DHS 40.03   Definitions.

DHS 40.04   Certification.

DHS 40.05   Waivers and variances.

DHS 40.06   Coordination with educational services.

DHS 40.07   Program components.

DHS 40.08   Emergency safety interventions.

DHS 40.09   Personnel qualifications.

DHS 40.10   Required personnel and services.

DHS 40.11   Referral and Screening.

DHS 40.12   Admission.

DHS 40.13   Assessment.

DHS 40.14   Treatment Plan.

DHS 40.15   Client records.

DHS 40.16   Client rights.

DHS 40.17   Program evaluation.

DHS 40.18   Death Reporting.

Ch. DHS 40 Note Note: Chapter HFS 40 was renumbered to chapter DHS 40 under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 1., Stats., and corrections made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register November 2008 No. 635. Chapter DHS 40 as it existed on June 30, 2020, was repealed and a new chapter DHS 40 was created by CR 19-018, effective 7-1-20.

DHS 40.01 DHS 40.01 Authority and purpose. This chapter is promulgated under the authority of s. 51.42 (7) (b), Stats., and is intended to regulate programs providing mental health day treatment services for youth.

DHS 40.01 History History: CR 19-018: cr. Register June 2020 No. 774, eff. 7-1-20.

DHS 40.02 DHS 40.02 Applicability. This chapter applies to all programs providing mental health day treatment services for youth in the state of Wisconsin. This chapter does not regulate other providers of day treatment services for youth, such as alcohol and other substance use disorder treatment programs regulated by ch. DHS 75. If a comprehensive program offers services to youth in addition to mental health day treatment, this chapter applies only to those program components that offer mental health day treatment.

DHS 40.02 History History: CR 19-018: cr. Register June 2020 No. 774, eff. 7-1-20.

DHS 40.03 DHS 40.03 Definitions. In this chapter:

DHS 40.03(1) (1) “Advanced practice nurse” has the meaning given in s. N 8.02 (1).

DHS 40.03(2) (2) “Advanced practice nurse prescriber” has the meaning given in s. N 8.02 (2).

DHS 40.03(3) (3) Assessment” means the process required under s. DHS 40.13.

DHS 40.03(4) (4) “Biopsychosocial information” means the combination of physical, psychological, social, environmental, and cultural factors that influence a youth’s development and functioning including underlying driving forces or unmet needs that are expressed through challenging behavior that a youth is exhibiting.

DHS 40.03(5) (5) “Care coordination” means efforts by day treatment programs to work jointly with other service systems and agencies, including schools, corrections, child welfare, substance use disorder treatment, and mental and physical health providers, in order to enhance services and supports and reduce barriers to service delivery.

DHS 40.03(6) (6) “Chemical restraint” means any medication or substance that may decrease a youth’s independent functioning and that is not administered pursuant to a current treatment plan.