DCF 57.51(5) (5) If the department does not receive a complete application to continue a regular license at least 30 days before the end of each 2 year period, the department shall issue a written warning to the licensee. If the licensee fails to apply for a continuance of the license within 30 days after receipt of the warning, the department may revoke the license under s. DCF 57.56 for failure to apply for a continuance of the license as required in sub. (3), or take any other action appropriate to protect the health safety and welfare of the residents.

DCF 57.51 History History: CR 04-067: cr. Register September 2005 No. 597, eff. 1-1-06; corrections in (2) to (5) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register November 2008 No. 635.

DCF 57.515 DCF 57.515 License provisions.

DCF 57.515(1) (1) The licensee may not change a license provision without first receiving approval from the department. The licensee shall submit to the department a written request for approval to amend the license. The request shall identify the provision that the licensee wishes to have amended or included under the license and the specific reasons that the provision should be amended or included under the license. Receipt of an amended license from the department shall be evidence of the department’s approval of any requested changes to the license provisions.

DCF 57.515 Note Note: A request for approval for an amended license may be sent to the field office that serves the group home.

DCF 57.515(2) (2) A request to amend a license to serve a resident population that is 18 years of age and over, but under 21 years of age, and is transitioning to independence, shall be on a form prescribed by the department.

DCF 57.515 Note Note: Form DCF-F-5081-E, Amendment Request to Extend Care to Residents 18 Years of Age or Over, But Under 21 Years of Age, is available in the forms section of the department’s website, http://dcf.wisconsin.gov, or from a department field office. See Appendix A for the address of the field office for your area.

DCF 57.515 History History: CR 04-067: cr. Register September 2005 No. 597, eff. 1-1-06; EmR1414: emerg. renum. to (1), cr. (2), eff. 8-1-14; CR 14-054: renum. to (1), cr. (2) Register April 2015 No. 712, eff. 5-1-15.

DCF 57.52 DCF 57.52 Corporate licensure.

DCF 57.52(1) (1) Before a corporation may be issued a license to operate a group home the corporation shall be incorporated under the laws of Wisconsin or shall have written authorization from the department of financial institutions to do business in Wisconsin.

DCF 57.52(2) (2) The corporation shall designate an authorized representative who shall have responsibility for the administration of the group home.

DCF 57.52 History History: CR 04-067: cr. Register September 2005 No. 597, eff. 1-1-06.

DCF 57.53 DCF 57.53 Transferability of license. A group home license may not be transferred.

DCF 57.53 History History: CR 04-067: cr. Register September 2005 No. 597, eff. 1-1-06.

DCF 57.54 DCF 57.54 Posting of license and citations. The group home license and any exceptions to the license granted by the department under s. DCF 57.02, citations issued by the department in its most recent inspection on the department’s form CFS-294, and any notice of enforcement action including notices of license revocation, non-renewal, or summary suspension shall be posted in a place in the group home where it can be easily viewed by the public.

DCF 57.54 Note Note: Form CFS-294 is obsolete. The department uses form DCF-F-2544-E to issue citations during an inspection.

DCF 57.54 History History: CR 04-067: cr. Register September 2005 No. 597, eff. 1-1-06; correction made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register November 2008 No. 635.

DCF 57.55 DCF 57.55 Sanctions and penalties. The department may impose an order or penalty as provided in s. 48.715 (2) and (3), Stats.

DCF 57.55 History History: CR 04-067: cr. Register September 2005 No. 597, eff. 1-1-06.

DCF 57.56 DCF 57.56 License revocation.

DCF 57.56(1) (1) In addition to the reasons for revocation specified under ss. 48.66 (5) and 48.715 (4) and (4m), Stats., the department may revoke a regular or probationary license under any of the following circumstances:

DCF 57.56(1)(a) (a) If an applicant, owner, or licensee, a proposed or current staff member, volunteer, household member or any other person who has or will have contact with residents is any of the following:

DCF 57.56(1)(a)1. 1. A person who is the subject of a pending criminal charge or who has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor that substantially relates to the care of children or activities of the group home.

DCF 57.56 Note Note: Examples of charges and offenses the department will consider in making a determination under this paragraph that an act substantially relates to the care of children are: sexual assault; abuse of a resident of a facility; a crime against life and bodily security; kidnapping; abduction; arson of a building or of property other than a building; robbery; receiving stolen property from a child; a crime against sexual morality such as enticing a minor for immoral purposes or exposing a minor to harmful materials; and interfering with the custody of a child. The list is illustrative. Other types of offenses may be considered.

DCF 57.56(1)(a)2. 2. A person who has been determined by a government agency to have abused or neglected a child or who has been determined to have committed an offense that is substantially related to the care of children or activities of the group home.

DCF 57.56(1)(a)3. 3. A person against whom a finding of abuse or neglect or of a misappropriation of property of a client has been entered on the Wisconsin caregiver registry maintained by the department pursuant to ch. DHS 13.

DCF 57.56(1)(a)4. 4. A person who is the subject of a court finding that the person has abandoned, abused, or neglected a child.

DCF 57.56(1)(a)5. 5. A person who fails to submit a background information disclosure form completed under the requirements of s. 48.685, Stats., and ch. DCF 12, and this chapter, or a person who has made false statements on the background information disclosure form.

DCF 57.56(1)(b) (b) The licensee or applicant has given false information to a government agency, failed to submit a complete application, withheld relevant information or failed to pay any fee, forfeiture or assessment due to a government agency.