Nevada Code § 618.7313

Requirements for training provided under plan relating to workplace violence; medical facility required to collaborate with committee on workplace violence
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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.

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