Medical staff: health care provider credentialing.
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Overview
This bill requires general acute care hospitals and acute psychiatric hospitals (except those operated by the State Department of State Hospitals) to create and enforce a policy requiring all employees who have patient contact to wear an identification tag while on duty. The tag must display the employee’s name or license status in at least 18-point type, with options for displaying first and last name, first name and last initial, first initial and last name, or just first or last name. The bill also clarifies that no state reimbursement is required for local agencies due to the creation of a new crime.
Key provisions
- Requires hospitals to develop and implement an identification tag policy for employees with patient contact.
- Specifies that the identification tag must include the employee’s name or license status.
- Outlines acceptable formats for displaying the employee’s name on the tag (first/last, first/initial, etc.).
- Exempts acute psychiatric hospitals operated by the State Department of State Hospitals from the requirement.
- States that no state reimbursement is required for local agencies due to the creation of a new crime.
Who is affected
- Hospitals (general acute care and acute psychiatric)
- Hospital employees who have patient contact
- Patients in hospitals
Notable changes
- Clarifies the requirements for hospital employee identification tags, aligning them with professional licensing statutes.
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