26B-2-245. Workplace violence incident reporting in hospitals.
(1) As used in this section: "Hospital" means: a general acute hospital, as that term is defined in Section; or 26B-2-201 a specialty hospital, as that term is defined in Section. 26B-2-201 "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: establish a workplace violence incident reporting system; record all reported incidents of workplace violence as voluntarily reported by an employee; adopt a policy that prohibits discrimination or retaliation against an employee for reporting or participating in an investigation; analyze collected data; maintain the record of reported workplace violence incidents for at least two years; and 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: collect information regarding a workplace violence incident, including: the date and time of the incident; a description of the incident; the job category of the victim employees; whether the perpetrator was a patient, visitor, or employee; and the immediate response to the incident; be clearly communicated to all employees, including new employees at orientation; include guidelines on when and how to report incidents of workplace violence to an employer, security agencies, and appropriate law enforcement authorities; and 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.