Wis. Stat. § 48.599
This is the official text of Wis. Stat. § 48.599, part of Wisconsin’s Wisconsin Statutes — the complete compiled statutory law of Wisconsin, organized into numbered chapters by subject.
Not legal advice. This page reproduces the official text of a government statute for reference only. Laws change, and how a statute applies depends on your specific facts. For advice about your situation, consult a licensed attorney in your state.
Definitions.
Official statutory text
In this subchapter:
(1g) “Child” means a person under 18 years of age. For purposes of the authority to provide care and maintenance for a child placed in a residential care center for children and youth operated by a child welfare agency and of counting the number of children for whom a child welfare agency may provide such care and maintenance, “child” also includes a person 18 years of age or over, but under 21 years of age, who is placed in a residential care center for children and youth operated by a child welfare agency under an order under s. 48.355 , 48.357 , 48.365 , 938.355 , 938.357 , or 938.365 that terminates after the person attains 18 years of age, under a voluntary transition-to-independent-living agreement under s. 48.366 (3) or 938.366 (3) , or under the placement and care responsibility of another state under 42 USC 675 (8) (B) (iv).
(1r) “Physical restraint” includes all of the following:
(a) A locked room.
(b) A device or garment that interferes with a child’s freedom of movement and that the child is unable to remove easily.
(c) Restraint by a child welfare agency staff member of a child by use of physical force.
(2) “Psychotropic medication” means an antipsychotic, antidepressant, lithium carbonate or a tranquilizer.
History: 1989 a. 336 ; 2015 a. 55 .
(1g) “Child” means a person under 18 years of age. For purposes of the authority to provide care and maintenance for a child placed in a residential care center for children and youth operated by a child welfare agency and of counting the number of children for whom a child welfare agency may provide such care and maintenance, “child” also includes a person 18 years of age or over, but under 21 years of age, who is placed in a residential care center for children and youth operated by a child welfare agency under an order under s. 48.355 , 48.357 , 48.365 , 938.355 , 938.357 , or 938.365 that terminates after the person attains 18 years of age, under a voluntary transition-to-independent-living agreement under s. 48.366 (3) or 938.366 (3) , or under the placement and care responsibility of another state under 42 USC 675 (8) (B) (iv).
(1r) “Physical restraint” includes all of the following:
(a) A locked room.
(b) A device or garment that interferes with a child’s freedom of movement and that the child is unable to remove easily.
(c) Restraint by a child welfare agency staff member of a child by use of physical force.
(2) “Psychotropic medication” means an antipsychotic, antidepressant, lithium carbonate or a tranquilizer.
History: 1989 a. 336 ; 2015 a. 55 .
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
Need a lawyer in Wisconsin?
Find a Wisconsin lawyer
About this page: Statute text is reproduced from official government publishers via the
Open US Law dataset
(Vaquill AI, snapshot v2026.08, CC BY 4.0). Primary legislative text like this is public domain under the government-edicts doctrine
(Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). We link every section back to its official source so you can verify it independently.