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The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) is a United States federal agency established in 1970 by the Occupational Health and Safety Act. OSHA is part of the Department of Labor and is charged with assuring healthy, safe, working environments. OSHA sets and enforces safety standards and policies. Examples of OSHA's duties include setting limits on workers' exposure to hazardous substances, ensuring workers have access to safety information and protective equipment, and providing employers and workers proper training to prevent dangerous conditions. less -

Don’t Mess with Texas Nurses: Texas Healthcare Facilities Must Adopt Workplace Violence Prevention Plans by September 1, 2024

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 2/7/2024

Texas has now joined states like California in creating statutory protections against workplace violence against healthcare workers. Senate Bill 240, now Chapter 331 of the Texas Health and Safety Code, requires healthcare...more

Is an OSHA Workplace Violence Standard for the Healthcare Industry on the Way?

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 3/3/2023

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has identified violence in healthcare settings as a significant occupational risk, and a new workplace violence standard for the healthcare industry could be on the...more

OSHA Announces Plan to ‘Expand Its Presence’ in Certain Healthcare Facilities Treating COVID-19 Patients

McDermott Will & Emery on 3/11/2022

Between March 9, 2022, and June 9, 2022, the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will “expand its presence” in hospitals and skilled nursing facilities that treat COVID-19 patients and that were previously...more

The Compliance Deadline For OSHA’s COVID-19 Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard Is Here. Are You Ready?

McCarter & English, LLP on 7/16/2021

Exercising its authority under Section 6(c) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued its COVID-19 Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) on June...more

OSHA’s New Emergency Temporary Standard to Protect Healthcare Workers

Brooks Pierce on 6/15/2021

The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently issued a COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) for the healthcare industry. The new standard focuses on protecting healthcare...more

[Webinar] 2021 Mid-Year OIG Work Plan and Other Important Updates: – Hospitals, Physician Practices, Home Health, and Hospice -...

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 5/28/2021

Learning Objectives: - Discuss OIG work planning process, work plan items, and other government reports - Provider insights into COVID-19 audits, reviews, and monitoring... During this program, we will provide an...more

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