Texas § 331.002 WORKPLACE VIOLENCE PREVENTION COMMITTEE.

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§ 331.002 — WORKPLACE VIOLENCE PREVENTION COMMITTEE.

Texas § 331.002

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Tex. Health and Safety Code Code Ann. § 331.002 (2026).

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Sec. 331.002. WORKPLACE VIOLENCE PREVENTION COMMITTEE.

(a)Each facility shall establish a workplace violence prevention committee or authorize an existing facility committee to develop the workplace violence prevention plan required under Section 331.004 .

(b)A committee must include at least:

(1)one registered nurse who provides direct care to patients of the facility;

(2)except as provided by Subsection (c), one physician licensed to practice medicine in this state who provides direct care to patients of the facility; and

(3)one facility employee who provides security services for the facility if any and if practicable.

(c)If a facility described by Section 331.001 (3)(A) does not have on staff at least one physician described by Subsection (b)(2), the facility is not required to i

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Sec. 331.002. WORKPLACE VIOLENCE PREVENTION COMMITTEE. (a) Each facility shall establish a workplace violence prevention committee or authorize an existing facility committee to develop the workplace violence prevention plan required under Section 331.004 .
(b) A committee must include at least:
(1) one registered nurse who provides direct care to patients of the facility;
(2) except as provided by Subsection (c), one physician licensed to practice medicine in this state who provides direct care to patients of the facility; and
(3) one facility employee who provides security services for the facility if any and if practicable.
(c) If a facility described by Section 331.001 (3)(A) does not have on staff at least one physician described by Subsection (b)(2), the facility is not required to include a physician on the committee.
(d) A health care system that owns or operates more than one facility may establish a single committee for all of the system's facilities if:
(1) the committee develops a violence prevention plan for implementation at each facility in the system; and
(2) data related to violence prevention remains distinctly identifiable for each facility in the system.