System or within a healthcare facility. Specific revenue, expense, and staffing data is therefore not available from this source. The department instead relies on data obtained through the Department of Health Services/Division of Quality Assurance Databases – Nurse Aides - Training Options.
As of June 12, 2020, 119 nurse aide training programs are operated by various entity types within state. The type of entity and number of programs is provided below:
Nursing homes - 26
Wisconsin Technical Colleges - 56 High schools - 4
Home health agency - 1 Hospitals - 8
Facilities serving people with developmental disabilities - 4 Universities - 2
Private - 17
USDA Forest Service - 1
Based on a review of department licensing data, including, financial reports submitted by the entities, Medicaid reimbursement data, number of beds and whether the entity is a part of a larger healthcare organization, the department has determined that the affected nursing homes, hospitals and facilities serving people with developmental disabilities are not small businesses as defined by s. 227.114 (1) (a), Stat. The technical colleges, high schools, universities and the USDA Forest Service also do not meet the definition of a small business. Effect on small business
Based on the foregoing analysis, the emergency rules are anticipated to have little to no economic impact on small businesses.
Agency contact person
Patricia Benesh Patricia.Benesh@dhs.wisconsin.gov Phone: (608) 264-9896 Statement on quality of agency data
The data sources used to draft the rules and analyses are accurate, reliable and objective and are listed in the Summary of Factual Data and Analytical Methodologies section of this rule order.
Place where comments are to be submitted and deadline for submission
Comments may be submitted to the agency contact person that is listed above until the deadline given in the upcoming notice of public hearing. The notice of public hearing and deadline for submitting comments will be published in the Wisconsin Administrative Register and to the department’s website, at https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/rules/permanent.htm. Comments may also be submitted through the Wisconsin Administrative Rules Website, at: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/code/chr/active. RULE TEXT
SECTION 1. DHS 129.03 (8) is repealed and recreated to read:
DHS 129.03 (8). “Clinical setting” means the equivalent of "supervised practical training" under 42 CFR 483.152(a)(3). SECTION 2. DHS 129.03 (30) (a) (intro) is repealed and recreated to read:
DHS 129.03 (30) (a). “Nurse aide” means a person, regardless of the person’s title, who provides routine client-related services. “Nurse aide” includes any of the following:
SECTION 3. DHS 129.03 (30) (a) 4. is repealed and recreated to read:
DHS 129.03 (30) (a) 4. Any person employed to provide nursing or nursing-related services or employed within the last 24 months as a nurse aide.
SECTION 4. DHS 129.03 (37) is repealed and recreated to read:
DHS 129.03 (37) “Primary instructor” means a registered nurse licensed to practice in Wisconsin who has experience working as a registered nurse.
SECTION 5. DHS 129.05 (2) (b) is repealed.
SECTION 6. DHS 129.06 (1) (a) is repealed and recreated to read:
(See PDF for image)DHS 129.06 (1) (a). The primary instructor for a training program shall be a registered nurse licensed to practice in Wisconsin, who has experience working as a registered nurse.
SECTION 7. DHS 129.06 (1) (e) is repealed.
SECTION 8. DHS 129.09 (5) (a) is repealed.
SECTION 9. DHS 129.11 to .20 is repealed and recreated to read:
DHS 129.11. Facilities may use non-nurse aides to provide feeding assistance to individuals who do not have complications with eating or swallowing.
SECTION 10. EFFECTIV E DATE. The rules contained in this order shall take effect as emergency rules upon publication in the official state newspaper and will remain in effect as provided in s. 227.24. Wisconsin Department of Health Services
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SEAL:
08/10/2020
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Andrea Palm, Secretary-designee
