DHS 129.08(5)(a)(a) Reasonable accommodations for students with disabilities.
DHS 129.08(5)(b)(b) An adequate number of examiners to provide safe and effective supervision and assistance.
DHS 129.08(5)(c)(c) Assurance that examiners do not test students they have trained.
DHS 129.08(5)(d)(d) Skills demonstration exercise portions of the examination are conducted at a ratio of one examiner to one student.
DHS 129.08(5)(e)(e) Competency evaluation facilities that are adequate to meet the needs of the testing program.
DHS 129.08(5)(f)(f) Retention of all records required under this section for a period of at least 3 years.
DHS 129.08(5)(g)(g) A system to prevent unauthorized disclosure of the pool of test questions and the results of the individual competency evaluations.
DHS 129.08 HistoryHistory: CR 08-042: cr. register November 2008 No. 635, eff. 12-1-08; correction in (2) (g) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register May 2011 No. 665; CR 20-068: am. (5) (a) Register December 2021 No. 792, eff. 1-1-22.
DHS 129.09DHS 129.09Registry.
DHS 129.09(1)(1)Content of the registry. The department shall maintain information about a person on the registry, including:
DHS 129.09(1)(a)(a) The person’s eligibility for employment in a department-approved or licensed health care provider.
DHS 129.09(1)(b)(b) The person’s social security number.
DHS 129.09(1)(c)(c) The person’s first name, middle initial, and last name.
DHS 129.09(1)(d)(d) The person’s current mailing address.
DHS 129.09(1)(e)(e) The person’s date of birth.
DHS 129.09(1)(f)(f) The date the aide completed a training program approved under s. DHS 129.07, if applicable.
DHS 129.09(1)(g)(g) The date the aide completed a competency evaluation program, if applicable.
DHS 129.09(1)(h)(h) The competency evaluation program number, if applicable.
DHS 129.09(1)(i)(i) The dates, if any, that indicate the aide’s employment status.
DHS 129.09(1)(j)(j) The date the aide was included on the registry.
DHS 129.09(1)(k)(k) The 2 character alphabetic postal code of any state other than Wisconsin in which a finding of abuse, neglect, or misappropriation has been placed on the registry against the aide.
DHS 129.09(1)(L)(L) Any finding of abuse or neglect of a client or misappropriation of a client’s property made by the department under s. 146.40 (4r) (b), Stats., or, if appealed, by a hearing officer under s. 146.40 (4r) (d), Stats., and a brief rebuttal statement provided by the affected nurse aide under s. 146.40 (4r) (e), Stats., if the nurse aide disputes the finding.
DHS 129.09(2)(2)Notification of completion.
DHS 129.09(2)(a)(a) The department or the department’s contractor shall place an individual’s name on the registry within 30 days after an individual has satisfactorily completed the competency evaluation program.
DHS 129.09(2)(b)(b) An individual who is eligible for inclusion in sub. (5) in the registry, but for whom notification is not required under par. (a), or a hospital, nursing home, facility for the developmentally disabled, home health agency or hospice on behalf of that individual, may apply to the department to include that individual in the registry.
DHS 129.09(3)(3)Application for inclusion on the registry.
DHS 129.09(3)(a)(a) Upon receiving an application under sub. (2) (b), the department or its agent shall review the application and make any inquiries necessary to determine if the individual is eligible to be included in the registry. False eligibility information submitted to the department or its contractor shall result in denial of the application or, if the application had already been processed, shall result in the individual’s removal from the registry.
DHS 129.09(3)(b)(b) Within 30 days after receiving an application, the department or its contractor shall approve the application and include the person in the registry, or deny the application. If the application for inclusion is denied, the department or its contractor shall give the individual, or the facility or agency that submitted the application on behalf of the individual, reasons, in writing, for the denial.
DHS 129.09(4)(4)Release of registry information. The registry shall serve as an official record of persons who are qualified by training and testing, or experience, to work as a nurse aide or a medication aide. The department may use registry information in its surveys of facilities and agencies. With the exception of sub. (1) (b), the information included in the registry about nurse aides is public information. A written request for registry information shall be accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope.