Section DHS 40.09 - Personnel qualifications(1) Minimum requirements. (a) Each staff member shall have the professional certification, training, experience, and ability to carry out his or her assigned duties.(b) Each staff member shall pass a criminal history and patient abuse record search as provided in s. 50.065, Stats., and a caregiver background check under ch. DHS 12, before working for the program.(c) Programs shall comply with caregiver misconduct reporting and investigation requirements in ch. DHS 13. Note: For a state of Wisconsin background check, information on the process and fees can be found on-line at: http://www.doj.state.wi.us/dles/cib/Fees.asp, or contact the Crime Information Bureau, Wisconsin Department of Justice, P.O. Box 2718, Madison, WI 53701-2718.
(2) QUALIFICATIONS OF PROGRAM DIRECTOR. The program director shall meet all of the following requirements: (a) Meet the qualifications for any of the program staff listed in sub. (3) (a) to (j).(b) Have at least one year of experience in a mental health setting working with youth.(c) Have at least 2 years of experience as an administrator of a program that provides mental health services to youth and families.(3) Qualifications of program staff.(a) The clinical coordinator shall meet all of the following qualifications: 1. Be a licensed mental health professional.2. Have at least 1,500 hours of clinical experience in a practice with youth who have mental illness or severe emotional disturbance.(b) A psychiatrist shall be a physician licensed to practice medicine and surgery and meet the requirements for certification in child psychiatry by the American board of psychiatry and neurology. If a program can demonstrate that no board-certified or eligible child psychiatrist is available, the program may employ a psychiatrist who has a minimum of 1 year of clinical experience working with youth.(c) Advanced practice nurse prescribers shall be certified in mental health treatment by an appropriate board and shall have had either training in providing psychiatric services, including work with youth with mental illness or severe emotional disturbance, or one year of experience working in a clinical setting with youth. An advanced practice nurse prescriber shall issue only those prescription orders appropriate to the advanced practice nurse prescriber's areas of competence, as established by his or her education, training, or experience. Advanced practice nurse prescribers shall facilitate collaboration with other health care professionals, at least one of whom shall be a physician. Advanced practice nurse prescribers shall have completed 3,000 hours of supervised clinical psychotherapy experience in order to also provide psychotherapy.(d) Licensed mental health professionals shall have a minimum of one year of experience working in a clinical setting serving youth with mental illness or severe emotional disturbance.(e) Physician assistants, advanced practice nurses, registered nurses, and occupational therapists shall have either training in providing services to youth with mental illness or severe emotional disturbance, or one year of experience working in a clinical setting with youth.(f) Qualified treatment trainees shall have one year of a graduate level education program specific to serving youth with mental illness or severe emotional disturbance and shall provide psychotherapy to clients only under clinical supervision.(g) Occupational therapy assistants shall be certified and receiving supervision under chs. OT 1 to 5.(h) Therapeutic specialists shall have one year of experience working with, or one year of a formal educational program specific to serving youth with mental illness or severe emotional disturbance.(i) Mental health support workers shall have a minimum of one year of experience or formal education related to working with youth who have severe emotion disturbance or mental illness.(j) Mental health technicians and parent peer specialists shall be at least 18 years old and have a minimum of 30 hours pre-service training on their role in the program.(4) VOLUNTEERS. A program may use volunteers to support the activities of staff. Volunteers shall receive a minimum of 10 hours pre-service training under the requirements of s. DHS 40.10(6) (b) and shall be supervised by a licensed treatment professional employed by the program. Each volunteer shall pass a criminal history and patient abuse record search state background check as provided in s. 50.065, Stats., and a caregiver background check under ch. DHS 12, before being allowed to working for the program.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Health Services DHS 40.09
Cr. Register, August, 1996, No. 488, eff. 9-1-96; correction in (2) (b) made under s. 13.93(2m) (b) 7, Stats., Register January 2004 No. 577; correction in (2) (b) made under s. 13.92(4) (b) 7, Stats., Register November 2008 No. 635.Adopted by, CR 19-018: cr. Register June 2020 No. 774, eff. 7-1-20; correction in (2) (a) made under s. 13.92(4) (b) 7, Stats., Register June 2020 No. 774, eff. 7/1/2020