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Community Based Residential Facilities (CBRFs) -- DQA Numbered Memos 2001-2011

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Division of Quality Assurance (DQA) Numbered Memos for CBRFs are documents issued by the Division that deal with policies, information and interpretation of federal and state regulations and guidelines of the programs under the jurisdiction of DQA.

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Memo#

Date Issued

Subject

11-029

10/31/11

Fees for Copies of Health Care Provider Records Effective July 1, 2011

11-028

10/27/11

Submission of Construction Plans to the Madison State Office Building

11-027

10/24/11

Construction Requirements for New 'Class-C' CBRF Structures

11-026

10/24/11

Using Social Media Platforms, such as Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and LinkedIn

11-024

08/24/11

2011 Wisconsin Act 2 Health Care Services Review Use of Health Care Reports

11-022

08/01/11

US Department of Labor to Allow Limited Participation of Youths in Operation of Power-Driven Patient Lifts

11-020

07/20/11

Heat Awareness

11-018

06/13/11

Changes in the Division of Quality Assurance Southern Regional Office - Bureau of Assisted Living

11-017

06/06/11

Electronic Signatures on Health Care Documents

11-014

05/16/11

Summary of the Division of Quality Assurance Provider Post-Survey Questionnaire

11-013

05/25/11

Pre-admission Consultation Requirements (PAC) Revised Requirements - Effective Immediately

11-010

04/05/11

Notice of Department Designee for CBRF Department-Approved Assisted Living Administrator Training

11-009

03/31/11

Emergency Preparedness Flood Preparation and Response

11-003

01/19/11

Carbon Monoxide Alarms New Requirements Expand Coverage to Most Residential Buildings Effective February 1, 2011

11-002

01/10/11

Office of Plan Review and Inspection

11-001

01/03/11

Revisions to Chapters DHS 83 Community Based Residential Facilities and DHS 88 Licensed Adult Family Homes - Effective January 1, 2011

10-034

11/03/10

Waivers of DHS Ch. 83 Provisions Granted Prior to April 1, 2009

10-033

11/02/10

Recommendations for the Prevention and Control of Viral Gastroenteritis Outbreaks in Wisconsin Long-Term Care Facilities

10-031

10/23/10

Email Encryption

10-030

11/01/10

Revised Resident Relocation Manual (Joint Division Memo)

10-029

10/19/10

U.S. Department of Labor - Employment of Youth in the Health Care Industry

10-026

09/21/10

Practices that are not to be used in Community Based Programs and Facilities (Joint Division Memo)

10-024

09/09/10

Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) Certificate of Waiver project announcement for 2011 and Web resources for CLIA

10-023

09/01/10

Delayed Implementation of Sprinkler System Requirements for Small Class C Community Based Residential Facilities (CBRFs)

10-022

08/31/10

Nationwide Egg Recall

10-021

08/11/10

Healthiest Wisconsin 2020: Everyone Living Better, Longer

10-020

08/05/10

Guidelines for Reporting to the Department of Health Services

10-017

07/01/10

Construction Requirements for New "Class-C" CBRF Structures

10-016

06/09/10

Changes in 2010 to WI Clean Indoor Air Act and the Effect on Assisted Living Facilities

10-013

06/02/10

Update: Health Facility Construction Plan Reviews and Onsite Inspections

10-012

05/26/10

Heat Awareness

10-009

04/27/10

Elopement Guidelines for Assisted Living Facilities

10-007

04/19/10

Reporting Requirements Under § 457.25 (1), Stats.
(Joint Division Memo)

10-006

04/06/10

Carbon Monoxide Alarms

10-004

03/01/10

Notice of CBRF Department-Approved Training Process

10-003

02/01/10

Licensing Threshold Guidelines for Assisted Living Facilities

09-052

12/11/09

Plans of Correction Via Attestation for Assisted Living Facilities

09-051

12/03/09

Domestic Partnership - Chapter 50 Information Update

09-050

12/02/09

Staffing of Facilities and Programs During a Pandemic

09-046 - Department-Approved Assisted Living Administrator's Training Course - OBSOLETE, replaced by 11-010

