Section 105.255. Community support programs.

 

(1)   General requirements. For MA certification, a community support program (CSP) service provider shall meet the requirements under ss. DHS 63.06 to 63.17 and this section. The department may waive a requirement in ss. DHS 63.06 to 63.17 under the conditions specified in s. DHS 63.05 if requested by a provider. Certified providers under this section may provide services directly or may contract with other qualified providers to provide all or some of the services described in s. DHS 107.13 (6) .

(2)   Mental health technician.

(a) In this subsection, "mental health technician" means a paraprofessional employee of the CSP who is limited to performing the services set out in s. DHS 63.11 (3) (c) and (4) .

(b) Except as provided in par. (c) , a mental health technician shall have at least 1,000 hours of supervised work experience with long-term mentally ill persons and meet at least one of the following conditions:

1. Has satisfactorily completed the educational curriculum developed by the department;

2. Is certified by the American occupational therapy association as an occupational therapy assistant;

3. Is a practical nurse (LPN) licensed under s. 441.10 , Stats.;

4. Has satisfied the training requirements under s. DHS 133.17 (4) for a home health aide;

5. Is included in the registry of persons under ch. DHS 129 who have completed a nurse's assistant training and testing program or only a testing program; or

6. Has satisfied the requirements under s. DHS 105.17 (3) (a) 1. to provide personal care services and has completed an additional 1000 hours of supervised work experience with long-term mentally ill persons.

(c) A mental health technician providing CSP services who does not meet the requirements of par. (b) shall meet the requirements of s. DHS 63.06 (4) (a) 9. and shall in addition meet the requirements of par. (b) within one year following the effective date of the provider's MA certification or the technician's date of employment by the CSP, whichever is later.

(3)   Documentation of employee qualifications. Providers shall maintain current written documentation of employee qualifications required under s. DHS 63.06 (4) and this section.

History: Cr. Register, September, 1990, No. 417 , eff. 10-1-90; corrections in (1), (2) (c) and (3) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register, April, 1999, No. 520 ; correction in (2) (b) 5. made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., October, 2000, No. 538; corrections made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register December 2008 No. 636 .