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DQA Numbered Memos for resident care apartment complexes are documents issued by the Division that deal with policies, information and interpretation of federal and state regulations and guidelines of the programs under the jurisdiction of the Division of Quality Assurance.

Memo#

Date Issued

Subject

08-024 09/30/08 Assisted Living Medication Management Initiative
08-023 08/19/08 Electronic Video Monitoring and Filming in BAL Regulated Facilities
08-022 07/08/08 Wisconsin Nurse Aide Certificate Update
08-020 06/11/08 Recent FDA Medication Recalls and Compliance
08-018 07/07/08 Reporting Hotline for Health Care Providers
08-016 06/03/08 Division of Quality Assurance complaint Resources
08-015 06/02/08 Notice of Mandatory Requirement to Submit Four-Year Renewal of Licensee Background Check Information
08-013 05/06/08 Glucose Meters and Infection Control
08-007 03/18/08 Caregiver Background Check Update
08-005 03/10/08 Resident-to-Resident (Client/Patient) Abuse Webcast Training
08-003 03/04/08 Medication Waste and Collection Programs
08-002 03/04/08 Warfarin Monitoring
07-021 11/01/07 Consultant and Management Company List
07-018 10/30/07 Self-Report/Facility Reporting Requirements, Including Adult-at-Risk Reporting Requirements
07-014 08/24/07 Do-Not-Resuscitate (DNR) Information
07-012 07/27/07 Administration of Psychotropic Medication: Statutory Requirements, Rules and Reporting
07-011 07/16/07 Serious and Persistent Mental Illness and Dementia Resources
07-010 06/26/07 Office of Caregiver Quality Is Moving
07-009 06/26/07 Division of Quality Assurance Southern Regional Office Move
07-008 05/29/07 Medication Return, Donation, and Disposal
07-007 05/09/07 Wisconsin Nurse Aide Competency Testing and Registry Services Update
07-006 05/04/07 DHFS Reorganization
07-005 03/30/07 Anniversary of the Wisconsin Caregiver Law
07-003 02/05/07 Norovirus Recognition, Transmission Pevention and Reporting
06-031 12/11/06 Post Survey Questionnaire Now Available via On-Line Survey
06-030 11/30/06 Self-Report/Facility Reporting Requirements
06-029 12/14/06 Assisted Living Section Regional Boundaries Effective January 1, 2007
06-028 11/15/06 Adult-at-risk, including Elder Adult-at-Risk
06-027 11/13/06 Disaster Preparedness Memo
06-023 10/05/06 BQA Transfer and Name Change
06-019 9/11/06 Temporary Address Change for BQA Southern Regional Office
06-016 7/24/06 Insulin and Assisted Living Industry
06-010 7/17/06 Assisted Living Industry - "State of the State"
06-008 05/15/06 DHFS 24-Hour Emergency Telephone Hotline for Reporting Public Health and Human Services Emergencies
06-004 6/8/06 Medicare Part D Issues: Timely Services and Medication Coverage Issues
06-001 1/3/06 Written Policies, Safety Precautions: Transporting Clients, Residents, Patients
05-015 - OBSOLETE, replaced by Names Removed From Wisconsin Nurse Aide Registry
05-013 9/22/05 New Procedure: Disseminating BQA Info
05-006 5/2/05 NIA Study: Sexual Abuse of Vulnerable Adults in Institutions
05-003 3/15/05 Destruction of Medications
05-002 3/15/05 Freedom of Choice of Pharmacy Provider
04-029 12/27/04 Sample Medications
04-028 11/22/04 Revised Caregiver Misconduct Reporting Requirements for BQA Entities
04-026 11/22/04 Physician Orders and Medications
04-025 9/9/04 Wisconsin Nurse Aide Training, Testing and Registry Update
04-019 8/31/04 Hospice Nurse Pronouncement of Death Regulations Update, 2003 WI Act 273
04-017 6/3/04 Assisted Living Workload Assignments
04-015 11/22/04 Safe Storage, Handling, Use of Oxygen
04-014 5/7/04 Promissor - Nurse Aide Testing and Registry Services Update
04-009  03/08/04 BQA Update - Office of Caregiver Quality
04-006 3/11/04 Medication Setup in Assisted Living - REVISED
04-004 3/5/04 Medication Administration by Unlicensed Assistive Personnel (UAPs)
03-017  1/3/04 New Assisted Living Survey Process
03-015 11/25/03 BQA Post Survey Questionnaire
03-008 5/7/03 Facilities Performing Tests on Human Specimens: CLIA Requirements
03-004 3/12/03 Wisconsin Nurse Aide Registry & Competency Testing Services Update
02-020 11/7/02 Wisconsin Nurse Aide Registry and Competency Testing Services Update 
02-019 10/14/02 Influenza and Pneumococcal Immunization Standing Orders
02-018 09/25/02 Administering Medications in RCACs
02-016 9/13/02 Four-Year Anniversary of Caregiver Law

02-012

7/26/02

Voluntary & Mandatory Medical Device Reporting - FDA

02-005

2/14/02

Family Care Resource Centers' Requirement to Provide Information

01-051

12/3/01

Disseminating BQA Memos

01-040

9/17/01

Federal Wage and Hour Laws

01-035

8/20/01

HFS 75 / HFS 83 Administrative Rule Cross-System Implementation

01-034

8/8/01

Recall of Fire Protection System Sprinklers

01-026 - Shared Resident Spaces in Mixed Occupancy Buildings - Currently Under Review

01-023

5/21/01

Baseboard Heaters

01-019

10/22/01

Communication with the BQA Resident Care Review Section

01-006

2/7/01

Requests for BQA Staff Participation in Training Events

00-081

12/12/00

Variance Fee - Health Care Facilities

00-079

11/29/00

Posting WI Caregiver Misconduct Registry

00-057

8/4/00

WI Caregiver Program Manual On-Line

00-054 - Do-Not-Resuscitate (DNR) Information - OBSOLETED 10/03

00-024

3/15/00

Update on Wisconsin Caregiver Legislation

00-017

2/11/00

Life Safety Informational Release

00-014

2/15/00

Disposal of Medical Records

99-077

12/30/99

Termination of Nurse Aide Training "Deemed" & "Grandparenting" Programs

99-073

12/10/99

Update on Wisconsin Caregiver Legislation

99-042

7/21/99

Recall of Air Conditioner and Heat Pump Electrical Capacitators

99-026

5/14/99

Address Changes in BQA

99-014

3/17/99

Caregiver Background Check/ Investigation Information - Memo 4

98-055 - Patients with Antibiotic Resistant Organisms in Health Care Settings OBSOLETE 9/05, see PPH 42513_0905(PDF, 166 KB)

Last Updated: October 06, 2008