Understanding Workplace Violence requirements for Healthcare Employers. Cal-OSHA Title 8, Section 3342
On October 21, 2016, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (Standards Board) unanimously passed a new General Industry Safety Order entitled “Workplace Violence Prevention in Health Care” (Standard). The Office of Administrative Law approved the Standard on December 8, 2016. The Standard is codified at Section 3342 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations and is effective April 1, 2017. Although Senate Bill 1299 only required a standard for hospitals, the Standards Board went further and the standard applies to any “health facility,” which is defined very broadly to mean “any facility, place, or building that is organized, maintained, and operated for the diagnosis, care, prevention, or treatment of human illness, physical or mental, including convalescence and rehabilitation and including care during and after pregnancy, or for any one or more of these purposes, for one or more persons, to which the persons are admitted for a 24-hour stay or longer.”
Local agencies are required to have Workplace Violence Plans and employee training currently through the agency’s Illness and Injury Prevention Program. This new standard affects healthcare employees who my fall into the broadly defined definition of WPV. It is important to understand the implication of the new standard for local government. This webinar will provide discussion about the requirements of the new standard and give agencies guidance on section 3342 issues.
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Phone: 916-850-7300
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