WA SB5162

Health care settings must develop and implement workplace violence prevention plans addressing security systems, staffing patterns, job design, emergency procedures, reporting, employee training, and assistance for affected employees

Safety committees or workplace violence committees with employee-elected members equaling or exceeding employer-selected members are responsible for developing, implementing, and monitoring the prevention plans

Plans must be comprehensively reviewed and updated at least once per calendar year, replacing the previous three-year review cycle

Health care settings must conduct timely investigations of every workplace violence incident, assessing incident details, response measures, and comparing actual to planned staffing levels

Quarterly reports (twice yearly for critical access hospitals) must be submitted to committees summarizing incident data, systemic causes, and recommendations for preventing future violence