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WI Stat § 50.097 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 50 - Uniform licensure.|50.097 - Registry.

50.097  Registry. Any person may receive, upon specific written request to the department, requested information that is contained in the registry of individuals under s. 146.40 (4g) (a).History:  1989 a. 31; 1991 a. 39; 2007 a. 153.
WI Stat § 50.098 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 50 - Uniform licensure.|50.098 - Appeals of transfers or discharges.

50.098  Appeals of transfers or discharges. The department shall promulgate rules establishing a fair mechanism for hearing appeals on transfers and discharges of residents from nursing homes.History:  1989 a. 31.
WI Stat § 50.10 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 50 - Uniform licensure.|50.10 - Private cause of action.

50.10  Private cause of action. (1) Any person residing in a nursing home has an independent cause of action to correct conditions in the nursing home or acts or omissions by the nursing home or by the department, that:(a) The person alleges violate this subchapter or rules promulgated under this subchapter; and(b) The person alleges are foreseeably related to impairing the person's health, safety, personal care, rights or welfare. (2) Actions under this section are for mandamus against the department or for injunctive relief against either the nursing home or the department.History:  1981 c. 121, 391.This section applies only to residents of a nursing home, which is different from a community based residential facility. Residents of community-based residential facilities do not have a private cause of action for statutory or administrative code violations. Farr v. Alternative Living Services, Inc. 2002 WI App 88, 253 Wis. 2d 790, 643 N.W.2d 841, 01-0971.Wisconsin's private cause of action for nursing home residents. Bertrand. Wis. Law. Sep. 1989.Protecting the Rights of Nursing Home Residents. Spitzer-Resnick. Wis. Law. May 1993.
WI Stat § 50.11 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 50 - Uniform licensure.|50.11 - Cumulative remedies.

50.11  Cumulative remedies. The remedies provided by this subchapter are cumulative and shall not be construed as restricting any remedy, provisional or otherwise, provided by law for the benefit of any party, and no judgment under this subchapter shall preclude any party from obtaining additional relief based upon the same facts.History:  1977 c. 170.
WI Stat § 50.12 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 50 - Uniform licensure.|50.12 - Waiver of federal requirements.

50.12  Waiver of federal requirements. The department shall petition the secretary of the U.S. department of health and human services for a waiver of the requirement that it conduct annual medical assistance surveys of nursing homes, for a waiver of the requirement that it conduct annual independent medical reviews and independent professional reviews, to allow the department under 42 USC 1396a (a) (26) and (31) to conduct biennial surveys and reviews and for any waivers necessary to implement the special requirements promulgated under s. 50.02 (3) (d).History:  1981 c. 121; 1985 a. 29.
WI Stat § 50.13 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 50 - Uniform licensure.|50.13 - Fees permitted for a workshop or seminar.

50.13  Fees permitted for a workshop or seminar. If the department develops and provides a workshop or seminar relating to the provision of service by facilities, adult family homes or residential care apartment complexes under this subchapter, the department may establish a fee for each workshop or seminar and impose the fee on registrants for the workshop or seminar. A fee so established and imposed shall be in an amount sufficient to reimburse the department for the costs directly associated with developing and providing the workshop or seminar.History:  1985 a. 120; 1997 a. 27.
WI Stat § 50.135 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 50 - Uniform licensure.|50.135 - Licensing and approval fees for inpatient health care facilities.

