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55.22 – Records.

55.22 Records. (1) No records of the court pertaining to protective services or protective placement proceedings, including evaluations, reviews and recommendations prepared under s. 55.11 (1) (c), are open to public inspection but any record is available to all of the following: (a) The individual who is the subject of the proceedings and the individual’s […]

55.23 – Patients’ rights.

55.23 Patients’ rights. (1) The rights and limitations upon rights, procedures for enforcement of rights, and penalties prescribed in s. 51.61 apply to individuals who receive services under this chapter, whether on a voluntary or involuntary basis. (2) A parent who has been denied periods of physical placement under s. 767.41 (4) (b) or 767.451 […]

58.01 – Private institutions for orphans, indigents and delinquent children.

58.01 Private institutions for orphans, indigents and delinquent children. (1) Any corporation organized for the establishment and maintenance of any hospital, asylum or other institution for the care and relief of sick, infirm, indigent or homeless persons, or for any similar charitable purpose may receive all such persons as shall be lawfully committed thereto or […]

55.18 – Annual review of protective placement.

55.18 Annual review of protective placement. All of the following shall be performed with respect to any individual who is subject to an order for protective placement under s. 55.12 or to an order for protective placement initially issued under s. 55.06 (9) (a), 2003 stats.: (1) County department performance of review. (a) The county […]

55.195 – Duties of guardian ad litem for protective services reviews.

55.195 Duties of guardian ad litem for protective services reviews. In any review of a protective services order made under s. 55.12, except as provided in s. 55.19 (2), the guardian ad litem shall do all of the following: (1) Interview the ward to explain the review procedure, the right to an independent evaluation, the […]

55.20 – Appeals.

55.20 Appeals. An appeal may be taken to the court of appeals from a final judgment or final order under this chapter within the time period specified in s. 808.04 (3) and in accordance with s. 809.30 by the subject of the petition or the individual’s guardian, by any petitioner, or by the representative of […]

55.21 – Centers for the developmentally disabled.

55.21 Centers for the developmentally disabled. Protective placements to centers for the developmentally disabled and discharges from such institutions shall be in compliance with s. 51.35 (4). History: 2005 a. 264 s. 153.

55.14 – Involuntary administration of psychotropic medication.

55.14 Involuntary administration of psychotropic medication. (1) In this section: (a) “Involuntary administration of psychotropic medication” means any of the following: 1. Placing psychotropic medication in an individual’s food or drink with knowledge that the individual protests receipt of the psychotropic medication. 2. Forcibly restraining an individual to enable administration of psychotropic medication. 3. Requiring […]