26B-2-245. Workplace violence incident reporting in hospitals.
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Effective 5/6/2026
26B-2-245. Workplace violence incident reporting in hospitals.
(1)As used in this section:
(a)"Hospital" means:
(i)a general acute hospital, as that term is defined in Section 26B-2-201 ; or
(ii)a specialty hospital, as that term is defined in Section 26B-2-201 .
(b)"Workplace violence" means the same as that term is defined in Section 78B-7-1101 .
(2)On or before November 1, 2026, a hospital shall:
(a)establish a workplace violence incident reporting system;
(b)record all reported incidents of workplace violence as voluntarily reported by an employee;
(c)adopt a policy that prohibits discrimination or retaliation against an employee for reporting or participating in an investigation;
(d)analyze collected data;
(e)maintain the record of reported workplace violence incidents for at least two years; and
(f)report data collected to the chief medical officer and the chief nursing officer on a quarterly basis.
(3)A workplace violence incident reporting system shall:
(a)collect information regarding a workplace violence incident, including:
(i)the date and time of the incident;
(ii)a description of the incident;
(iii)the job category of the victim employees;
(iv)whether the perpetrator was a patient, visitor, or employee; and
(v)the immediate response to the incident;
(b)be clearly communicated to all employees, including new employees at orientation;
(c)include guidelines on when and how to report incidents of workplace violence to an employer, security agencies, and appropriate law enforcement authorities; and
(d)be used to make improvements in preventing workplace violence, including improvements achieved through continuing education in targeted areas, de-escalation training, risk identification, and violence prevention planning.
(4)A hospital shall report the number of workplace violence incidents annually to the department.
Enacted by Chapter 143 , 2026 General Session