DHS 12.02(1)(b)(b) Entities covered. The entities subject to this chapter are those regulated under: chs. DHS 34, 35, 36, 40, 61, 63, 75, 82, 83, 85, 88, 89, 105, 110, 124, 127, 131, 132, 133, and 134, and any other direct client care or treatment program that may be licensed or certified or registered by the department. DHS 12.02 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, August, 2000, No. 536, eff. 9-1-00; corrections in (1) (b) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register November 2008 No. 635; CR 10-091: am. (1) (b) Register December 2010 No. 660, eff. 1-1-11; correction in (1) (b) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7. Stats., Register July 2011 No. 667; correction in (1) (b) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register August 2011 No. 668; correction in (1) (b) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats, Register June 2016 No. 726. DHS 12.03DHS 12.03 Definitions. In this chapter: DHS 12.03(1)(1) “Adoption home study” means an evaluation of a prospective adoptive family under ch. DCF 51 or 54. DHS 12.03(2)(2) “Agency” means the department, a county department or a school board or a child welfare agency licensed under s. 48.60, Stats., as a child-placing agency. DHS 12.03(3)(3) “Background information disclosure form” means the department’s form, F-82064, on which a person provides certain information concerning the person’s background. DHS 12.03(4)(4) “Bar” means, as a noun, that a person is not permitted to receive regulatory approval, or be employed as a caregiver by or under contract with an entity, or to reside as a nonclient at an entity. DHS 12.03(6)(6) “Client” means a person who receives direct care or treatment services from an entity. For the purposes of this chapter, “client” includes an adopted child for whom an adoption assistance payment is being made under s. 48.975, Stats. DHS 12.03(8)(8) “County department” means a county department of social services established under s. 46.215 or 46.22, Stats., or a county department of human services established under s. 46.21 (2m) or 46.23, Stats. DHS 12.03(9)(9) “Department” means the Wisconsin department of health services. DHS 12.03(12)(12) “Foster home” means any facility operated by a person required to be licensed under s. 48.62 (1), Stats., in which care and maintenance are provided for no more than 4 foster children, or, if all are siblings, for no more than 6 children, and also includes a home licensed for placement of children for adoption under s. 48.833, Stats., for whom adoption assistance will be provided under s. 48.975, Stats. DHS 12.03(13)(13) “Hospital” means a facility approved as a hospital under s. 50.35, Stats. DHS 12.03(16)(16) “Regular” means, in terms of direct contact with clients, contact that is scheduled, planned, expected, or otherwise periodic. DHS 12.03(17)(a)1.1. Issuance by the department of a license or certification or the continuation or renewal of a license or certification, or approval of a prospective adoptive parent application for a home study. DHS 12.03(17)(a)2.2. Issuance or renewal by a county department or child-placing agency of a foster home license under s. 48.62 or 48.75, Stats., including a home licensed for placement of children for adoption under s. 48.833, Stats., for whom adoption assistance will be provided under s. 48.975, Stats., and includes approval of pre-adoptive applicants who contract for a home study with a licensed private child placing agency for approval of a placement of a child for adoption. DHS 12.03 NoteNote: Administrative rules governing county certified day care centers appear in ch. DCF 202. DHS 12.03(17)(a)3.3. Approval by a school board under s. 120.13 (14), Stats., of day care services established by or contracted with a day care provider. DHS 12.03(17)(b)(b) For purposes of s. 50.065, Stats., issuance by the department of an entity license, certification, certificate of approval or registration, or approval by the department of the continuation of an entity license, certification, certificate of approval or registration. DHS 12.03(18)(18) “Rehabilitation review” refers to an agency or tribal process where a person who is eligible under s. 48.685 (5) (a) or 50.065 (5), Stats., may seek the removal of a bar from regulatory approval, from employment as a caregiver at or contracting with an entity, or from residency at an entity. DHS 12.03(19)(19) “School board” means the school board or board of school directors in charge of the schools of a school district.