Wisconsin Statutes 51.64 – Reports of death required; penalty; assessment
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Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 51.64
- Following: when used by way of reference to any statute section, means the section next following that in which the reference is made. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- Person: includes all partnerships, associations and bodies politic or corporate. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- Treatment: means those psychological, educational, social, chemical, medical or somatic techniques designed to bring about rehabilitation of a mentally ill, alcoholic, drug dependent or developmentally disabled person. See Wisconsin Statutes 51.01
- Treatment facility: means any publicly or privately operated facility or unit thereof providing treatment of alcoholic, drug dependent, mentally ill or developmentally disabled persons, including but not limited to inpatient and outpatient treatment programs, community support programs and rehabilitation programs. See Wisconsin Statutes 51.01
(1) In this section:
(a) “Physical restraint” includes all of the following:
1. A locked room.
2. A device or garment that interferes with an individual’s freedom of movement and that the individual is unable to remove easily.
3. Restraint by a treatment facility staff member of a person admitted or committed to the treatment facility, by use of physical force.
(b) “Psychotropic medication” means an antipsychotic, antidepressant, lithium carbonate or a tranquilizer.
(2)
(a) No later than 24 hours after the death of a person admitted or committed to a treatment facility, the treatment facility shall report the death to the department if one of the following applies:
1. There is reasonable cause to believe that the death was related to the use of physical restraint or a psychotropic medication.
3. There is reasonable cause to believe that the death was a suicide.