Bill Starks
State Researcher
Has anyone sent any emails to any of these hospital properties, to tell them how ridiculous these signs and policies are? I have sent emails to Valley Medical Center, but have not heard anything back. I am assuming it has fallen upon deaf ears, but it's worth a shot.
A little Washington State history...
RCW 72.23 requires each hospital to develop a plan to reasonably prevent and protect their employees from violence at those hospitals. Each hospital had to implement by January 1, 2001 a plan to prevent and protect employees from violence. The plan was created and in doing so they decided to make the facility a weapons free zone which lowered insurance rates and "on paper" made them look like they were actually accomplishing a way to reduce violence.
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