Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 30-100 - Community Services › Chapter DHS 82 - Certified Adult Family Homes › Section DHS 82.05 - Home

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) LOCATION AND ACCESS TO THE COMMUNITY.
				Adult family homes shall be physically located so that residents can easily get
				to community activities and supportive services by walking or by means of
				convenient private or public transportation, or the sponsor shall ensure that
				residents receive the assistance necessary to enable them to get to these
				activities and services.
(2)
				RESIDENT ACCESS TO THE HOME AND WITHIN THE HOME. The adult family home shall be
				physically accessible to all residents of the home. Residents shall be able to
				easily enter and exit the home, to get to their sleeping rooms and to all
				common living areas in the home and to easily move about in the home.
(3) HOME ENVIRONMENT.
(a) The adult family home shall be safe,
				clean and well maintained and shall provide a humane and homelike
				environment.
(b) The home shall be
				free from hazards and kept uncluttered and free of dangerous substances,
				insects and rodents.
(c) The home
				shall have adequate, safe and functioning heating, hot and cold water, fire
				protection, electrical, plumbing, sewerage and lighting systems.
(d) The home shall have adequate and
				functioning support services, including refuse removal and access to laundry
				facilities.
(e) The home shall have
				adequate ventilation. There shall be at least one window which is capable of
				being opened to the outside in each resident sleeping room and each common room
				used by residents. Windows used for ventilation shall be screened during
				appropriate seasons of the year.
(f) The home shall have sufficient space to
				accommodate all household activities and members comfortably as follows:
1. There shall be distinct living and
				sleeping areas separated by permanent solid walls;
2. There shall be at least one bathroom with
				at least one sink, stool and shower or tub for every 8 household members and
				sufficient towel rack space for each household member. The door of each
				bathroom shall have a lock which can be opened from the outside in an
				emergency;
3. A resident's bedroom
				shall provide comfort and privacy, shall have a swing door or a pocket door
				which is stored in a wall when opened, and may accommodate no more than 2
				persons. No residents may regularly sleep in a basement bedroom or in a bedroom
				above the second floor of a single family dwelling unless there are 2 exits to
				the grade from that floor level. The bedroom shall have a floor area of at
				least 60 square feet per occupant. An exception under s.
				DHS
				82.03(5) to this standard is not
				permitted unless all of the following apply:
a. The resident occupied the space for which
				the exception is requested when the home was licensed under s.
				48.62,
				Stats., and ch. DCF 56;
b. There is
				no alternative space in the home that meets these requirements and the
				exception is necessary to retain the resident's placement;
c. Any adult resident for whom the exception
				is requested has not replaced a former resident on a permanent basis;
d. Any resident for whom the exception is
				requested and that person's guardian, if any, has been informed by the service
				coordinator of alternative placements available at the time the sponsor
				requests the exception and consents to a floor area of less than 60 square feet
				in order to retain this placement; and
e. The service coordinator and administrator
				of the county agency that employs or contracts with the service coordinator
				approve the exception.
4. A resident's bedroom may not be used by
				anyone else to get to any other part of the home except for access to an
				additional bathroom which is not required to meet the standard under subd.
				2.;
5. There shall be sufficient
				space and equipment in the kitchen for the sanitary preparation and storage of
				food;
6. The dining room or area
				shall be large enough so that all household members may dine together;
				and
7. Each resident shall be
				provided conveniently located individual storage space sufficient for hanging
				clothes and for storing clothing, toilet articles and other personal
				belongings.
(g) The home
				shall have clean, functioning and safe household items and furnishings,
				including:
1. A separate bed for each
				resident. The bed shall be clean, in good condition and of proper size and
				height for the comfort of the resident; and
2. Appropriate bedding and linens that are
				maintained in a clean condition.
(h) The home shall provide for physical and
				emotional privacy for each resident. Under this paragraph, "physical and
				emotional privacy" means reasonable privacy in toileting and bathing; keeping
				and using personal clothing and possessions; having reasonable privacy in one's
				room, or in other personally assigned areas; and being free from searches of
				personal belongings without the resident's permission or permission of the
				resident's guardian, unless the sponsor has reasonable cause to suspect that
				the resident possesses items which are illegal or prohibited by the sponsor and
				the resident is present during the room search.
(i) Residents shall be permitted to choose
				individual room decorations within reason.