Wisconsin § 50.10 - Private cause of action.
Full text of Wisconsin Wisconsin Statutes § 50.10 — Private cause of action., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 50.10. Private cause of action.
50.10(1) (1) Any person residing in a nursing home has an independent cause of action to correct conditions in the nursing home or acts or omissions by the nursing home or by the department, that: 50.10(1)(a) (a) The person alleges violate this subchapter or rules promulgated under this subchapter; and 50.10(1)(b) (b) The person alleges are foreseeably related to impairing the person’s health, safety, personal care, rights or welfare. 50.10(2) (2) Actions under this section are for mandamus against the department or for injunctive relief against either the nursing home or the department. 50.10 History History: 1981 c. 121 , 391 . 50.10 Annotation This section applies only to residents of a nursing home, which is different from a community based residential facility. Residents of community-based residential facilities do not have a private cause of action for statutory or administrative code violations. Farr v. Alternative Living Services, Inc., 2002 WI App 88 , 253 Wis. 2d 790 , 643 N.W.2d 841 , 01-0971 . 50.10 Annotation Wisconsin’s Private Cause of Action for Nursing Home Residents. Bertrand. Wis. Law. Sept. 1989. 50.10 Annotation Protecting the Rights of Nursing Home Residents. Spitzer-Resnick. Wis. Law. May 1993.
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Section 50.10 ("Private cause of action.") is part of the Wisconsin Statutes, the codified statutory law of Wisconsin. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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