Wisconsin § 50.06 - Certain admissions to facilities.

§ 50.06. Certain admissions to facilities.

50.06(1) (1) In this section: 50.06(1)(a) (a) “Adult-at-risk agency” has the meaning given in s. 55.01 (1f) . 50.06(1)(b) (b) “Advanced practice clinician” has the meaning given in s. 155.01 (1g) . 50.06(1)(c) (c) “Incapacitated” means unable to receive and evaluate information effectively or to communicate decisions to such an extent that the individual lacks the capacity to manage his or her health care decisions, including decisions about his or her post-hospital care. 50.06(1)(d) (d) “Patient’s representative” means the individual described under sub. (3) who may consent to an admission of an incapacitated individual under sub. (2) . 50.06(2) (2) An individual under sub. (3) may consent to admission, directly from a hospital to a facility, of an incapacitated individual who does not have a valid power of attorney for health care and who has not been adjudicated incompetent in this state, if all of the following apply: 50.06(2)(a) (a) No person who is listed under sub. (3) in the same order of priority as, or higher in priority than, the individual who is consenting to the proposed admission disagrees with the proposed admission. 50.06(2)(am) (am) 50.06(2)(am)1. 1. Except as provided in subd. 2. , no person who is listed under sub. (3) and who resides with the incapacitated individual disagrees with the proposed admission. 50.06(2)(am)2. 2. Subdivision 1. does not apply if any of the following applies: 50.06(2)(am)2.a. a. The individual who is consenting to the proposed admission resides with the incapacitated individual. 50.06(2)(am)2.b. b. The individual who is consenting to the proposed admission is the spouse or domestic partner under ch. 770 of the incapacitated person. 50.06(2)(b) (b) The individual for whom admission is sought is not diagnosed as developmentally disabled or as having a mental illness, as defined in s. 51.01 (13) (a) , at the time of the proposed admission. 50.06(2)(c) (c) Unless the incapacitated individual is admitted to a facility under sub. (8) , a petition for guardianship for the individual under s.