Nevada Code § 618.7315

1. A medical facility shall:
(a) Ensure that the plan developed pursuant to paragraph
(b) of subsection 1 of NRS 618.7312 is
effectively implemented at all times and in all units, areas and locations of
the medical facility.
(b) Coordinate risk assessment and development
and implementation of the plan developed pursuant to paragraph (b) of
subsection 1 of NRS 618.7312 with
employees who provide care in the medical facility.
(c) Implement engineering controls, work practice
controls and other appropriate measures, as applicable, to prevent and mitigate
the risk of workplace violence in all units, areas and locations of the
facility. Such controls must meet the requirements prescribed in the
regulations adopted pursuant to NRS
618.7317 .
2. A medical facility shall:
(a) Encourage employees and other providers of
care to report incidents of workplace violence and concerns about workplace
violence and seek the assistance of a public safety agency in accordance with
the plan developed pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 618.7312 to respond to an incident of
workplace violence; and
(b) Report to the Division any incident of
workplace violence that:
(1) Involves the use of physical force
against an employee or other provider of care by a patient or a person
accompanying a patient;
(2) Involves the use of a firearm or other
dangerous weapon; or
(3) Presents a realistic possibility of
death or serious physical harm to an employee or other provider of care.
3. A medical facility shall not prohibit
an employee or other provider of care from reporting incidents of workplace
violence or concerns about workplace violence or seeking the assistance of a
public safety agency to respond to an incident of workplace violence in
accordance with the plan developed pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 618.7312 .

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