DHS 75.13(1)(a)(a) The department may grant a waiver or variance if the department determines that the proposed waiver or variance will not jeopardize the health, safety, welfare, or rights of any client.

DHS 75.13(1)(b)(b) A written request for a waiver or variance shall be sent to the department on a form provided by the department and includes justification that the waiver or variance will not adversely affect the health, safety, or welfare of any client for the requested action.

DHS 75.13(1)(c)(c) A written request for a variance shall include a description of an alternative means planned to meet the intent of the requirement.

DHS 75.13(1)(d)(d) In considering whether to approve a waiver or variance, the department will consider whether the requested waiver or variance increases patient access to care or sufficiently supports the efficient and economic operation of a service.

DHS 75.13(2)(2) Rescinding waiver or variance. The department may rescind a waiver or variance if any of the following occurs:

DHS 75.13(2)(a)(a) The department determines the waiver or variance has adversely affected the health, safety, or welfare of a client.

DHS 75.13(2)(b)(b) The service fails to comply with any of the conditions of the waiver or variance as granted.

DHS 75.13(2)(c)(c) Rescinding the waiver or variance is required by federal or state law.

DHS 75.13(2)(d)(d) There is no longer sufficient justification that the waiver or variance increases patient access to care or sufficiently supports the efficient and economic operation of a service.

DHS 75.14(1)(1) Service description. A prevention service makes use of universal, selective, and indicated prevention services as defined by s. DHS 75.14 (3). Prevention services may be focused on reducing behaviors and actions that increase the risk of misusing substances or being affected by another person’s substance use.

DHS 75.14(2)(2) Applicability. This section shall apply to prevention services when required by contract with the department, or when a prevention service requests certification.

DHS 75.14(3)(a)(a) “Prevention” has the meaning given in s. SPS 160.02 (21).

DHS 75.14(3)(b)(b) “Prevention domain” refers to content areas that professionals working in substance use prevention shall be knowledgeable in. The prevention domains include any of the following:

DHS 75.14(3)(c)(c) “Prevention service” means the organized application of strategies and interventions that are provided to reduce the overall harms and burden of substance use for an identified community or group.

DHS 75.14(3)(d)(d) “Prevention strategy” means activities targeted to a specific population or the larger community that are designed to be implemented before the onset of problems as a means to prevent substance use or its detrimental effects from occurring.

DHS 75.14(3)(e)(e) “Target population” means the identified community or group that a prevention strategy is aimed to impact.

DHS 75.14(3)(f)(f) “Universal, selective, and indicated prevention strategy” means different levels of risk that are addressed through community-based substance use prevention efforts, where universal prevention efforts focus on general audiences who have not been identified based on substance use-related risk, selective prevention efforts focus on audiences with known risk factors for a substance use-related problem, and indicated prevention efforts focus on audiences who are already experiencing a substance use-related problem.