1. A medical facility shall maintain a log of
workplace violence incidents and record in the log information about every
incident, post-incident response and investigation regarding an injury
resulting from workplace violence.
2. Information which is recorded in the log
about each incident must be based on information solicited from the employees
who witnessed or experienced the workplace violence. Except as otherwise
provided in subsection 3, the information recorded in the log must include:
(a) The date, time and specific location of
the incident, including the unit of the medical facility in which the incident
took place.
(b) A detailed
description of the incident.
(c) A
classification of the person who committed the violent act, including whether
the perpetrator was:
(1) A patient, employee
or provider of health care of the medical facility;
(2) A vendor or supplier of or to the medical
facility;
(3) A family member or
friend of a patient, employee, provider of health care, vendor or
supplier;
(4) A coworker,
supervisor or manager employed by the medical facility;
(5) A partner, spouse, parent or other
relative of an employee of the medical facility;
(6) A stranger with criminal intent;
or
(7) Any other person.
(d) A classification of
surrounding circumstances at the time of the incident, including, without
limitation, whether the employee was:
(1)
Performing his or her usual job duties;
(2) Working in a poorly lit area;
(3) Required to work in an abnormally hurried
manner;
(4) Working during a period
of low staffing levels;
(5) In an
area where crime rates are higher than in surrounding areas;
(6) Isolated or alone;
(7) Unable to get help or
assistance;
(8) Working in a
community setting; or
(9) Working
in an unfamiliar or new location.
(e) A classification of the location where
the incident occurred, including, without limitation, whether it occurred in:
(1) The room of a patient;
(2) An emergency room or urgent care
center;
(3) A hallway;
(4) A waiting room;
(5) A restroom or bathroom;
(6) A break room;
(7) A cafeteria of the medical
facility;
(8) A parking lot or
other area which is controlled by the medical facility and used by employees,
staff, visitors of patients, vendors or suppliers;
(9) A personal residence; or
(10) Any other location.
(f) The type of incident, including whether
it involved:
(1) A physical attack, including,
without limitation, biting, choking, grabbing, hairpulling, kicking, punching,
slapping, pushing, pulling, scratching or spitting;
(2) An attack with a weapon or object,
including, without limitation, a firearm, knife or other object;
(3) The threat of physical force or use of a
weapon or other object; or
(4) A
sexual assault or threat of sexual assault, including, without limitation, rape
or attempted rape, physical display or unwanted verbal or physical sexual
conduct.
(g) The
consequences of the incident, including:
(1)
Whether medical treatment was provided to the employee;
(2) Who, if anyone, provided assistance
necessary to conclude the incident;
(3) Whether security staff for the medical
facility was contacted;
(4) Whether
law enforcement was contacted;
(5)
The amount of time, in hours, lost from work, if any; and
(6) Actions taken to protect employees from a
continuing threat, if any.
(h) Information about the person recording
the information in the log, including the name, job title, telephone number and
electronic mail address of the person, and the date each entry to the log was
made.
3. The employer
shall omit from the log any element of personally identifiable information
which is sufficient to allow identification of any person involved in a
workplace violence incident, including, without limitation, any:
(a) Person's name;
(b) Person's address;
(c) Person's electronic mail
address;
(d) Person's telephone
number;
(e) Person's social
security number; or
(f) Other
information that, alone or in combination with other publicly available
information, reveals the identity of any person.
4. Each medical facility shall review the log
which that facility maintains pursuant to this section at the time the facility
conducts its annual assessment of the effectiveness of its plan for the
prevention of and response to workplace violence pursuant to the procedures
included in the plan as required by paragraph (g) of subsection 2 of NRS
618.7312.
Added to NAC by Div. of Industrial Relations by
R044-20A,
eff. 12/22/2021
