Chapter DHS 13
REPORTING AND INVESTIGATION OF CAREGIVER MISCONDUCT
DHS 13.01 Authority and purpose. DHS 13.04 Caregiver misconduct registry. DHS 13.05 Allegations of caregiver misconduct. Ch. DHS 13 NoteNote: Chapter HFS 13 was created as an emergency rule effective October 1, 1998. Chapter HFS 13 was renumbered to chapter DHS 13 under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 1., Stats., and corrections made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register November 2008 No. 635. DHS 13.01DHS 13.01 Authority and purpose. This chapter is promulgated under the authority of ss. 146.40 (4g) and (4r) and 227.11 (2), Stats., to protect clients served in specified department-regulated programs by establishing a process for reporting allegations of abuse or neglect of a client or misappropriation of client’s property to the department, establishing a process for the investigation of those allegations and establishing the due process rights of persons who are subjects of the investigations. DHS 13.01 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, June, 1999, No. 522, eff. 7-1-99.