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Memo#
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Date Issued |
Subject
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13-014 |
05/23/13 |
Danger of Entrapment Associated With Bed Rail Use (PDF,
150 KB) |
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13-011 |
03/18/13 |
Guidelines for Use of
Electronic Record Keeping in Assisted Living (PDF,
126 KB) |
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13-008 |
03/25/13 |
Notice of Mandatory
Requirement to Submit Four-Year Renewal of Licensee Background Check
Information (PDF, 169 KB) |
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13-003 |
01/29/13 |
Expansion of the
University Wisconsin Oshkosh Caregiver Project:
Continuing Education for Caregivers
Investigating and Reporting Allegations of Misconduct (PDF,
118 KB) |
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13-002 |
01/09/13 |
E-SOD/E-POC Initiative (PDF,
200 KB) |
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13-001 |
01/09/13 |
Charging Fees Associated
with Changes to a License / Certificate (PDF,
108 KB) |
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12-019 |
12/04/12 |
New Lean Plan Review
Application |
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12-015
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08/22/12
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Requirements
Regarding the Confidentiality and Proper Disposal of Health Care and
Related Records
|
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12-013
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08/20/12
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Fire Watch, Fire Plan, and Fire
Reporting Update
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12-011
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07/24/12
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e-SOD/e-POC Initiative, Provider
Search Application, and Online Posting of SODS and POCs
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12-008
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06/20/12
|
Heat Awareness
|
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12-007
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05/04/12
|
Medication
Setup in Assisted Living and Adult Day Care
|
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12-005
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05/04/12
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Guidance for the Safe Use of
Oxygen - Use of Hair Dryers
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12-004
|
04/16/12
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Changes
in the Division of Quality Assurance
Bureau of Assisted Living - Southern Regional Office
|
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11-026
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10/24/11
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Using
Social Media Platforms, such as Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and
LinkedIn
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11-024
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08/24/11
|
2011
Wisconsin Act 2 Health Care Services Review Use of Health Care Reports
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11-022
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08/01/11
|
US
Department of Labor to Allow Limited Participation of Youths in
Operation of Power-Driven Patient Lifts
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11-020
|
07/20/11
|
Heat
Awareness
|
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11-018
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06/13/11
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Changes
in the Division of Quality Assurance Southern Regional Office - Bureau
of Assisted Living
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11-017
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06/06/11
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Electronic
Signatures on Health Care Documents
|
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11-014
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05/16/11
|
Summary of
the Division of Quality Assurance Provider Post-Survey Questionnaire
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11-013
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05/25/11
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Pre-admission
Consultation Requirements (PAC) Revised Requirements - Effective
Immediately
|
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11-009
|
03/31/11
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Emergency
Preparedness Flood Preparation and Response
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11-003
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01/19/11
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Carbon
Monoxide Alarms New Requirements Expand Coverage to Most Residential
Buildings Effective February 1, 2011
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10-033
|
11/02/10
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Recommendations
for the Prevention and Control of Viral Gastroenteritis Outbreaks in
Wisconsin Long-Term Care Facilities
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10-031
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10/23/10
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Email
Encryption
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10-029
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10/19/10
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U.S.
Department of Labor - Employment of Youth in the Health Care Industry
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10-026
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09/21/10
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Practices
that are not to be used in Community Based Programs and Facilities
(Joint Division Memo)
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10-024
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09/09/10
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Clinical
Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) Certificate of Waiver project
announcement for 2011 and Web resources for CLIA
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10-022
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08/31/10
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Nationwide
Egg Recall
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10-021
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08/11/10
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Healthiest
Wisconsin 2020: Everyone Living Better, Longer
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10-016
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06/09/10
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Changes in
2010 to WI Clean Indoor Air Act and the Effect on Assisted Living
Facilities
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10-012
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05/26/10
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Heat
Awareness
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10-009
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04/27/10
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Elopement Guidelines for
Assisted Living Facilities
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10-007
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04/19/10
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Reporting
Requirements Under § 457.25 (1), Stats.