50.135  Licensing and approval fees for inpatient health care facilities. (1) Definition. In this section, “inpatient health care facility" means any hospital, nursing home, county home, county mental hospital or other place licensed or approved by the department under ss. 49.70, 49.71, 49.72, 50.02, 50.03, 50.35, 51.08 and 51.09, but does not include community-based residential facilities. (2)  Fees. (a) The annual fee for any inpatient health care facility except a nursing home is $18 per bed, based on the number of beds for which the facility is licensed. The annual fee for any nursing home is $6 per bed, based on the number of beds for which the nursing home is licensed. This fee shall be paid to the department on or before October 1 for the ensuing year. Each new inpatient health care facility shall pay this fee no later than 30 days before it opens.(b) Any inpatient health care facility that fails to pay its fee on or before the date specified in par. (a) shall pay an additional fee of $10 per day for every day after the deadline.(c) The fees collected under par. (a) shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (6) (jm) for licensing, review and certifying activities. (3)  Exemption. The inpatient health care facilities under ss. 45.50, 48.62, 51.05, 51.06, 233.40, 233.41, 233.42 and 252.10 are exempt from this section.History:  1983 a. 27, 192; 1985 a. 29; 1987 a. 27; 1993 a. 16; 1993 a. 27 s. 257; Stats. 1993 s. 50.135; 1995 a. 27; 1997 a. 27, 35; 1999 a. 9; 2005 a. 22, 25.Sub. (1) requires that all of the specifically enumerated facilities must be places licensed or approved by DHFS. A VA hospital is not within the definition of inpatient health care facility as it is subject to federal regulation and is not licensed or regulated by the state. State v. Powers, 2004 WI App 156, 276 Wis. 2d 107, 687 N.W.2d 50, 03-1514.
WI Stat § 50.32 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 50 - Uniform licensure.|50.32 - Hospital regulation and approval act.

50.32  Hospital regulation and approval act. Sections 50.32 to 50.39 shall constitute the “Hospital Regulation and Approval Act".History:  1975 c. 413 ss. 4, 18; Stats. 1975 s. 50.32.
WI Stat § 50.33 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 50 - Uniform licensure.|50.33 - Definitions.

50.33  Definitions. Whenever used in ss. 50.32 to 50.39: (1c) “Conditions for Medicare participation for hospitals" means the conditions of participation specified under 42 CFR 482 or, with respect to critical access hospitals, 42 CFR 485.  (1g) “Critical access hospital" means a hospital that is designated by the department as meeting the requirements of 42 USC 1395i-4 (c) (2) (B) and is federally certified as meeting the requirements of 42 USC 1395i-4 (e). (1r) “Governmental unit" means the state, any county, town, city, village, or other political subdivision or any combination thereof, department, division, board or other agency of any of the foregoing. (2) (a) “Hospital" means any building, structure, institution or place devoted primarily to the maintenance and operation of facilities for the diagnosis, treatment of and medical or surgical care for 3 or more nonrelated individuals hereinafter designated patients, suffering from illness, disease, injury or disability, whether physical or mental, and including pregnancy and regularly making available at least clinical laboratory services, and diagnostic X-ray services and treatment facilities for surgery, or obstetrical care, or other definitive medical treatment.(b) “Hospital" may include, but not in limitation thereof by enumeration, related facilities such as outpatient facilities, nurses', interns' and residents' quarters, training facilities and central service facilities operated in connection with hospitals.(c) “Hospital" includes “special hospitals" or those hospital facilities that provide a limited type of medical or surgical care, including orthopedic hospitals, children's hospitals, critical access hospitals, mental hospitals, psychiatric hospitals or maternity hospitals. (2d) “Hospital-associated service” means a health care service that meets all of the following conditions:(a) The service is of the same type as those furnished by a hospital in an inpatient or outpatient facility.(b) The service is of a type for which a payment could be claimed as a hospital service under the federal Medicare program, 42 USC 1395 et seq.(c) The service is provided at a location other than in a facility approved by the department under s. 50.35.(d) The service is provided in a home setting before January 1, 2022. (3) “Requirements for hospitals" means all of the rules, standards, and requirements described in or promulgated under ss. 50.32 to 50.39 that apply to hospitals, including the standards described under s. 50.36 (1). History:  1975 c. 413 ss. 4, 18; Stats. 1975 s. 50.33; 1977 c. 83 s. 26 (4); 1979 c. 175; 1983 a. 189; 1997 a. 237; 2013 a. 236; 2021 a. 10.
WI Stat § 50.34 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 50 - Uniform licensure.|50.34 - Purpose.

