Section 340.1327 Workplace Violence Prevention Program

Section 340.1327

Workplace

Violence Prevention Program

a)

A

veterans' home is subject to the Health Care Violence Prevention Act.

(Section

2.7 of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Act)

b)         A

facility

shall display a notice, either by physical or electronic means,

stating that verbal aggression will not be tolerated and physical assault will

be reported to law enforcement.

(Section 15(c) of the Health Care Violence

Prevention Act)

c)         A

facility

shall create a workplace violence prevention program that complies

with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Guidelines for

Preventing Workplace Violence for Healthcare and Social Service Workers.  In

addition, the workplace violence prevention program shall include:

1)

The

following classification of workplace violence as one of 4 possible types:

A)

"Type

1 violence" – workplace violence committed by a person who has no

legitimate business at the work site and includes violent acts by anyone who

enters the workplace with the intent to commit a crime;

B)

"Type

2 violence" – workplace violence directed at employees by customers,

clients, patients, students, inmates, visitors, or other individuals

accompanying a patient;

C)

"Type

3 violence" – workplace violence against an employee by a present or

former employee, supervisor, or manager;

or

D)

"Type

4 violence" – workplace violence committed in the workplace by someone who

does not work there, but has or is known to have had a personal relationship

with an employee

clients, patients, students, inmates, visitors, or other individuals

accompanying a patient;

C)

"Type

3 violence" – workplace violence against an employee by a present or

former employee, supervisor, or manager;

or

D)

"Type

4 violence" – workplace violence committed in the workplace by someone who

does not work there, but has or is known to have had a personal relationship

with an employee.

2)

Management

commitment and worker participation, including, but not limited to, nurses;

3)

Worksite analysis

and identification of potential hazards;

4)

Hazard prevention

and control;

5)

Safety

and health training

that includes annual completion of one of the following

online courses:

A)        Preventing

Workplace Violence in Healthcare, available at:

https://www.oshatrain.org/courses/mods/776e.html; or

B)        Workplace

Violence Prevention for Nurses, available at:

https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/violence/;

and

6)

Recordkeeping

and evaluation of the violence prevention program.

(Section 20 of the

Health Care Violence Prevention Act)

d)         A facility workplace

violence prevention program shall also include:

1)         An overview

of the incidence and prevalence of sexual assault and sexual violence;

2)         Strategies and

approaches to prevent sexual violence;

3)         Intervention procedures

to report sexual violence;

4)         Contact

information for local programs and services to assist victims of sexual

violence; and

5)         Additional

training and education resources regarding the prevention and reporting of

sexual violence, including, but not limited to, the Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention's STOP SV: A Technical Package to Prevent Sexual Violence,

available at:

https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/SV-Prevention-Technical-Package.pdf.