Section DHS 36.03 - Definitions In this chapter:
(1) "Adult" means an individual 18 years of age or older.(2) "Assessment" means the process used to identify the strengths, needs and desired outcomes of a consumer and to evaluate progress toward desired outcomes.(3) "Certification" means the approval by the department of a comprehensive community services program.(4) "Comprehensive community services program" or "CCS" has the same meaning as "community-based psychosocial service program" under s. 49.45 (30e), Stats., namely a county-wide or tribal community-based psychosocial rehabilitation program that is operated by a county department or tribe to provide or arrange for the provision of psychosocial rehabilitation services.(5) "Coordination committee" means a group of individuals appointed by the county department or tribal government to advise and assist the county department or tribal government in the development and quality improvement of psychosocial rehabilitation services.(6) "Comprehensive community services plan" means the plan developed under s. DHS 36.07.(7) "Consumer" means an individual who has been determined to need psychosocial rehabilitation services. Note: Family members of the consumer or the consumer's primary caregivers also are considered to be consumers, and therefore, may receive services related to the consumer's disorder.
(8) "Co-occurring disorder" means any combination of a substance-use disorder and a mental disorder identified in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder - Fourth Edition - Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR) published by the American Psychiatric Association.(9) "County department" means a county department of human services under s. 46.23, Stats., or a county department of community programs established under s. 51.42, Stats., to administer community mental health and alcohol and drug abuse programs on a single-county or multi-county basis.(10) "Department" means the Wisconsin department of health services.(10m) "Elder" means a person who is age 60 or older.(10r) "Face to face" means engaging in contact with the recipient via in person, real-time interactive audio-visual telehealth, or real-time interactive audio-only telehealth.(11) "Family member," means a parent, legal custodian, sibling, spouse, child, or primary caregiver of a consumer.(11m) "Functionally equivalent" means a service provided via telehealth where the transmission of information is of sufficient quality as to be the same level of service as an in-person visit. Transmission of voices, images, data, or video must be clear and understandable.(12) "Legal custodian" means an individual to whom legal custody of a minor has been granted by a court in an action under ch. 48 or 767, Stats.(13) "Legal representative" means any of the following: (a) A guardian as defined under s. 54.01 (10), Stats.(b) A health care agent as defined in s. 155.01 (4), Stats., if the principal has a finding of incapacity pursuant to s. 155.05 (2), Stats.(14) "Medical assistance" means the assistance program under 42 USC 1396 and ss. 49.43 to 49.475 and 49.49 to 49.497, Stats.(15) "Mental disorder" means a diagnosis meeting the criteria in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - Fourth Edition - Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR) excluding the categories of dementia, substance-related disorders, and developmental disability as defined in 42 CFR 435.1009. Note: DSM-IV-TR is published by the American Psychiatric Association: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision. Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Association, 2000. DSM-IV-TR may be ordered through http://www.amazon.com/Diagnostic-Statistical-Disorders-Revision-DSM-IV-TR/dp/0890420254 or other sources. The current version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, DSM 5 is published by the American Psychiatric Association: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Association, 2013. The DSM 5 may be ordered through http://www.appi.org/Pages/DSM.aspx or other sources.
(16) "Mental health professional" means a staff member who is qualified under s. DHS 36.10 (2) (g) 1. to 8.(17) "Minor" means an individual under the age of 18 years.(18) "Natural supports" means a friend, or other person available in the community who may assist consumers seeking stability and independence.(19) "Outreach" means identifying and contacting individuals with mental disorders or substance-use disorders to directly engage and link with individuals who need psychosocial rehabilitation services or other mental health or substance-use disorder services, and making referral agreements with psychiatric inpatient units, residential treatment facilities, outpatient treatment clinics and other community treatment and service providers as appropriate.(20) "Parent" means a biological parent; an adoptive parent; a husband who has consented to the artificial insemination of his wife under s. 891.40, Stats.; a male who is presumed to be the father under s. 891.41, Stats.; or a male who has been adjudicated the child's father either under s. 767.89, Stats., or by final order or judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction in another state. "Parent" does not include individuals whose parental rights have been terminated.(21) "Primary care giver" means an individual who provides a majority of a consumer's day-to-day support, shelter, sustenance or nurturing.(22) "Psychosocial rehabilitation services" has the same meaning as "psychosocial services" under s. 49.45 (30e), Stats., namely the medical and remedial services and supportive activities provided to or arranged for a consumer by a comprehensive community services program authorized by a mental health professional to assist individuals with mental disorders or substance-use disorders to achieve the individual's highest possible level of independent functioning, stability and independence and to facilitate recovery.(23) "Recovery" means the process of a person's growth and improvement, despite a history of mental or substance use disorder in attitudes, values, feelings, goals, skills and behavior and is measured by a decrease in dysfunctional symptoms and an increase in maintaining the person's highest level of health, wellness, stability, self-determination and self-sufficiency.(24) "Recovery team" means the group of individuals who are identified to participate in an assessment of the needs of the consumer, service planning and delivery, and evaluation of desired outcomes.(25) "Service facilitation" means any activity that ensures the consumer receives assessment services, service planning, service delivery and supportive activities in an appropriate and timely manner.(26) "Service facilitator" means a staff member who is qualified under s. DHS 36.10 (2) (g) 1. to 21. and who has the overall responsibility for service facilitation.(27) "Service plan" means a written plan of psychosocial services to be provided or arranged for a consumer that is based on an individualized assessment of the consumer.(28) "Service provider" means an agency or individual that provides one or more mental health or substance-use treatment or services.(28m) "Signature" or "signed" means a signature that meets the requirements in s. 990.01 (38), Stats.(29) "Staff member" means a person employed by a county department, tribe, or contracted agency.(30) "Substance abuse professional" means a person who meets the requirements of s. DHS 75.02 (84), a physician knowledgeable in addiction treatment, or a psychologist knowledgeable in psychopharmacology and addiction treatment.(31) "Substance-use disorder" means a condition related to the use of alcohol or a drug of abuse listed in the DSM IV-TR.(32) "Supportive activities" means actions and events that help address the needs and recovery goals of a consumer.(32m)(a) "Telehealth" means the use of telecommunications technology by a certified provider to deliver services allowable under this chapter, s. DHS 107.02 (5), and ss. 49.45 (61) and 49.46 (2) (b) 21. to 23., Stats., including assessment, diagnosis, consultation, treatment, or transfer of medically relevant data in a functionally equivalent manner as that of an in-person contact.(b) "Telehealth" may include real-time interactive audio-only communication.(c) "Telehealth" does not include communication between a certified provider and a recipient that consists solely of an electronic mail, text, or facsimile transmission.(33) "Tribe" means a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Health Services DHS 36.03
CR 04-025: cr. Register October 2004 No. 586, eff. 11-1-04; corrections in (10), (13) (a), (20) and (30) made under s. 13.92(4) (b) 6 and 7., Stats., Register November 2008 No. 635.Amended by, CR 20-067: am. (10m), r. (11m) Register November 2021 No. 792, eff. 1/1/2022Amended by, CR 23-053: cr. (10r), (11m), (28m), (32m) Register September 2023 No. 813, eff. 10/1/2023