{"data":{"id":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-51.64","jurisdiction":"us-wi","citation":"Wis. Stat. § 51.64","heading":"Reports of death required; penalty; assessment.","body":"(1) In this section:\n(a) “Physical restraint” includes all of the following:\n1. A locked room.\n2. A device or garment that interferes with an individual’s freedom of movement and that the individual is unable to remove easily.\n3. Restraint by a treatment facility staff member of a person admitted or committed to the treatment facility, by use of physical force.\n(b) “Psychotropic medication” means an antipsychotic, antidepressant, lithium carbonate or a tranquilizer.\n(2)\n(a) No later than 24 hours after the death of a person admitted or committed to a treatment facility, the treatment facility shall report the death to the department if one of the following applies:\n1. There is reasonable cause to believe that the death was related to the use of physical restraint or a psychotropic medication.\n3. There is reasonable cause to believe that the death was a suicide.","path":["Chs. 46-58, Charitable, Curative, Reformatory and Penal Institutions and Agencies","Chapter 51 State Alcohol, Drug Abuse, Developmental Disabilities And Mental Health Act"],"source_url":"https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/51.64","current_through":"2023-24 Wisconsin Statutes updated through 2025 Wis. Act 247 (published 9-4-26)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T12:00:27Z","sha256":"d5debec261fb063d2280797e8a2bcb08033fc59609623ea0a7f52e3a1b690509","source_id":"us-wi","stale":false,"prev":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-51.63","next":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-51.65"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}