09-045

11/11/09

Notice of Department Designee for CBRF Department-Approved Training

09-043

11/04/09

Notice of Implementation of Revisit Fee

09-041

10/26/09

Emergency Preparedness Resource Inventory Registration System Now Online

09-040

10/02/09

For All Facilities Performing Tests on Human Specimens: CLIA Requirements

09-038

09/10/09

Physician Assistant Prescribing Rule Changes

09-036

07/30/09

Notice of Change in Licensing Fee for Community Based Residential Facilities

09-031

07/15/09

Statewide Waiver of Wisconsin Administrative Code Chapter DHS 83.59(2)(e)

09-030

07/13/09

Novel Influenza A (H1N1)/2009
Provider Memos

09-029

07/31/09

Personal Wireless Handheld Device Guidance

09-027

06/22/09

Heat Awareness

09-023 06/19/09 Preadmission Requirements for Community-Based Residential Facilites. New Requirements Effective July1, 2009

09-022

06/16/09

Health Facility Construction Plan Reviews and Onsite Inspections

09-020 05/12/09

Novel Influenza A (H1N1)/2009
(Swine Flu) Training and Information Resources

09-018 05/12/09

Novel Influenza A (H1N1)/2009
(Swine Flu)

09-017 05/06/09 Survey and Certification Issues Related to Swine Flu Outbreak
09-012 - Carbon Monoxide Alarms New Requirements - OBSOLETE, replaced by 10-006
09-011 04/01/09

Bureau of Assisted Living Restructuring to Four (4) Regions

09-009 03/09/09 DQA Northeastern Regional Office Move
09-007

03/02/09

Division of Quality Assurance (DQA) Memorandums Issused Prior to the Revised Wisconsin Administrative Code, Chapter DHS 83
09-005

02/06/09

Revised Wisconsin Administrative Code, Chapter DHS 83, Effective April 1, 2009
09-003

01/23/09

DQA Website - Construction/Remodeling for Health Care Facilities
09-002 - Notice to Update Facility Administrator Information - OBSOLETED by 09-007 
09-001 - Advanced Practice Nurse Prescribers in Assisted Living - OBSOLETED by 09-007 
08-025

11/07/08

Guidelines for Managing MRSA (Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus)
08-024

09/30/08

Assisted Living Medication Management Initiative
08-023

08/19/08

Electronic Video Monitoring and Filming in BAL Regulated Facilities
08-022

07/08/08

Wisconsin Nurse Aide Certificate Update
08-020

06/11/08

Recent FDA Medication Recalls and Compliance
08-018

07/07/08

Reporting Hotline for Health Care Providers
08-016

06/03/08

Division of Quality Assurance complaint Resources
08-015 - Notice of Mandatory Requirement to Submit Four-Year Renewal of Licensee Background Check Information - OBSOLETED 08/11
08-013

05/06/08

Glucose Meters and Infection Control
08-011

04/22/08

Submission of Construction Plans to the Milwaukee State Office Building
08-007

08/18/08

Caregiver Background Check Update
08-005

03/10/08

Resident-to-Resident (Client/Patient) Abuse Webcast Training
08-003

03/04/08

Medication Waste and Collection Programs
08-002

03/04/08

Warfarin Monitoring
07-021

11/01/07

Consultant and Management Company List
07-018

10/30/07

Self-Report/Facility Reporting Requirements, Including Adult-at-Risk Reporting Requirements
07-014

08/24/07

Do-Not-Resuscitate (DNR) Information
07-012

07/27/07

Administration of Psychotropic Medication: Statutory Requirements, Rules and Reporting
07-011

07/16/07

Serious and Persistent Mental Illness and Dementia Resources
07-010

06/26/07

Office of Caregiver Quality Is Moving
07-009

06/26/07

Division of Quality Assurance Southern Regional Office Move
07-008

05/29/07

Medication Return, Donation, and Disposal
07-007

05/09/07

Wisconsin Nurse Aide Competency Testing and Registry Services Update
07-006

05/04/07

DHFS Reorganization
07-005

03/30/07

Anniversary of the Wisconsin Caregiver Law
07-003

02/05/07

Norovirus Recognition, Transmission Pevention and Reporting
06-031

12/11/06

Post Survey Questionnaire Now Available via On-Line Survey
06-030 - Self-Report/Facility Reporting Requirements - OBSOLETED by 09-007 
06-029

12/14/06

Assisted Living Section Regional Boundaries Effective January 1, 2007
06-028

11/15/06

Adult-at-risk, including Elder Adult-at-Risk
06-027

11/13/06

Disaster Preparedness Memo
06-025

11/15/06

Patient Privacy During Inpatient Psychiatric Treatment
06-023

10/05/06

OQA Transfer and Name Change
06-021 - Resident Medication Regimen and Administration Review - OBSOLETED by 09-007 
06-019

