Workplace Violence Prevention
Effective May 1, 2026, Oregon requires home health agencies, hospice programs, and special inpatient care facilities (SICFs) to establish, implement, and maintain a workplace violence prevention program that contains certain specified elements, including training provisions.
Additionally, every home health agency, hospice program, SICF, and hospital must implement a flagging system that can communicate potential threats of violence or disruptive behavior to providers and personnel using electronic health record (EHR) and visual flags.