Health Care Worker

The Hospital Patient and Health Care Worker Injury Protection Act requires employers to adopt a patient protection and health care worker back and musculoskeletal injury prevention plan. The plan must include a safe patient handling policy reflected in professional occupational safety guidelines for protecting patients and health care workers in health care facilities.¹

There are also regulations relating to workplace violence requirements for health care facilities and information that must be included in the IIPP. For more information, see Industry-Specific Workplace Violence Requirements.