Section 52.01. Authority and purpose.

  This chapter is promulgated under the authority of s. 48.67 , Stats., to ensure that residential care centers for children and youth protect and promote the health, safety and welfare of residents, respect the rights of individual residents, provide the most appropriate conditions possible for each resident, help each resident develop socially acceptable patterns of behavior, develop resident treatment plans consistent with the state's permanency planning policy to support the integrity of the family, and help each resident return as quickly as possible to his or her family or achieve permanency through adoption or guardianship. This chapter is also promulgated under the authority of s. 49.343 , Stats., to establish the rate that a residential care center may charge for its services and to promote efficient provision of services.