NRS 618.7313 - Requirements for training provided under plan relating to workplace violence; medical facility required to collaborate with committee on workplace violence. [Effective July 1, 2020.]

NV Rev Stat § 618.7313 (2019) (N/A)
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1. The training provided under the plan developed pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 618.7312 must address the risks of workplace violence that an employee or other provider of care may be reasonably anticipated to encounter on his or her job and must include, without limitation, instruction concerning:

(a) An explanation of the plan, the manner in which the medical facility plans to address incidents of workplace violence, the manner in which an employee may participate in reviewing and revising the plan and any information necessary for employees and other providers of care to perform the duties that may be required of each employee or other provider of care under the plan;

(b) Recognizing situations that may result in workplace violence;

(c) When and how to respond to and seek assistance in preventing or responding to workplace violence;

(d) Reporting incidents of workplace violence to the medical facility and public safety agencies when appropriate;

(e) Resources available to employees and other providers of care in coping with incidents of workplace violence, including, without limitation, debriefing processes established by the medical facility for use after an incident of workplace violence and available programs to assist employees and other providers of care in recovering from incidents of workplace violence; and

(f) For each employee or other provider of care who has contact with patients, training concerning verbal intervention and de-escalation techniques that:

(1) Allows the employee or other provider of care to practice those techniques with other employees and other providers of care with whom he or she works; and

(2) Includes a meeting to debrief each practice session conducted pursuant to subparagraph (1).

2. A medical facility shall collaborate with the committee on workplace safety established pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 618.7312 in developing, reviewing and revising the training provided under the plan developed pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 618.7312 and any curricula or materials used in that training.

(Added to NRS by 2019, 3674, effective July 1, 2020)