Section 35.13. Personnel policies.

  The clinic shall have and implement written personnel policies and procedures that ensure all of the following:

(1)  Each staff member who provides psychotherapy or who prescribes medications is evaluated to determine if the staff member possesses current qualifications and demonstrated competence, training, experience and judgment for the privileges granted to provide psychotherapy or to prescribe medications for the clinic.

(2)  Compliance with the caregiver background check and misconduct reporting requirements in s. 50.065 , Stats., and ch. DHS 12 , and the caregiver misconduct reporting and investigation requirements in ch. DHS 13 .

(3)  A record is maintained for each staff member and includes all of the following:

(a) Confirmation of an applicant's current training or professional license or certification, if a training or professional license or certification is necessary for the staff member's prescribed duties or position. All limitations and restrictions on a staff member's license shall be documented by the clinic.

(b) The results of the caregiver background check including a completed background information disclosure form for every background check conducted, and the results of any subsequent investigation related to the information obtained from the background check.

(c) A vita of training, work experience and qualifications for each prescriber and each person who provides psychotherapy.

CR 06-080 : cr. Register May 2009 No. 641 , eff. 6-1-09.

Note

Forms for conducting a caregiver background check including the background information disclosure form may be obtained from the department's website at http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/caregiver/index.htm or by writing the department at Office of Caregiver Quality, Division of Quality Assurance, P.O. Box 2969, Madison, WI 53701-2969. Phone: [phone], Fax: [phone]. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1