09/11/06

Temporary Address Change for OQA Southern Regional Office
06-016

7/24/06

Insulin and Assisted Living Industry
06-010

7/17/06

Assisted Living Industry - "State of the State"
06-009 - Statewide Variance of HFS 124 & HFS 83, Mantoux Tuberculin Skin Test - OBSOLETED by 09-007 
06-008

05/15/06

DHFS 24-Hour Emergency Telephone Hotline for Reporting Public Health and Human Services Emergencies
06-007

05/15/06

Health Facility Construction Plan Reviews and Onsite Inspections
06-004

6/8/06

Medicare Part D Issues: Timely Services and Medication Coverage Issues
06-001

1/3/06

Written Policies, Safety Precautions: Transporting Clients, Residents, Patients
05-015 - OBSOLETE, replaced by Names Removed From Wisconsin Nurse Aide Registry
05-013

09/22/05

New Procedure: Disseminating OQA Info
05-006

5/2/05

NIA Study: Sexual Abuse of Vulnerable Adults in Institutions
05-003 - Destruction of Medications - OBSOLETED by 09-007 
05-002

3/15/05

Freedom of Choice of Pharmacy Provider
04-029

12/27/04

Sample Medications
04-028

11/22/04

Revised Caregiver Misconduct Reporting Requirements for OQA Entities
04-026

11/22/04

Physician Orders and Medications
04-025

09/09/04

Wisconsin Nurse Aide Training, Testing and Registry Update
04-019

08/31/04

Hospice Nurse Pronouncement of Death Regulations Update, 2003 WI Act 273
04-017

06/03/04

Assisted Living Workload Assignments
04-016

07/21/04

Construction Requirements for New ‘Class-C’ CBRF Structures

04-015 - Safe Storage, Handling, Use of Oxygen - OBSOLETED by 09-007 

04-014

05/07/04

Promissor - Nurse Aide Testing and Registry Services Update
04-009 

03/08/04

OQA Update - Office of Caregiver Quality
04-007 - CBRF Training Exemptions for Nursing School Graduates and Student Nurses - OBSOLETED by 09-007 
04-006

03/11/04

Medication Setup in Assisted Living - REVISED
04-004

03/05/04

Medication Administration by Unlicensed Assistive Personnel (UAPs)
03-017

 01/03/04

New Assisted Living Survey Process
03-015

11/25/03

OQA Post Survey Questionnaire
03-008

05/07/03

Facilities Performing Tests on Human Specimens: CLIA Requirements
03-004 - WI Nurse Aide Registry & Competency Testing Services Update - OBSOLETED 08/09
02-020

11/07/02

Wisconsin Nurse Aide Registry and Competency Testing Services Update 
02-019

10/14/02

Influenza and Pneumococcal Immunization Standing Orders
02-016

09/13/02

Four-Year Anniversary of Caregiver Law

02-014

08/12/02

Recall of Fire Protection System Sprinklers

02-012

07/26/02

Voluntary & Mandatory Medical Device Reporting - FDA

02-005

02/14/02

Family Care Resource Centers' Requirement to Provide Information

02-004

01/28/02

Wisconsin Nurse Aide Directory Employment Eligibility Verification

02-001 - Codes Relating to Fire Protection Systems for 1/1/02 Deadline - OBSOLETED by 09-007

01-053

12/28/01

Wisconsin Nurse Aide Training Program & Directory Manual On-Line

01-051

12/3/01

Disseminating OQA Memos

01-040

09/17/01

Federal Wage and Hour Laws

01-037 - CBRF/AFH February 2001 ETN Medication Management Q & A - OBSOLETED by 09-007

01-035

08/20/01

HFS 75 / HFS 83 Administrative Rule Cross-System Implementation

01-034

08/08/01

Recall: Fire Protection System Sprinklers

01-026 - Shared Resident Spaces in Mixed Occupancy Buildings - Currently Under Review

01-023

05/21/01

Baseboard Heaters

01-019

10/22/01

Communication with the OQA Resident Care Review Section

01-006

02/7/01

Requests for OQA Staff Participation in Training Events

01-001 - Unit Dose Packaging Requirements - OBSOLETED by 09-007

Last Updated: November 03, 2011