(Joint Division Memo)
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10-006
|
04/06/10
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Carbon
Monoxide Alarms
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10-003
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02/01/10
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Licensing
Threshold Guidelines for Assisted Living Facilities
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09-052
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12/11/09
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Plans
of Correction Via Attestation for Assisted Living Facilities
|
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09-051
|
12/03/09
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Domestic
Partnership - Chapter 50 Information Update
|
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09-050
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12/02/09
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Staffing
of Facilities and Programs During a Pandemic
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09-043
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11/04/09
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Notice
of Implementation of Revisit Fee
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09-041
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10/26/09
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Emergency
Preparedness Resource Inventory Registration System Now Online
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09-040
|
10/02/09
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For
All Facilities Performing Tests on Human Specimens: CLIA Requirements
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09-038
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09/10/09
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Physician
Assistant Prescribing Rule Changes
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09-033
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07/30/09
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Notice
of Change in Certification Fee for Residential Care Apartment
Complexes
|
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09-030
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07/13/09
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Novel
Influenza A (H1N1)/2009
Provider Memos
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09-029
|
07/31/09
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Personal
Wireless
Handheld Device Guidance
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09-027
|
06/22/09
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Heat
Awareness
|
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09-026
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06/25/09
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Discontinuing
the Issuance of Annual/Biennial Certificates
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09-024
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06/19/09
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Preadmission
Requirements for Residential Care Apartment
Complexes
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09-020
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05/12/09
|
Novel
Influenza A (H1N1)/2009
(Swine Flu) Training and
Information Resources
|
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09-018
|
05/12/09
|
Novel
Influenza A (H1N1)/2009
(Swine Flu)
|
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09-012 - Carbon
Monoxide Alarms New Requirements - OBSOLETE, replaced by 10-006
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09-011
|
04/01/09
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Bureau of
Assisted Living Restructuring to Four (4) Regions
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09-009
|
03/09/09
|
DQA
Northeastern Regional Office Move
|
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08-025
|
11/07/08
|
Guidelines for Managing MRSA
(Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus)
|
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08-024
|
09/30/08
|
Assisted Living Medication Management
Initiative
|
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08-023
|
08/19/08
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Electronic Video Monitoring and
Filming in BAL Regulated Facilities
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08-022
|
07/08/08
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Wisconsin Nurse Aide Certificate
Update
|
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08-020
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06/11/08
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Recent FDA Medication Recalls and
Compliance
|
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08-018
|
07/07/08
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Reporting Hotline for Health Care
Providers
|
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08-016
|
06/03/08
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Division of Quality Assurance
complaint Resources
|
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08-015 - Notice
of Mandatory Requirement to Submit Four-Year Renewal of Licensee
Background Check Information - OBSOLETED 08/11
|
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08-013
|
05/06/08
|
Glucose
Meters and Infection Control
|
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08-007
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03/18/08
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Caregiver Background Check Update
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08-005
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03/10/08
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Resident-to-Resident
(Client/Patient) Abuse Webcast Training
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08-003
|
03/04/08
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Medication
Waste and Collection Programs
|
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08-002
|
03/04/08
|
Warfarin
Monitoring
|
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07-021
|
11/01/07
|
Consultant
and Management Company List
|
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07-018
|
10/30/07
|
Self-Report/Facility
Reporting Requirements, Including Adult-at-Risk Reporting Requirements
|
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07-014
|
08/24/07
|
Do-Not-Resuscitate
(DNR) Information
|
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07-012
|
07/27/07
|
Administration
of Psychotropic Medication: Statutory Requirements, Rules and
Reporting
|
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07-011
|
07/16/07
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Serious
and Persistent Mental Illness and Dementia Resources
|
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07-010
|
06/26/07
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Office of Caregiver Quality Is
Moving
|
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07-009
|
06/26/07
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Division of Quality Assurance
Southern Regional Office Move
|
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07-008
|
05/29/07
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Medication Return, Donation, and
Disposal
|
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07-007
|
05/09/07
|
Wisconsin
Nurse Aide Competency Testing and Registry Services Update
|
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07-006
|
05/04/07
|
DHFS
Reorganization
|
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07-005
|
03/30/07
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Anniversary of the Wisconsin
Caregiver Law
|
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07-003
|
02/05/07
|
Norovirus Recognition,
Transmission Pevention and Reporting
|
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06-031
|
12/11/06
|
Post Survey Questionnaire Now
Available via On-Line Survey
|
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06-030
|
11/30/06
|
Self-Report/Facility Reporting
Requirements
|
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06-029
|
12/14/06
|
Assisted Living Section Regional
Boundaries Effective January 1, 2007
|
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06-028
|
11/15/06
|
Adult-at-risk, including Elder
Adult-at-Risk
|
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06-027
