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Nevada Revised Statutes Title 53. Labor and Industrial Relations § 618.7315. Duties of medical facility

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

1. A medical facility shall:

(a) Ensure that the plan developed pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 618.7312 is effectively implemented at all times and in all units, areas and locations of the medical facility.

(b) Coordinate risk assessment and development and implementation of the plan developed pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 618.7312 with employees who provide care in the medical facility.

(c) Implement engineering controls, work practice controls and other appropriate measures, as applicable, to prevent and mitigate the risk of workplace violence in all units, areas and locations of the facility. Such controls must meet the requirements prescribed in the regulations adopted pursuant to NRS 618.7317.

2. A medical facility shall:

(a) Encourage employees and other providers of care to report incidents of workplace violence and concerns about workplace violence and seek the assistance of a public safety agency in accordance with the plan developed pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 618.7312 to respond to an incident of workplace violence; and

(b) Report to the Division any incident of workplace violence that:

(1) Involves the use of physical force against an employee or other provider of care by a patient or a person accompanying a patient;

(2) Involves the use of a firearm or other dangerous weapon; or

(3) Presents a realistic possibility of death or serious physical harm to an employee or other provider of care.

3. A medical facility shall not prohibit an employee or other provider of care from reporting incidents of workplace violence or concerns about workplace violence or seeking the assistance of a public safety agency to respond to an incident of workplace violence in accordance with the plan developed pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 618.7312.

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