51.64 Reports of death required; penalty; assessment. - Wisconsin Statutes

51.64

51.64 Reports of death required; penalty; assessment.

51.64(1)

(1) In this section:

51.64(1)(a)

(a) "Physical restraint" includes all of the following:

51.64(1)(a)1.

1. A locked room.

51.64(1)(a)2.

2. A device or garment that interferes with an individual's freedom of movement and that the individual is unable to remove easily.

51.64(1)(a)3.

3. Restraint by a treatment facility staff member of a person admitted or committed to the treatment facility, by use of physical force.

51.64(1)(b)

(b) "Psychotropic medication" means an antipsychotic, antidepressant, lithium carbonate or a tranquilizer.

51.64(2)

(2)

51.64(2)(a)

(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:

51.64(2)(a)1.

1. There is reasonable cause to believe that the death was related to the use of physical restraint or a psychotropic medication.

51.64(2)(a)3.

3. There is reasonable cause to believe that the death was a suicide.

51.64 - ANNOT.

History: 1989 a. 336.