DHS 61.22DHS 61.22 Revision of standards. The department shall periodically review and revise these standards, not less frequently than every 5 years. Experiences in the application of the standards shall be incorporated into the review and revision process.

DHS 61.23DHS 61.23 Confidentiality of records. Records shall be kept on each recipient of services. Confidentiality of records shall be safeguarded. Files shall be locked when not in active use and kept in a secure place.

DHS 61.24DHS 61.24 Education/information. Each community services board shall develop a structured plan for a comprehensive program of public education, continuing education, and public information. In addition, education and preventive practices and procedures shall be a recognizable and an integral part of every program.

DHS 61.30(1)(1) Purpose of rules. The following rules establish service standards for community developmental disabilities programs whether directly operated by counties or contracted from private providers. These service standards shall apply to each of the 16 services mandated by ch. 51, Stats., and contain the minimal requirements for each service.

DHS 61.30(1)(a)(a) For administrative purposes it is necessary to mesh the 16 services with the program elements used for reporting and budgeting for state grant-in-aid. In programming for individuals with developmental disabilities, the program elements of outpatient, day services, sheltered employment, transitional or community living, extended care and intervention are frequently referred to in relationship to the 16 required developmental disability services.

DHS 61.30(2)(a)(a) “Board” means a community services governing and policy making board of directors as established under s. 51.42, 51.437 or 46.23, Stats.

DHS 61.30(2)(b)(b) “Day care program” means comprehensive coordinated sets of services to the individual with a developmental disability in order to promote maturation and social development and skills in the areas of daily and community living and to provide an opportunity for the productive, constructive use of time. Day services programs are offered on a continuous basis for a routinely scheduled portion of a 24 hour day, in a non-residential setting.

DHS 61.30(2)(b)1.1. Day services programs shall include day care and may include the additional developmental services of counseling, education, recreation, training, treatment, personal care, transportation and evaluation.

DHS 61.30(2)(b)2.2. When any of these services are offered as part of an out-patient program, the appropriate standard shall apply.

DHS 61.30(2)(c)(c) “Department” unless qualified, means the department of health services.

DHS 61.30(2)(d)(d) “Director” means the program director appointed by the board or his or her designee.

DHS 61.30(2)(e)(e) “Extended care program” means the provision of food and lodging and medical or nursing care on a continuous 24 hour a day basis for individuals with developmental disabilities who are unable to live in a less restrictive setting. Extended care programs are available in Wisconsin centers for the developmentally disabled.

DHS 61.30(2)(e)1.1. Extended care programs shall include domiciliary care and any of the additional developmental disabilities services as needed by the person.

DHS 61.30(2)(f)(f) “Intervention program” means programs designed to identify individuals with developmental disabilities in need of services and to assist them in obtaining the appropriate service.

DHS 61.30(2)(f)1.1. Intervention programs may include information and referral, follow along, counseling, recreation and transportation.

DHS 61.30(2)(g)(g) “Outpatient program” means intermittent non-residential services in order to halt, ameliorate, or remove a developmental disability or a condition which aggravates a developmental disability in order to promote more effective functioning. Outpatient services may occur on a single contact basis or on a schedule of routine short visits over an extended period of time.

DHS 61.30(2)(g)1.1. Outpatient programs may include the developmental disabilities services of diagnosis, evaluation, counseling, education, recreation, training, treatment, personal care and transportation.

DHS 61.30(2)(g)2.2. When any of these services are offered as part of an out-patient program, the appropriate standard shall apply.

DHS 61.30(2)(h)(h) “Rule” means a standard statement of policy or general order, including any amendment or repeal of general application and having the effect of law.

DHS 61.30(2)(i)(i) “Sheltered employment program”, means non-competitive remunerative employment and other necessary support services for individuals who are presently unemployable in the competitive labor market.

DHS 61.30(2)(i)1.1. Sheltered employment programs shall include sheltered employment services or work activity services and may include the additional developmental disabilities services of counseling, education, recreation, training, personal care, transportation and evaluation.