Health Care Facilities Violence Prevention Standard

The California Department of Public Health licenses and regulates hospitals, which must conduct a security and safety assessment. Using the assessment, a hospital must develop a security plan with measures to protect personnel, patients and visitors from aggressive or violent behavior. The plan must include specified security considerations.

Hospitals must annually review and update the security and safety assessment and plan. This law permits the plan to include security considerations relating to efforts to cooperate with local law enforcement about violent acts in the facility and would require the hospital to consult with affected employees, including the recognized collective bargaining