Section DHS 95.01 - Authority and purposePursuant to the authority vested in the department by ss. 46.055, 46.058(2m), 51.61(9), 227.11(2), 980.04(1), 980.06, 980.065(2) and 980.067, Stats., the department adopts this chapter to do all of the following:
(1) Define the use of "necessary and appropriate force" in relation to preventing escapes and pursuing and capturing persons detained at or committed to a facility, center or unit under ch. 980, Stats., who have escaped and to establish security standards at facilities housing such persons. Primary security objectives of the department are to protect the public, staff and patients and to afford patients the opportunity to participate in treatment and activities in a safe setting. Every employee of a facility is responsible for the safe custody of patients.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Health Services DHS 95.01
CR 01-045: cr. Register January 2002 No. 553, eff. 2-1-02; CR 02-112: am. Register March 2003 No. 567, eff. 4-1-03.