Section DHS 12.07 - Reporting background changes and nonclient residency(1) An entity shall include in its personnel or operating policies a provision that requires caregivers to notify the entity as soon as possible, but no later than the person's next working day, when any of the following occurs. (a) The person has been convicted of any crime.(b) The person has been or is being investigated by any governmental agency for any other act, offense, or omission, including an investigation related to the abuse or neglect, or threat of abuse or neglect, to a child or other client, or an investigation related to misappropriation of a client's property.(c) The person has a governmental finding substantiated against them of abuse or neglect of a client or of misappropriation of a client's property.(d) In the case of a position for which the person must be credentialed by the department of safety and professional services, the person has been denied a license, or the person's license has been restricted or otherwise limited.(2) When any of the following occurs relative to a signatory or other legal party to the entity application for regulatory approval or under which a contract under s. 120.13(14), Stats., is signed, or relative to a nonclient resident at the entity, an entity shall, as soon as possible, but no later than the regulatory agency's next business day, report the information to the agency that gave regulatory approval, or the school board with which the day care entity contracts under s. 120.13(14), Stats. (a) The person has been convicted of any crime.(b) The person has been or is being investigated by any governmental agency for any other act, offense, or omission, including an investigation related to the abuse or neglect, or threat of abuse or neglect, to a child or other client, or an investigation related to misappropriation of a client's property.(c) The person has a governmental finding substantiated against them of abuse or neglect of a client or of misappropriation of a client's property.(d) In the case of a position for which the person must be credentialed by the department of safety and professional services, the person has been denied a license, or the person's license has been restricted or otherwise limited.(3) When a person begins residing at or is expected to reside at an entity, or the signatory for licensure changes, the entity shall, as soon as possible, but no later than the regulatory agency's next business day, report the residency, expected residency, or signatory change to the agency that gave regulatory approval or to the school board that the day care entity contracts with under s. 120.13(14), Stats., and submit to the regulatory agency a completed background information disclosure form for the new nonclient resident or new signatory.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Health Services DHS 12.07
Cr. Register, August, 2000, No. 536, eff. 9-1-00; corrections in (1) (d), (2) (d) made under s. 13.92(4) (b) 6, Stats., Register February 2012 No. 674.