50.34  Purpose. The purpose of ss. 50.32 to 50.39 is to provide for the development, establishment and enforcement of rules and standards for the construction, maintenance and operation of hospitals which, in the light of advancing knowledge, will promote safe and adequate care and treatment of patients in such hospitals.History:  1975 c. 413 ss. 4, 18; Stats. 1975 s. 50.34.
WI Stat § 50.35 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 50 - Uniform licensure.|50.35 - Application and approval.

50.35  Application and approval. Application for approval to maintain a hospital shall be made to the department on forms provided by the department. On receipt of an application, the department shall, except as provided in s. 50.498, issue a certificate of approval if the applicant and hospital facilities meet the requirements for hospitals. The department shall issue a single certificate of approval for the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority that applies to all of the Authority's inpatient and outpatient hospital facilities that meet the requirements for hospitals and for which the Authority requests approval. For a free-standing pediatric teaching hospital, the department shall issue a single certificate of approval that applies to all of the hospital's inpatient and outpatient hospital facilities that meet the requirements for hospitals and for which the hospital requests approval. Except as provided in s. 50.498, this approval shall be in effect until, for just cause and in the manner herein prescribed, it is suspended or revoked. The certificate of approval may be issued only for the premises and persons or governmental unit named in the application and is not transferable or assignable. The department shall withhold, suspend, or revoke approval for a failure to comply with s. 165.40 (6) (a) 1. or 2., but, except as provided in s. 50.498, otherwise may not withhold, suspend, or revoke approval unless for a substantial failure to comply with the requirements for hospitals after giving a reasonable notice, a fair hearing, and a reasonable opportunity to comply. Failure by a hospital to comply with s. 50.36 (3m) shall be considered to be a substantial failure to comply under this section. History:  1975 c. 413 ss. 4, 18; Stats. 1975 s. 50.35; 1989 a. 37; 1997 a. 93, 237; 2009 a. 2, 28; 2013 a. 236.
WI Stat § 50.355 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 50 - Uniform licensure.|50.355 - Reporting.

50.355  Reporting. Every 12 months, on a schedule determined by the department, an approved hospital shall submit an annual report in the form and containing the information that the department requires, including payment of the fee required under s. 50.135 (2) (a). If a complete annual report is not timely filed, the department shall issue a warning to the holder of the certificate for approval. The department may revoke approval for failure to timely and completely report within 60 days after the report date established under the schedule determined by the department.History:  1997 a. 27.
WI Stat § 50.37 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 50 - Uniform licensure.|50.37 - Notification to accrediting organization.

50.37  Notification to accrediting organization. The department shall notify a national accrediting organization that has accredited a hospital and the board of governors of the injured patients and families compensation fund under s. 619.04 (3) if the department has done any of the following:  (1) Suspended or revoked the hospital's approval under s. 50.35. (2) Issued an order to the hospital. (3) Suspended new admissions to the hospital under s. 50.39 (5). (4) Recommended to the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services that the hospital be decertified from the federal medicare program under 42 USC 1395 to 1395ccc or the federal medicaid program under 42 USC 1396 to 1396r-3 for failure to meet a condition of participation under the program. History:  1989 a. 37; 2003 a. 111; 2013 a. 236.
WI Stat § 50.375 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 50 - Uniform licensure.|50.375 - Emergency contraception for sexual assault victims.

