50.35 Application and approval. Application for approval to maintain a hospital shall be made to the department on forms provided by the department. On receipt of an application, the department shall, except as provided in s. 50.498, issue a certificate of approval if the applicant and hospital facilities meet the requirements for hospitals. The department shall issue a single certificate of approval for the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority that applies to all of the Authority's inpatient and outpatient hospital facilities that meet the requirements for hospitals and for which the Authority requests approval. For a free-standing pediatric teaching hospital, the department shall issue a single certificate of approval that applies to all of the hospital's inpatient and outpatient hospital facilities that meet the requirements for hospitals and for which the hospital requests approval. Except as provided in s. 50.498, this approval shall be in effect until, for just cause and in the manner herein prescribed, it is suspended or revoked. The certificate of approval may be issued only for the premises and persons or governmental unit named in the application and is not transferable or assignable. The department shall withhold, suspend, or revoke approval for a failure to comply with s. 165.40 (6) (a) 1. or 2., but, except as provided in s. 50.498, otherwise may not withhold, suspend, or revoke approval unless for a substantial failure to comply with the requirements for hospitals after giving a reasonable notice, a fair hearing, and a reasonable opportunity to comply. Failure by a hospital to comply with s. 50.36 (3m) shall be considered to be a substantial failure to comply under this section.
History: 1975 c. 413 ss. 4, 18; Stats. 1975 s. 50.35; 1989 a. 37; 1997 a. 93, 237; 2009 a. 2, 28; 2013 a. 236.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 50 - Uniform licensure.
50.02 - Department; powers and duties.
50.03 - Licensing, powers and duties.
50.032 - Certification of certain adult family homes.
50.033 - Licensure of certain adult family homes.
50.034 - Residential care apartment complexes.
50.035 - Special provisions relating to regulation of community-based residential facilities.
50.037 - Community-based residential facility licensing fees.
50.04 - Special provisions applying to licensing and regulation of nursing homes.
50.045 - Therapeutic alternate drug selections in nursing homes.
50.05 - Placement of monitor and appointment of receiver.
50.06 - Certain admissions to facilities.
50.065 - Criminal history and patient abuse record search.
50.08 - Informed consent for psychotropic medications.
50.085 - Visitation by family members.
50.09 - Rights of residents in certain facilities.
50.095 - Resident's right to know; nursing home reports.
50.098 - Appeals of transfers or discharges.
50.10 - Private cause of action.
50.12 - Waiver of federal requirements.
50.13 - Fees permitted for a workshop or seminar.
50.135 - Licensing and approval fees for inpatient health care facilities.
50.14 - Assessments on licensed beds.
50.32 - Hospital regulation and approval act.
50.35 - Application and approval.
50.37 - Notification to accrediting organization.
50.375 - Emergency contraception for sexual assault victims.
50.39 - Exemptions and enforcement.
50.49 - Licensing and regulation of home health agencies.
50.495 - Fees permitted for a workshop or seminar.
50.52 - Licensing procedure and requirements.
50.53 - Inspections and investigations.
50.55 - Penalties and remedies.
50.57 - Fees permitted for a workshop or seminar.
50.91 - Departmental powers and duties.
50.92 - Licensing requirements.
50.925 - Use of name or advertising prohibited.
50.94 - Admission to and care in a hospice for certain incapacitated persons.
50.942 - Accompaniment or visitation.