipment and supplies.
DHS 132.72   Housekeeping services.
Subchapter VIII — Life Safety, Design and Construction
DHS 132.81   Scope and definitions.
DHS 132.812   Review for compliance with this chapter and the state building code.
DHS 132.815   Fees for plan reviews.
DHS 132.82   Life safety code.
DHS 132.83   Safety and systems.
DHS 132.84   Design.
Ch. DHS 132 Note Note: Chapter H 32 as it existed on July 31, 1982 was repealed and a new chapter HFS 132 was created effective August 1, 1982. Chapter HSS 132 was renumbered chapter HFS 132 under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 1., Stats., and corrections made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 6. and 7., Stats., Register, December, 1996, No. 492. Chapter HFS 132 was renumbered chapter DHS 132 under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 1., Stats., and corrections made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register January 2009 No. 637.
subch. I of ch. DHS 132 Subchapter I — General
DHS 132.11 DHS 132.11Statutory authority. This chapter is promulgated under the authority of ss. 49.498 (14), 49.499 (2m), 50.02, 50.03, 50.095, and 50.098, Stats., to provide conditions of licensure for nursing homes.
DHS 132.11 History History: Cr. Register, July, 1982, No. 319, eff. 8-1-82; CR 06-053: am. Register August 2007 No. 620, eff. 9-1-07.
DHS 132.12 DHS 132.12Scope. All nursing homes licensed under s. 50.03, Stats., are subject to all the provisions of this chapter, except for those provisions that apply only to particular licensure categories, and except for those nursing homes regulated by ch. DHS 134. Nursing homes include those owned and operated by the state, counties, municipalities, or other public bodies. Nursing homes are also subject to the provisions in ch. 50, Stats., and chs. SPS 361 to 365, except s. SPS 361.31 (3). Federally certified nursing homes are also subject to the provisions contained in 42 CFR 483.
DHS 132.12 History History: Cr. Register, July, 1982, No. 319, eff. 8-1-82; CR 06-053: am. Register August 2007 No. 620, eff. 9-1-07; correction made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register January 2009 No. 637; correction made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register January 2012 No. 673.
DHS 132.13 DHS 132.13Definitions. In this chapter:
DHS 132.13(1) (1)“Abuse" has the meaning specified under s. DHS 13.03 (1).
DHS 132.13(1m) (1m)“Advanced practice nurse prescriber" means a person who has been granted a certificate to issue prescription orders under s. 441.16 (2), Stats.
DHS 132.13(2m) (2m)“Authorized prescriber" means a person licensed in this state to prescribe medications, treatments or rehabilitative therapies, or licensed in another state and recognized by this state as a person authorized to prescribe medications, treatments or rehabilitative therapies.
DHS 132.13(3) (3)“Department" means the Wisconsin department of health services.
DHS 132.13(4) (4)“Developmental disability" means intellectual disability or a related condition, such as cerebral palsy, epilepsy or autism, but excluding mental illness and degenerative brain disorder, which is:
DHS 132.13(4)(a) (a) Manifested before the individual reaches age 22;
DHS 132.13(4)(b) (b) Likely to continue indefinitely; and
DHS 132.13(4)(c) (c) Results in substantial functional limitations in 3 or more of the following areas of major life activity:
DHS 132.13(4)(c)1. 1. Self-care;
DHS 132.13(4)(c)2. 2. Understanding and use of language;
DHS 132.13(4)(c)3. 3. Learning;
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