Section DOC 316.04 - Copayment(1) Except for the exclusions listed under s. DOC 316.05, an inmate or a juvenile shall be charged a copayment for medical, dental or nursing services received at the request of the inmate or juvenile, including any face-to-face contact wherein the inmate or juvenile refuses to consent to a service offered in response to the inmate's or juvenile's request.(2)(a) During the assessment and evaluation process, the inmate and juvenile shall sign a notice form acknowledging that the inmate and juvenile shall be charged a copayment for non-emergency medical, dental or nursing services received at the request of the inmate or juvenile.(b) The notice form shall include a statement identifying the medical, dental or nursing services for which the inmate or juvenile will and will not be charged a copayment.(c) If the inmate or juvenile refuses to sign the notice form, the health care provider shall make a notation that the inmate or juvenile refused to sign the notice form and the health care provider shall sign the notation.(3) Staff shall charge a $7.50 copayment for each face-to-face contact for medical, dental or nursing services regardless of the number of services provided during the face-to-face contact. At the time of the face-to-face contact for medical, dental or nursing services, the inmate or juvenile shall sign a disbursement form acknowledging the receipt of health services. If the inmate or juvenile refuses to sign the disbursement form, the health care provider shall make a notation that the inmate or juvenile refused to sign the disbursement form and the health care provider shall sign the notation.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Corrections DOC 316.04
Cr. Register, October, 1995, No. 478, eff. 11-1-95; emerg. am. (3), eff. 9-3-02; CR 02-123: am. Register April 2003, No. 568, eff. 5-1-03.