Wis. Admin. Code Department of Health Services DHS 62.05 - Intoxicated driver assessment facilities
(1) GENERAL
REQUIREMENTS. No agency may conduct intoxicated driver assessments and develop
driver safety plans unless appointed by the board as a designated intoxicated
driver assessment facility under s.
DHS
62.04(1). The policies and procedures
required under par. (a) shall be uniformly applied to all clients. An
assessment facility shall do all of the following:
(a) Implement written policies and procedures
for all of the following:
1. Client intake
and orientation.
2. Maintaining
client records. Policies implemented for client records shall be consistent
with the policies, procedures and guidelines on confidentiality of client
records created by the board under s.
DHS 62.04(3) (a)
2., ch. DHS 92, 45 CFR Part 164, Subpart E
and other applicable state and federal laws.
3. Assessment and driver safety plans.
Policies implemented for assessments and driver safety plans shall include a
process for referring residents to appropriate plan providers and non-residents
to an appropriate comparable intoxicated driver program in the person's state
of residence.
4. Prohibit illegal
discrimination by the program and staff.
5. Client rights and appeals process,
including client notification of those rights.
6. Collaboration and correspondence with
other assessment facilities, the courts, the designated coordinator, the
Wisconsin department of transportation, traffic safety schools, driver safety
plan providers, and clients.
7.
Staff training.
8. Reporting
requirements.
9. Fees.
10. Conflict of interest
guidelines.
11. Quality
assurance.
(b) Maintain
a list of plan providers and fees policies of these providers that is updated
annually.
(c) Perform other
appropriate duties under this chapter as authorized by the
board.
(2) STAFFING.
(a)
Required staff.
1. An assessment facility shall employ or
contract with at least one intoxicated driver assessor. Each intoxicated driver
assessor employed or under contract with the facility shall have successfully
completed the intoxicated driver assessor training under sub. (3) and have the
qualifications of one of the following professions:
a. A substance abuse counselor as defined
under s.
DHS 75.02(84)
(a).
b. A clinical supervisor as defined under s.
DHS
75.02(11).
c. A professional as defined in s.
DHS 61.06(1) to
(13).
d. A social worker; marriage and family
therapist; or professional counselor licensed under ch. 457, Stats.
2. The department may approve the
employment of individuals with lesser qualifications than those stated in subd.
1. if the assessment facility can demonstrate and document need. The department
may limit the duration of any exception granted under this subdivision.
(b)
Supervision. Competency in intoxicated driver assessment
skills shall be documented through supervisor evaluations. The intoxicated
driver program assessor shall be supervised by a superior who has completed the
intoxicated driver assessment training required under sub. (3) and be
knowledgeable in psychopharmacology of substances, addiction, and addiction
treatment as evidenced by education, training, or experience.
(3) TRAINING.
(a) Assessment facilities shall arrange for
attendance of its intoxicated driver assessors at department-approved assessor
training and other staff development training including training in local
procedures provided or arranged by the designated coordinator.
(b) Each assessor shall successfully complete
a minimum of 6 hours of continuing education each year. Continuing education
may include formal courses awarding credits or continuing education units,
workshops, seminars, or correspondence courses in any of the following areas:
1. Psychological and socio-cultural aspects
of alcohol and drug abuse.
2.
Pharmacology.
3. Communication and
interviewing skills.
4. Screening,
intake, assessment and treatment planning.
5. Human development, abnormal behavior,
mental illness, or social learning theory.
6. Motivational interviewing.
7. Brief intervention.
8. Case management.
9. Record keeping.
10. Ethics.
11. Crisis intervention.
12. Outreach.
13. Quality assurance.
14. Other topics approved by the designated
coordinator or the department.
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