Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Corrections
Chapter DOC 347 - SECURED RESIDENTIAL CARE CENTERS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH
Subchapter VI - Health and Mental Health Care
Section DOC 347.26 - Suicide and self-harm prevention
Universal Citation: WI Admin Code ยง DOC 347.26
Current through August 26, 2024
(1) RISK OF SERIOUS HARM. The facility shall do all of the following:
(a) Obtain documented
information from a transporting agency's observation pertaining to a youth's
mental health and potential for suicide or self-harm.
(b) Determine whether the youth has ever
considered or engaged in self-harm or attempted suicide.
(c) Require staff to immediately notify
qualified medical and mental health professionals of all incidents of self-harm
or attempted self-harm. The notification and incident shall be
documented.
(d) Require staff to
immediately notify qualified medical and mental health professionals of youth
who have communicated having ideation, plan, or intent to engage in self-harm
or suicide. The notification and incident shall be documented.
(2) SUICIDE OR SELF-HARM WATCH. The facility shall do all of the following:
(a) Identify designated supervisory staff to
be notified if a youth is determined to be a suicide or self-harm
risk.
(b) Designate areas within
the facility and provide security precautions for youth who are placed on
suicide or self-harm watch.
(c)
Establish monitoring procedures for youth on suicide or self-harm watch,
including frequency and documentation of wellness checks under s. DOC 347.48.
(3) YOUTH SUPERVISION. The facility shall do all of the following:
(a) Identify staff who may initiate a suicide
or self-harm watch.
(b) Require
notification to qualified mental health professionals when the youth is placed
on suicide or self-harm watch. Assessment by a qualified mental health
professional shall be completed as soon as practicable.
(c) Identify qualified mental health
professionals who are authorized to remove a youth from a suicide or self-harm
watch status after an in-person assessment.
(d) Establish requirements for the frequency
of communication between health care and facility staff regarding the status of
a youth who is on suicide or self-harm watch.
(e) Establish an intervention protocol during
an apparent suicide or self-harm attempt, including life-sustaining
measures.
(f) Notify the youth's
parent or legal guardian any time a youth is placed on suicide or self-harm
watch.
(g) Notify the youth's case
worker in the county or tribe of supervision any time a youth is placed on
suicide or self-harm watch.
(h)
Identify persons to be notified in case of attempted or completed suicides or
self-harm.
(4) DOCUMENTATION. The facility shall document actions taken and decisions made regarding youth who are at risk of attempting suicide or self-harm, including all of the following:
(a) Individual
initiating the suicide or self-harm watch.
(b) Date and time watch was
initiated.
(c) Reason watch was
initiated.
(d) Date, time, and name
of supervisor contacted.
(e) Date
and time of referral to a qualified mental health professional.
(f) Written documentation from the qualified
mental health professional removing a youth from a suicide or self-harm watch
including name, date, and time.
(g)
Date and time of notification to youth's parent or legal guardian under sub.
(3) (f).
(h) Date and time of
notification to youth's case worker in the county or tribe of supervision under
sub. (3) (g).
(5) SUPPORT SERVICES. The facility shall provide access to debriefing and support services for youth and staff following a suicide or self-harm incident.
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