|
11/13/06
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Disaster Preparedness Memo
|
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06-023
|
10/05/06
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BQA Transfer and Name Change
|
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06-019
|
9/11/06
|
Temporary Address Change for BQA
Southern Regional Office
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06-016
|
7/24/06
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Insulin and Assisted Living Industry
|
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06-010
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7/17/06
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Assisted Living Industry - "State of the
State"
|
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06-008
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05/15/06
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DHFS 24-Hour Emergency Telephone Hotline for
Reporting Public Health and Human Services Emergencies
|
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06-004
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6/8/06
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Medicare Part D Issues: Timely
Services and Medication Coverage Issues
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06-001
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1/3/06
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Written Policies, Safety
Precautions: Transporting Clients, Residents, Patients
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05-015 - OBSOLETE, replaced by Names Removed From
Wisconsin Nurse Aide Registry
|
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05-013
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9/22/05
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New Procedure: Disseminating BQA
Info
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05-006
|
5/2/05
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NIA Study: Sexual Abuse of
Vulnerable Adults in Institutions
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05-003
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3/15/05
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Destruction of Medications
|
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05-002
|
3/15/05
|
Freedom of Choice of Pharmacy
Provider
|
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04-029
|
12/27/04
|
Sample Medications
|
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04-028
|
11/22/04
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Revised Caregiver Misconduct
Reporting Requirements for BQA Entities
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04-026
|
11/22/04
|
Physician Orders and Medications
|
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04-025 - Wisconsin Nurse Aide Training, Testing and Registry
Update - OBSOLETED 5/12
|
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04-019
|
8/31/04
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Hospice Nurse Pronouncement of
Death Regulations Update, 2003 WI Act 273
|
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04-017
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6/3/04
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Assisted Living Workload
Assignments
|
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04-015
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11/22/04
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Safe Storage, Handling, Use of
Oxygen
|
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04-014 - Promissor - Nurse Aide Testing
and Registry Services Update - OBSOLETED 5/12
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04-009
|
03/08/04
|
BQA Update - Office of Caregiver
Quality
|
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04-006
|
3/11/04
|
Medication Setup in Assisted
Living - REVISED
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04-004
|
3/5/04
|
Medication Administration by Unlicensed Assistive
Personnel (UAPs)
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03-017
|
1/3/04
|
New Assisted Living Survey
Process
|
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03-015
|
11/25/03
|
BQA Post Survey Questionnaire
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03-008
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5/7/03
|
Facilities Performing Tests on
Human Specimens: CLIA Requirements
|
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03-004 - Wisconsin Nurse Aide Registry
& Competency Testing Services Update - OBSOLETED 08/09
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02-020
|
11/7/02
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Wisconsin Nurse Aide Registry and
Competency Testing Services Update
|
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02-019
|
10/14/02
|
Influenza and Pneumococcal
Immunization Standing Orders
|
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02-018
|
09/25/02
|
Administering Medications in RCACs
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02-016
|
9/13/02
|
Four-Year Anniversary of
Caregiver Law
|
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02-012
|
7/26/02
|
Voluntary &
Mandatory Medical Device Reporting - FDA
|
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02-005
|
2/14/02
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Family
Care Resource Centers' Requirement to Provide Information
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01-051
|
12/3/01
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Disseminating BQA Memos
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01-040
|
9/17/01
|
Federal
Wage and Hour Laws
|
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01-035
|
8/20/01
|
HFS 75 / HFS 83
Administrative Rule Cross-System Implementation
|
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01-034 - Recall of Fire
Protection System Sprinklers - OBSOLETE 03/13
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01-026 - Shared Resident Spaces in Mixed Occupancy
Buildings - Currently Under Review
|
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01-023
|
5/21/01
|
Baseboard
Heaters
|
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01-019
|
10/22/01
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Communication
with the BQA Resident Care Review Section
|
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01-006
|
2/7/01
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Requests for BQA
Staff Participation in Training Events
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00-081
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12/12/00
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Variance Fee - Health Care Facilities
|
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00-079 - Posting WI Caregiver Misconduct Registry - OBSOLETED
5/12
|
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00-057
|
8/4/00
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WI Caregiver Program Manual
On-Line
|
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00-054 - Do-Not-Resuscitate (DNR)
Information - OBSOLETED 10/03
|
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00-024 - Update on Wisconsin
Caregiver Legislation - OBSOLETED 5/12
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00-017 - Life Safety Informational Release - OBSOLETE, replaced
by 12-013
|
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00-014 - Disposal of Medical Records - OBSOLETED by 12-015
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99-077
|
12/30/99
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Termination of Nurse Aide Training "Deemed"
& "Grandparenting" Programs
|
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99-073
|
12/10/99
|
Update on Wisconsin
Caregiver Legislation
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99-042 - Recall of Air Conditioner and Heat
Pump Electrical Capacitators - OBSOLETE 03/13
|
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99-026
|
5/14/99
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Address Changes in
BQA
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99-014 - Caregiver Background Check/Investigation Information OBSOLETE
06/12
|
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98-055 - Patients with Antibiotic Resistant Organisms in
Health Care Settings OBSOLETE 9/05, see PPH
42513_0905(PDF, 166 KB)
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