Section DHS 34.01 - Authority, scope and purpose(1) This chapter is promulgated under the authority of s. 51.42(7) (b), Stats., to establish standards and procedures for certification of county and multi-county emergency mental health service programs. Section 51.42(1) (b), Stats., requires every county to provide emergency mental health services to persons within the county in need of those services. The persons who need those services are persons who are experiencing a mental health crisis or are in a situation likely to turn into a mental health crisis if supportive services are not provided. A county may comply with s. 51.42(1) (b), Stats., by operating or contracting for the operation of an emergency mental health program certified under this subchapter and either subch. II or III of ch. DHS 34.(2) This chapter applies to the department, to counties that request certification or are certified to provide emergency mental health services and to county-contracted agencies that request certification or are certified to provide emergency mental health services.(3) This chapter relates only to the certification of programs providing emergency mental health services. It is not intended to regulate other mental health service programs or other emergency service programs.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Health Services DHS 34.01
Cr. Register, September, 1996, No. 489, eff. 10-1-96; correction in (1) made under s. 13.93(2m) (b) 7, Stats, Register, April, 2000, No. 532.