Section 1257.8 Of Article 1. General From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 1.
1257.8
. (a) All hospital employees regularly assigned to the
emergency department shall receive, by July 1, 1995, and thereafter,
on a continuing basis as provided for in the security plan developed
pursuant to Section 1257.7, security education and training relating
to the following topics:
(1) General safety measures.
(2) Personal safety measures.
(3) The assault cycle.
(4) Aggression and violence predicting factors.
(5) Obtaining patient history from a patient with violent
behavior.
(6) Characteristics of aggressive and violent patients and
victims.
(7) Verbal and physical maneuvers to diffuse and avoid violent
behavior.
(8) Strategies to avoid physical harm.
(9) Restraining techniques.
(10) Appropriate use of medications as chemical restraints.
(11) Any resources available to employees for coping with
incidents of violence, including, by way of example, critical
incident stress debriefing or employee assistance programs.
(b) As provided in the security plan developed pursuant to Section
1257.7, members of the medical staff of each hospital and all other
practitioners, including, but not limited to, nurse practitioners,
physician assistants, and other personnel, who are regularly assigned
to the emergency department or other departments identified in the
security plan shall receive the same training as that provided to
hospital employees or, at a minimum, training determined to be
sufficient pursuant to the security plan.
(c) Temporary personnel shall be oriented as required pursuant to
the security plan. This section shall not be construed to preempt
state law or regulations generally affecting temporary personnel in
hospitals.