Section DHS 35.22 - Discharge summary(1) Within 30 days after a consumer's date of discharge, the licensed treatment professional, mental health practitioner, or recognized psychotherapy practitioner who was primarily responsible for providing outpatient mental health services for the consumer shall prepare a discharge summary and enter it into the consumer file. The discharge summary shall include all of the following: (a) A description of the reasons for discharge.(b) A summary of the outpatient mental health services provided by the clinic, including any medications.(c) A final evaluation of the consumer's progress toward the goals of the treatment plan. (d) Any remaining consumer needs at the time of discharge and the recommendations for meeting those needs, which may include the names and addresses of any facilities, persons or programs to which the consumer was referred for additional services following discharge.(2) The discharge summary shall be signed and dated by the licensed treatment professional, mental health practitioner, or recognized psychotherapy practitioner who was primarily responsible for providing services to the consumer.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Health Services § DHS 35.22
CR 06-080: cr. Register May 2009 No. 641, eff. 6-1-09.