Section DCF 13.08 - Sanctions(1) CHILD CARE PROGRAM. (a) A child care program that does any of the following may be subject to one or more of the sanctions specified in par. (b) by the department or the agency that granted the regulatory approval: 1. Allows a person who has not received preliminary determination of eligibility to begin work or reside at the child care program in violation of s. DCF 13.06(1).2. Allows a person who has not received a final determination of eligibility to work or reside at a child care program without direct supervision in violation of s. DCF 13.06(2).3. Hires, employs, or contracts with a person that the department determined was ineligible to be a caregiver or noncaregiver employee in the child care program.3m. Permits a person that the department determined was ineligible to be a household member in the child care program.4. Fails to submit a background check request as required under s. 48.686(2) (ab), Stats., and s. DCF 13.03.5. Knows, or should know, that a caregiver, noncaregiver employee, or household member at the child care program committed an act barred under s. 48.686(4m) (a) 6, 7., or 8., Stats., including knowingly giving false information on or knowingly omitting material information relating to the child care background check.6. Fails to comply with applicable reporting requirements under s. DCF 13.07(1) or (2).7. Fails to have a policy on reporting changes as required in s. DCF 13.07(3).8. Violates any provision in s. 48.686, Stats., or this chapter regarding caregivers, noncaregiver employees, or household members.(b) Any of the following sanctions may be imposed on a child care program that commits any of the acts described in par. (a) : 1. Suspension, nonrenewal, denial, or revocation of regulatory approval.2. Specific conditions or limitations placed on the regulatory approval.3. A forfeiture of not more than $1,000.4. A requirement that the child care program develop a written plan that specifies corrections that will be made to personnel screening practices, obtain agency approval of the correction plan, and implement the correction plan.(2) APPLICANT. An applicant for regulatory approval who does any of the following is subject to denial of an application for regulatory approval:(a) Fails to complete and submit the background check request required under s. DCF 13.03.(b) Knowingly provides false information on or knowingly omits information from the background check request form.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Children and Families DCF 13.08
Adopted by, EmR1918: emerg. cr., eff. 1-30-19; CR 19-089: cr. Register March 2020 No. 771, eff. 4/1/2020Amended by, CR 20-003: am. (1) (a) 3., cr. (1) (a) 3m., am. (1) (a) 5., 8. Register July 2020 No. 775, eff. 8/1/2020