Section DHS 94.20 - Telephone calls(1) Inpatients shall be allowed reasonable access to a telephone to make and receive a reasonable number of telephone calls as authorized by s. 51.61(1) (p), Stats., and this section.(2) Patients shall be permitted to make an unlimited number of private telephone calls to legal counsel and to receive an unlimited number of private telephone calls from legal counsel.(3)(a) Except as provided in par. (b), each inpatient shall be permitted to make a reasonable number of private, personal calls. The number and duration of the calls may be limited for legitimate management reasons, but the facility shall provide every patient the opportunity to make at least one private, personal telephone call per day.(b) This subsection does not prohibit a facility under s. 980.065, Stats., from recording patients' personal telephone calls or monitoring the resulting recordings.(4) Inpatients who have been determined indigent under a facility's operating policies shall be permitted to make telephone calls under sub. (2), and at least one private, personal call per day free of charge.(5) Treatment facilities shall provide the number of regular or pay telephones necessary to meet requirements of this section, subject to restrictions imposed by local telephone companies regarding installation of pay telephones.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Health Services DHS 94.20
Cr. Register, January, 1987, No. 373, eff. 2-1-87; am. (1), (3), (4), Register, June, 1996, eff 7-1-96; CR 00-151: am. (3) Register January 2002 No. 553, eff. 2-1-02.