Nev. Admin. Code § 618.Sec. 6.1

Current through October 11, 2024

Section 618.Sec. 6.1 - NEW

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.

Nev. Admin. Code § 618.Sec. 6.1

Added to NAC by Div. of Industrial Relations by R044-20A, eff. 12/22/2021

NRS 618.295, 618.7316, 618.7317