Wis. Admin. Code DHS § DHS 89.11
This chapter is promulgated under the authority of s. 50.034, Stats., to establish standards and procedures for the certification or registration of residential care apartment complexes in order to promote the health and safety of persons residing in and receiving services from those facilities. This chapter is intended to ensure that all residential care apartment complexes provide each tenant with an independent apartment in a setting that is home-like and residential in character; make available personal, supportive and nursing services that are appropriate to the needs, abilities and preferences of individual tenants; and operate in a manner that protects tenants' rights, respects tenant privacy, enhances tenant self-reliance and supports tenant autonomy in decision-making including the right to accept risk.
Wis. Admin. Code Department of Health Services DHS 89.11
Before September 6, 1997, residential care apartment complexes were called "assisted living facilities." The name change was made by 1997 Wisconsin Act 13.