940.295 Abuse and neglect of patients and residents.
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940.295 Abuse and neglect of patients and residents.
(1)Definitions. In this section:
(ad)“Abuse” has the meaning given in s. 46.90
(a).
(ag)“Adult at risk” has the meaning given in s. 55.01
(1e).
(am)“Adult family home” has the meaning given in s. 50.01
(1).
(b)“Bodily harm” has the meaning given in s. 46.90
(aj).
(c)“Community-based residential facility” has the meaning given in s. 50.01
(1g).
(cr)“Elder adult at risk” has the meaning given in s. 46.90
(br).
(d)“Foster home” has the meaning given in s. 48.02
(6).
(e)“Great bodily harm” has the meaning given in s. 939.22
(14).
(f)“Group home” has the meaning given in s. 48.02
(7).
(g)“Home health agency” has the meaning given in s. 50.49
(a).
(h)“Hospice” has the meaning given in s. 50.90
(1).
(hr)“Individual at risk” means an elder adult at risk or an adult at risk.
(i)“Inpatient health care facility” has the meaning given in s. 50.135
(1).
(k)“Neglect” has the meaning given in s. 46.90
(f).
(km)“Negligence” means an act, omission, or course of conduct that the actor should realize creates a substantial and unreasonable risk of death, great bodily harm, or bodily harm to another person.
(L)“Patient” means any person who does any of the following:
1. Receives care or treatment from a facility or program under sub.
(2), from an employee of a facility or program or from a person providing services under contract with a facility or program.
2. Arrives at a facility or program under sub.
(2)for the purpose of receiving care or treatment from a facility or program under sub.
(2), from an employee of a facility or program under sub.
(2), or from a person providing services under contract with a facility or program under sub.
(2).
(o)“Recklessly” means conduct that creates a situation of unreasonable risk of death or harm to and demonstrates a conscious disregard for the safety of the patient or resident.
(p)“Resident” means any person who resides in a facility under sub.
(2).
(r)“State treatment facility” has the meaning given in s. 51.01
(15).
(s)“Treatment facility” has the meaning given in s. 51.01
(19).
(2)Applicability. This section applies to any of the following types of facilities or programs:
(a)An adult day care center.
(b)An adult family home.