Wis. Admin. Code Department of Health Services DHS 133.05 - Governance
(1) GOVERNING BODY. Each home health agency
shall have a governing body which shall:
(a)
Adopt governing policies in the form of by-laws, charter, written policies or
other official means;
(b) Adopt a
statement detailing the services to be provided;
(c) Oversee the management of the
agency;
(d) Appoint an
administrator; and
(e) Provide for
a qualified substitute administrator to act in absence of the
administrator.
(2)
PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY BODY.
(a) The home
health agency shall establish an advisory group of at least one practicing
physician and one registered nurse and appropriate representation from other
professional disciplines. A majority of the members shall be persons who are
neither owners nor employees of the agency.
(b) The advisory group shall:
1. Review annually and make recommendations
to the governing body concerning the agency's scope of services offered,
admission and discharge policies, medical supervision and plans of care,
emergency care, clinical records, personnel qualifications, and program
evaluation;
2. Meet at least
annually to advise the agency on professional issues, participate in the
evaluation of the agency's program and assist the agency in maintaining liaison
with other health care providers in a community information program;
and
3. Document all meetings by
dated minutes.
Notes
State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compare.
No prior version found.