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Adult Day Care: Continuation [1]

Continuation of the certification to provide adult day care.

Adult Day Care: Initial [2]

Initial certification for a day program that provides the elderly and other adults services when their caregivers are at work or need relief.

Adult Family Home: Continuation [3]
Continuing licensure to operate a three to four bed Adult Family Home.
Adult Family Home: Original [4]

Initial license to operate a place where three or four adults who are not related to the operator reside and receive care, treatment or services that are above the level of room and board and that may include up to seven hours per week of nursing care per resident.

Community-Based Residential Facility (CBRF): Continuation [5]

Continuation of a license to operate a community-based residential facility (CBRF).

Community-Based Residential Facility (CBRF): Probationary [6]

An initial license to operate a place where five or more unrelated people live together in a community setting. Services provided include room and board, supervision, support services, and may include up to three hours of nursing care per week.

Corporate Guardian Status: Approval [7]

Initial finding of suitability for entities seeking to become Corporate Guardians.

Developmental Disabilities, Facility Serving People with Developmental Disabilities [8]

License renewal to operate a facility serving people with developmental disabilities, also know as an intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities (ICF/IID).

Home Health Agency: Continual [9]

Continuation of license to operate a home health agency.

Home Health Agency: Provisional [10]

Provisional license to operate a home health agency.

Hospice: Continuation [11]
A licensed agency that provides care to terminally ill persons who have a life expectancy of 6-12 months.
Nursing Homes: Continuation [12]

Continuing license to operate a nursing home.

Personal Care Agency: Initial Certification [13]
The personal care agency (PCA) application process is for any individual, tribe, county department, or independent living center intending to provide only personal care services as a free-standing agency, to individuals in their place of residence. Personal care services includes assistance with activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, ambulating, or eating, or accompanying a client to a medical appointment.
Personal Care Agency: Renewal Certification [14]
Certification does not expire unless revoked, suspended or a voluntary closure. Annual renewal requires the completion of an annual report and fee submission.
Residential Care Apartment Complex Certification: Original [15]

Independent apartment units (assisted living apartments), accepting individuals who pay for services themselves or through Medicaid payments, in which the following services are provided: room and board, up to 28 hours per week of supportive care, personal care, and nursing services.

Residential Care Apartment Complex: Registration [16]

Registration for independent apartment units in which the following services are provided and the recipients pay on their own: room and board, up to 28 hours per week of supportive care, personal care, and nursing services.

Last Revised: December 23, 2014
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Source URL (modified on 12/23/2014 - 15:06): https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/regulations/residcare-index.htm

Links
[1] https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/regulations/residcomm/adc-cont.htm
[2] https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/regulations/residcomm/adc.htm
[3] https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/regulations/residcomm/afh-cont.htm
[4] https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/regulations/residcomm/afh.htm
[5] https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/regulations/residcomm/cbrf.htm
[6] https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/regulations/residcomm/cbrf-prob.htm
[7] https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/regulations/residcomm/corp-guardian.htm
[8] https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/regulations/residcomm/icf-iid.htm
[9] https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/regulations/residcomm/hha-cont.htm
[10] https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/regulations/residcomm/hha-prov.htm
[11] https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/regulations/residcomm/hospice.htm
[12] https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/regulations/residcomm/nh.htm
[13] https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/regulations/residcomm/pca.htm
[14] https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/regulations/residcomm/pca-renewal.htm
[15] https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/regulations/residcomm/rcac-cert.htm
[16] https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/regulations/residcomm/rcac-reg.htm