Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 30-100 - Community Services › Chapter DHS 98 - Field Supervision Of Clients › Subchapter I - General › Section DHS 98.03 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this chapter:
(1) "Absconding" means the failure of a
				  client to make himself or herself available as directed by the agent.
(2) "Administrator" means the administrator
				  of the department's division of care and treatment facilities or
				  designee.
(3) "Agent" means the
				  employee of the division or a person under contract to the division who may be
				  assigned the responsibilities of an agent under this chapter.
(4) "Client" means a person who is committed
				  to the custody of the department for treatment purposes and is under the
				  department's field supervision.
(5)
				  "Collateral" means a family member, friend, employer, teacher or any person who
				  has contact with or information about a client.
(6) "Commitment term" or "term" means that
				  period of time during which the client is under commitment to the
				  department.
(7) "Conditionally
				  transferred or released" means released from an institution to field
				  supervision, in accordance with s.
				  51.37(9),
				  Stats.
(8) "Conditions" means
				  specific regulations imposed on the client by the court or the
				  department.
(9) "Contacts" means
				  communications between an agent and a client or collateral.
(10) "Department" means the Wisconsin
				  department of health services.
(11)
				  "Department of corrections cashier" means the cashier whose services are
				  provided to the department under contract for the purposes set out in s.
				  DHS
				  98.07.
(12) "Discharge" means the successful
				  completion of the term of supervision by a client.
(13) "Division" means the department's
				  division of care and treatment facilities or an organization under contract to
				  the department to carry out responsibilities of the division under this
				  chapter.
(14) "Field staff" or
				  "staff" means the professional and paraprofessional workers of the department
				  or under contract to the department assigned the responsibility for the control
				  and supervision of clients and provision of program services to
				  clients.
(15) "Field supervision"
				  or "supervision" means the control and supervision of clients exercised by
				  field staff.
(16) "Intoxicating
				  substance" means anything which if taken into the body may alter or impair
				  normal mental or physical functions, including lysergic acid diethylamide,
				  cocaine, marijuana, alcohol or any controlled substance as defined in ch. 961,
				  Stats.
(16m) ``Lie detector" means
				  a polygraph, deceptograph, voice stress analyzer, psychological stress
				  evaluator or other similar device, whether mechanical or electrical, that is
				  used, or the results of which are used, to render a diagnostic opinion about
				  the honesty or dishonesty of an individual.
(16r) ``Lie detector examination process"
				  means the entire process of lie detector testing, including completion of any
				  preliminary questionnaires, pretest questions, baseline questions and the
				  actual lie detector testing, and post-testing interrogation.
(17) "Physical custody" means actual custody
				  of the person in the absence of a court order granting custody to the physical
				  custodian.
(17m) ``Polygraph" means
				  an instrument that fulfills all of the following requirements:
(a) Records continuously, visually,
				  permanently and simultaneously any changes in cardiovascular, respiratory and
				  electrodermal patterns as minimum instrumentation standards.
(b) Is used, or the results of which are
				  used, to render a diagnostic opinion about the honesty or dishonesty of an
				  individual.