N.J. Admin. Code § 8:43E-11.4

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 8, April 15, 2024

Section 8:43E-11.4 - Violence prevention committee

(a) A covered health care facility shall establish a violence prevention committee, which shall meet at least quarterly, or more frequently as needed.

(b) The violence prevention committee shall include a representative of facility administration who shall be responsible for overseeing all aspects of the program.

(c) The violence prevention committee shall select a chairperson from among its members.

(d) The violence prevention committee shall be comprised of members as follows:

1. At least 50 percent of the committee members shall be health care workers who engage in direct patient contact or otherwise have contact with patients or residents;

2. The remaining committee members shall have experience, expertise or responsibility relevant to violence prevention; and

3. In a facility or health care system where health care workers are represented by one or more collective bargaining agents, the administration of the facility or system shall consult with the applicable collective bargaining agents regarding the selection of the health care worker committee members.

(e) The violence prevention committee shall be responsible for tasks including, at a minimum, the following:

1. Completion of an annual violence risk assessment to analyze risk factors for workplace violence and to identify patterns of violence;

2. Development of a written violence prevention plan that shall be submitted to facility administration.

i. The written violence prevention plan shall outline policies, procedures and responsibilities and shall be updated annually;

3. Provision of recommendations to the facility regarding methods to reduce identified risks based on findings of the violence risk assessment;

4. Review of the design and layout of all existing, new and renovated covered health care facilities to ensure safe, secure work areas and to prevent entrapment of workers;

5. Identification of information in the violence prevention plan that might pose a threat to security if made public;

6. Development, annual review, evaluation and revision of violence prevention training content and methods as required by 8:43E-11.10;

7. Development of strategies for encouraging the reporting of all incidents of workplace violence and procedures for reporting such incidents; and

8. Review of de-identified, aggregated data that has been compiled from incident investigation reports by the appropriate department designated by the facility, in order to identify trends and, if needed, to make recommendations to prevent similar incidents.

i. The violence prevention committee shall have access to data prior to de-identification and aggregation, as determined necessary by the committee and in keeping with procedures established by the committee.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:43E-11.4