us-wi/statute/49.498/2/d

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(1)#

To the extent needed to fulfill the plans of care required under par. (b), a nursing facility shall provide or arrange for the provision of all of the following, which shall meet professional standards of quality: a. Nursing services and specialized rehabilitative services to attain or maintain the highest practicable physical, mental and psychosocial well-being of each resident. b. Medically related social services to attain or maintain the highest practicable physical, mental and psychosocial well-being of each resident. c. Pharmaceutical services, including procedures that assure the accurate acquiring, receiving, dispensing and administering of all drugs and biologicals, to meet the needs of each resident. d. Dietary services that assure that the meals meet the daily nutritional and special dietary needs of each resident. e. An ongoing program, directed by a qualified professional, of activities designed to meet the interests and the physical, mental and psychosocial well-being of each resident. f. Routine dental services to the extent covered under the approved state medicaid plan and emergency dental services to meet the needs of each resident.

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1.

(1)#

To the extent needed to fulfill the plans of care required under par. (b), a nursing facility shall provide or arrange for the provision of all of the following, which shall meet professional standards of quality: a. Nursing services and specialized rehabilitative services to attain or maintain the highest practicable physical, mental and psychosocial well-being of each resident. b. Medically related social services to attain or maintain the highest practicable physical, mental and psychosocial well-being of each resident. c. Pharmaceutical services, including procedures that assure the accurate acquiring, receiving, dispensing and administering of all drugs and biologicals, to meet the needs of each resident. d. Dietary services that assure that the meals meet the daily nutritional and special dietary needs of each resident. e. An ongoing program, directed by a qualified professional, of activities designed to meet the interests and the physical, mental and psychosocial well-being of each resident. f. Routine dental services to the extent covered under the approved state medicaid plan and emergency dental services to meet the needs of each resident.

(1)(a)#

Nursing services and specialized rehabilitative services to attain or maintain the highest practicable physical, mental and psychosocial well-being of each resident.

(1)(b)#

Medically related social services to attain or maintain the highest practicable physical, mental and psychosocial well-being of each resident.

(1)(c)#

Pharmaceutical services, including procedures that assure the accurate acquiring, receiving, dispensing and administering of all drugs and biologicals, to meet the needs of each resident.

(1)(d)#

Dietary services that assure that the meals meet the daily nutritional and special dietary needs of each resident.

(1)(e)#

An ongoing program, directed by a qualified professional, of activities designed to meet the interests and the physical, mental and psychosocial well-being of each resident.

(1)(f)#

Routine dental services to the extent covered under the approved state medicaid plan and emergency dental services to meet the needs of each resident.

(2)#

Services specified under subd. 1. a. to d. and f. shall be provided to a resident by qualified persons in accordance with the resident’s written plan of care under par. (b).

(3)#

Unless waived under subd. 4., a nursing facility shall: a. Provide 24-hour per day licensed nursing services which are sufficient to meet the nursing needs of its residents; and b. Shall use the services of a registered professional nurse at least 8 consecutive hours per day, 7 days per week.

(3)(a)#

Provide 24-hour per day licensed nursing services which are sufficient to meet the nursing needs of its residents; and

(3)(b)#

Shall use the services of a registered professional nurse at least 8 consecutive hours per day, 7 days per week.

(4)#

Subject to subd. 5., the department may waive the requirement under subd. 3. a. or b. if all of the following apply: a. The nursing facility demonstrates to the satisfaction of the department that the nursing facility has been unable, despite diligent efforts including offering wages at the community prevailing rate for nursing facilities, to recruit appropriate personnel. b. The department determines that a waiver of the requirement will not endanger the health or safety of nursing facility residents. c. The department finds that a registered professional nurse or a physician is obligated to respond immediately to telephone calls from the nursing facility for any periods in which licensed nursing services are not available.

(4)(a)#

The nursing facility demonstrates to the satisfaction of the department that the nursing facility has been unable, despite diligent efforts including offering wages at the community prevailing rate for nursing facilities, to recruit appropriate personnel.

(4)(b)#

The department determines that a waiver of the requirement will not endanger the health or safety of nursing facility residents.

(4)(c)#

The department finds that a registered professional nurse or a physician is obligated to respond immediately to telephone calls from the nursing facility for any periods in which licensed nursing services are not available.

(5)#

A waiver under subd. 4. is subject to annual review by the department and to review by the secretary of the federal department of health and human services. The department may, in granting or reviewing a waiver, require the nursing facility to employ other qualified, licensed personnel.