50.375  Emergency contraception for sexual assault victims. (1) In this section:(a) “Emergency contraception" means a drug, medicine, oral hormonal compound, mixture, preparation, instrument, article, or device that is approved by the federal food and drug administration and that prevents a pregnancy after sexual intercourse. “Emergency contraception" does not include a drug, medicine, oral hormonal compound, mixture, preparation, instrument, article, or device of any nature that is prescribed to terminate the pregnancy of a female.(b) “Sexual assault" means a violation of s. 940.225 (1), (2), or (3).(c) “Victim" means a female who alleges or for whom it is alleged that she suffered sexual assault and who, as a result of the sexual assault, presents as a patient at a hospital that provides emergency services. (2) A hospital that provides emergency services to a victim shall do all of the following:(a) Provide to the victim medically and factually accurate and unbiased written and oral information about emergency contraception and its use and efficacy.(b) Orally inform the victim of all of the following:1. Her option to receive emergency contraception at the hospital.2. Her option to report the sexual assault to a law enforcement agency.3. Any available options for her to receive an examination to gather evidence regarding the sexual assault.(c) Except as specified in sub. (4), immediately provide to the victim upon her request emergency contraception, in accordance with instructions approved by the federal food and drug administration. If the medication is taken in more than one dosage, the hospital shall provide all subsequent dosages to the victim for later self administration. (3) A hospital that provides emergency care shall ensure that each hospital employee who provides care to a victim has available medically and factually accurate and unbiased information about emergency contraception. (4) No hospital may be required to provide emergency contraception to a victim who is pregnant, as indicated by a test for pregnancy. (5) The department shall respond to any complaint received by the department concerning noncompliance by a hospital with the requirements of subs. (2) and (3) and shall periodically review hospital procedures to determine whether a hospital is in compliance with the requirements.History:  2007 a. 102.
WI Stat § 50.377 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 50 - Uniform licensure.|50.377 - Forfeiture.

50.377  Forfeiture. (1) Whoever violates a requirement under s. 50.375 (2) or (3) may be required to forfeit not less than $2,500 nor more than $5,000 for each violation. (2) The department may directly assess forfeitures provided for under sub. (1). If the department determines that a forfeiture should be assessed for a particular violation, the department shall send a notice of assessment to the hospital. The notice shall specify the amount of the forfeiture assessed, the violation and the statute or rule alleged to have been violated, and shall inform the hospital of the right to a hearing under sub. (3). (3) A hospital may contest an assessment of a forfeiture by sending, within 10 days after receipt of notice under sub. (2), a written request for a hearing under s. 227.44 to the division of hearings and appeals created under s. 15.103 (1). The administrator of the division may designate a hearing examiner to preside over the case and recommend a decision to the administrator under s. 227.46. The decision of the administrator of the division shall be the final administrative decision. The division shall commence the hearing within 30 days after receipt of the request for a hearing and shall issue a final decision within 15 days after the close of the hearing. Proceedings before the division are governed by ch. 227. In any petition for judicial review of a decision by the division, the party, other than the petitioner, who was in the proceeding before the division shall be the named respondent. (4) All forfeitures shall be paid to the department within 10 days after receipt of notice of assessment or, if the forfeiture is contested under sub. (3), within 10 days after receipt of the final decision after exhaustion of administrative review, unless the final decision is appealed and the order is stayed by court order. The department shall remit all forfeitures paid to the secretary of administration for deposit in the school fund. (5) The attorney general may bring an action in the name of the state to collect any forfeiture imposed under this section if the forfeiture has not been paid following the exhaustion of all administrative and judicial reviews. The only issue to be contested in any such action shall be whether the forfeiture has been paid. History:  2007 a. 102; 2009 a. 2 s. 70.
WI Stat § 50.495 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 50 - Uniform licensure.|50.495 - Fees permitted for a workshop or seminar.

50.495  Fees permitted for a workshop or seminar. If the department develops and provides a workshop or seminar relating to the provision of services by hospitals and home health agencies under this subchapter, the department may establish a fee for each workshop or seminar and impose the fee on registrants for the workshop or seminar. A fee so established and imposed shall be in an amount sufficient to reimburse the department for the costs directly associated with developing and providing the workshop or seminar.History:  1997 a. 27.
WI Stat § 50.498 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 50 - Uniform licensure.|50.498 - Denial, nonrenewal and revocation of license, certification or registration based on delinquent taxes or unemployment insurance contributions.

