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Home » US Law » 2022 Maryland Statutes » Labor and Employment » Title 5 - Occupational Safety and Health » Subtitle 11 - Health Care Facilities -- Workplace Safety Program

Section 5-1101 – Definitions

    (a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.     (b)    (1)    “Health care facility” means:             (i)    a hospital; or             (ii)    a State residential center.         (2)    “Health care facility” includes:             (i)    a subacute care unit of a hospital; and             (ii)    a State–operated hospital.     (c)    “Health care worker” means an individual employed by a health care facility.     (d)    “Hospital” has the meaning stated in § […]

Section 5-1102 – Workplace Safety Committee

    (a)    A health care facility shall establish a workplace safety committee to establish and administer a workplace safety program.     (b)    The workplace safety committee established under subsection (a) of this section shall be composed of an equal number of employees who work in management and employees who do not work in management.

Section 5-1103 – Workplace Safety Program

    (a)    The workplace safety committee shall establish a workplace safety program that is appropriate for the size and complexity of the health care facility.     (b)    The workplace safety program established under subsection (a) of this section shall include:         (1)    a written policy describing how the health care facility provides for the safety of health care workers;         (2)    an annual […]