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Wis. Stat. § 51.64

Reports of death required; penalty; assessment

1989 a. 336.

(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 7851.64 MENTAL HEALTH ACT 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.

Official source: Wisconsin State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Wisconsin statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.