KRS 216.705: Health facilities to develop and execute workplace safety assessment --

Requirements.

(1) (a) Health facilities shall develop and execute a workplace safety assessment to

identify the risk of workplace violence against health care workers.

(b) Health facilities shall create a workplace safety plan to address the risks

identified in the workplace safety assessment. Each health facility shall

develop the workplace safety plan in a way that affords appropriate

representation from all the differen t types of health care workers operating on

the premises.

(2) The workplace safety assessment described in subsection (1)(a) of this section shall

outline strategies aimed at addressing security considerations and factors that may

contribute to or present the risk of workplace violence, including but not limited to

the following:

(a) The physical attributes of the health facility setting, including security

systems, alarms, emergency response, and security personnel available;

(b) Staffing, including staffing patterns, patient classifications, and procedures to

mitigate violence against health care workers;

(c) Job design, equipment, and facilities;

(d) First aid and emergency procedures;

(e) The reporting of violent acts;

(f) Health care worker education and training requirements and implementation

strategy;

(g) Security risks associated with specific units, areas of the health facility with

uncontrolled access, late night or early morning shifts, and health care worker

security in areas surrounding the health facility such as the parking areas; and

(h) Intervention procedures for providing assistance to a health care worker

directly affected by an incident of workplace violence.

(3) Health facilities shall annually:

(a) Conduct a workplace safety assessment;

(b) Review the workplace violence incidents from the previous year for patterns

that indicate risk; and

(c) Review the workplace safety plan and make any necessary adjustments.

(4) In developing the workplace safety assessme nt and safety plan required by

subsections (1) to (3) of this section, the health facility shall consider any guidelines

on workplace safety standards issued by the cabinet pursuant to KRS 216.703.