§ 40:2199.15 — Healthcare workplace violence prevention plans

Louisiana § 40:2199.15

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 40: Public Health and Safety

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§2199.15. Healthcare workplace violence prevention plans
A.(1) Each regulated entity shall develop and maintain a workplace violence
prevention plan that includes, at minimum, all of the following resources:
(a) Resources for ongoing education on the issue of workplace violence.
(b) Resources for prevention of workplace violence.
(c) Resources on responding to incidents of workplace violence and debriefing with
respect to such incidents and responses thereto.
(2) Each healthcare workplace violence prevention plan developed pursuant to this
Section shall address and encompass all of the following:
(a) Personnel education and policies requiring all healthcare workers who provide
direct care to patients to receive, at least annually, education and training in a format that
provides an opportunity for interactive questions and answers with a person knowledgeable
about the workplace violence prevention plan. The education and training delivered pursuant
to a workplace violence prevention plan shall cover topics including but not limited to all of
the following:
(i) How to recognize the potential for violence to occur.
(ii) When and how to seek assistance to prevent or respond to violence.
(iii) How to report violent incidents to law enforcement.
(iv) Resources available to employees for coping with incidents of workplace
violence.
(b) A system for responding to and investigating violent incidents and situations
involving violence.
(c) A system for regularly, and not less than annually, assessing and improving upon
factors that may contribute to or help in preventing workplace violence. This system shall
address, without limitation, all of the following aspects of the workplace:
(i) Staffing, including staffing patterns that may contribute to, or be insufficient to
address, the risk of violence.
(ii) Sufficiency of security systems including alarms, emergency response systems,
and availability of security personnel.
(iii) Job design, equipment, and facilities.
(iv) Security risks associated with particular units of the workplace, areas of the
regulated entity's facility with uncontrolled access, late night or early morning shifts, and
areas surrounding the facility such as employee parking areas.
(d) A requirement that the regulated entity maintain and make available to its
employees a written safety and security plan.
B. The department may prescribe additional required content beyond the material
required by Subsection A of this Section for workplace violence prevention plans.
C. Each regulated entity shall orient all permanent and temporary employees of the
entity's facility to the workplace violence prevention plan of the entity.
D. Each regulated entity shall maintain its workplace violence prevention plan in
effect at all times.

Legislative History

Acts 2022, No. 461, §1, 2B.