50.498  Denial, nonrenewal and revocation of license, certification or registration based on delinquent taxes or unemployment insurance contributions. (1) Except as provided in sub. (1m), the department shall require each applicant to provide the department with his or her social security number, if the applicant is an individual, or the applicant's federal employer identification number, if the applicant is not an individual, as a condition of issuing any of the following:(a) A certificate of approval under s. 50.35.(b) A license under s. 50.49 (6) (a).(c) A provisional license under s. 50.49 (10). (1m) If an individual who applies for a certificate of approval, license or provisional license under sub. (1) does not have a social security number, the individual, as a condition of obtaining the certificate of approval, license or provisional license, shall submit a statement made or subscribed under oath or affirmation to the department that the applicant does not have a social security number. The form of the statement shall be prescribed by the department of children and families. A certificate of approval, license or provisional license issued in reliance upon a false statement submitted under this subsection is invalid. (2) The department may not disclose any information received under sub. (1) to any person except to the department of revenue for the sole purpose of requesting certifications under s. 73.0301 and to the department of workforce development for the sole purpose of requesting certifications under s. 108.227.  (3) Except as provided in sub. (1m), the department shall deny an application for the issuance of a certificate of approval, license or provisional license specified in sub. (1) if the applicant does not provide the information specified in sub. (1). (4) (a) The department shall deny an application for the issuance of a certificate of approval, license or provisional license specified in sub. (1) or shall revoke a certificate of approval, license or provisional license specified in sub. (1), if the department of revenue certifies under s. 73.0301 that the applicant for or holder of the certificate of approval, license or provisional license is liable for delinquent taxes.(b) The department shall deny an application for the issuance of a certificate of approval, license or provisional license specified in sub. (1) or shall revoke a certificate of approval, license or provisional license specified in sub. (1), if the department of workforce development certifies under s. 108.227 that the applicant for or holder of the certificate of approval, license or provisional license is liable for delinquent unemployment insurance contributions.  (5) An action taken under sub. (3) or (4) is subject to review only as provided under s. 73.0301 (2) (b) and (5) or s. 108.227 (5) and (6), whichever is applicable. History:  1997 a. 237; 1999 a. 9; 2007 a. 20; 2013 a. 36.
WI Stat § 50.50 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 50 - Uniform licensure.|50.50 - Definitions.

50.50  Definitions. In this subchapter: (1) “Ambulatory surgery center" has the meaning given in 42 CFR 416.2. (1m) “Critical access hospital" has the meaning given in s. 50.33 (1g). (2) “End-stage renal disease services" has the meaning given under 42 CFR 405.2102. (3) “Health care services" means any of the following:(a) Care that is provided in or by any of the following:1. A hospital.2. A nursing home.3. A hospice.4. A rural health clinic.5. An ambulatory surgery center.6. A critical access hospital.(b) Home health services.(c) Outpatient physical therapy services.(cm) Outpatient occupational therapy services.(d) End-stage renal disease services.(e) Services that are specified in rules that the department promulgates. (4) “Home health services" has the meaning given in s. 50.49 (1) (b). (5) “Hospice" has the meaning given in s. 50.90 (1). (6) “Hospital" has the meaning given in s. 50.33 (2) (a) or (b), except that “hospital" does not include a critical access hospital. (7) “Medicare" has the meaning given in s. 49.45 (3) (L) 1. b. (7m) “Occupational therapy" has the meaning given in s. 448.96 (5). (8) “Outpatient physical therapy services" has the meaning given under 42 USC 1395x (p). (9) “Patient" means an individual who receives services from a rural medical center. (10) “Rural health clinic" has the meaning given under 42 USC 1395x (aa) (2). (11) “Rural medical center" means an arrangement of facilities, equipment, services and personnel that is all of the following:(a) Organized under a single governing and corporate structure.(b) Capable of providing or assuring health care services, including appropriate referral, treatment and follow-up services, at one or more locations in a county, city, town or village that has a population of less than 15,000 and that is in an area that is not an urbanized area, as defined by the federal bureau of the census.(c) A provider of at least 2 health care services under the arrangement or through a related corporate entity.History:  1995 a. 98; 1997 a. 237, 252; 1999 a. 180.