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.