Section DCF 57.12 - Transportation(1) The licensee shall provide safe transportation of residents.(2) Except as provided in sub. (3) each staff member or volunteer that transports a resident shall be at least 21 years of age, have at least one year of experience as a licensed driver, and hold a current Wisconsin operator's license for the type of vehicle driven.(3) A licensee shall obtain a copy annually of the driving record for each staff member or volunteer who may transport a resident and shall keep the record on file at the group home. A person whose driving record shows any one of the violations specified in s. 346.62 or 346.63, Stats., having occurred in the last 12 months may not transport a resident. Note: To obtain a copy of a driving record, contact the Bureau of Driver Services, Department of Transportation, P.O. Box 7918, Madison, WI 53707.
(4) The number of residents transported in a vehicle at any one time may not exceed the passenger limit specified by the vehicle's manufacturer.(5) Any vehicle used by a staff member or volunteer to transport residents shall be in safe operating condition. At 12-month intervals the licensee shall provide the department with evidence of a vehicle's safe operating condition on a form DCF-F-4148-E. Note: Form number DCF-F-4148-E, Child Welfare Vehicle Safety Inspection, is available in the forms section of the department website at http://dcf.wisconsin.gov or by writing or calling any field office listed in Appendix A.
(6) Vehicles shall be clean, uncluttered, and free of obstructions on the floors, aisles and seats.(7)(a) No licensee or person acting on behalf of a licensee may transport any resident under the age of 8 years or less than 80 pounds in weight in any private motor vehicle unless the following conditions are met, as required in s. 347.48(4), Stats.:1. Each resident who is less than one year old or who weighs less than 20 pounds being transported in a vehicle shall be properly seated and restrained in a rear-facing individual child car safety seat in the back seat of the vehicle.2. Each resident who is at least one year old but less than 4 years old or who weighs at least 20 pounds but less than 40 pounds shall be properly restrained in a forward-facing individual child car safety seat in the back seat of the vehicle.3. Each resident who is at least 4 years old but less than 8 years old, who weighs at least 40 pounds but not more than 80 pounds, or who is 4 feet 9 inches tall or less, shall be properly restrained in a shoulder-positioning child booster seat.(b) Each resident who is not required to be in an individual child car safety seat when being transported shall be properly restrained by a seat belt, except as provided in s. 347.48(2m), Stats., and ch. Trans 315. Seat belts may not be shared.(9) Each motor vehicle used to transport residents shall be insured as required under s. DCF 57.08(3).Wis. Admin. Code Department of Children and Families DCF 57.12
CR 04-067: cr. Register September 2005 No. 597, eff. 1-1-06; corrections in (8) and (9) made under s. 13.92(4) (b) 7, Stats., Register November 2008 No. 635; EmR1106: emerg. am. (3), r. and recr. (7), r. (8), eff. 9-16-11; CR 11-026: am. (3), r. and recr. (7), r. (8) Register December 2011 No. 672, eff. 1-1-12.Amended by, correction in (5) made under s. 13.92(4) (b) 6, Stats., Register July 2019 No. 763, eff. 8/1/2019