(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Hospital" means:
(i) a general acute hospital, as that term is defined in Section 26B-2-201; or
(ii) a specialty hospital, as that term is defined in Section 26B-2-201.
(b) "Workplace violence" means the same as that term is defined in Section 78B-7-1101.
(2) On or before November 1, 2026, a hospital shall:
(a) establish a workplace violence incident reporting system;
(b) record all reported incidents of workplace violence as voluntarily reported by an employee;
(c) adopt a policy that prohibits discrimination or retaliation against an employee for reporting or participating in an investigation;
(d) analyze collected data;
(e) maintain the record of reported workplace violence incidents for at least two years; and
(f) report data collected to the chief medical officer and the chief nursing officer on a quarterly basis.
(3) A workplace violence incident reporting system shall:
(a) collect information regarding a workplace violence incident, including:
(i) the date and time of the incident;
(ii) a description of the incident;
(iii) the job category of the victim employees;
(iv) whether the perpetrator was a patient, visitor, or employee; and
(v) the immediate response to the incident;
(b) be clearly communicated to all employees, including new employees at orientation;
(c) include guidelines on when and how to report incidents of workplace violence to an employer, security agencies, and appropriate law enforcement authorities; and
(d) be used to make improvements in preventing workplace violence, including improvements achieved through continuing education in targeted areas, de-escalation training, risk identification, and violence prevention planning.
(4) A hospital shall report the number of workplace violence incidents annually to the department.