Legal, Safety, and Regulatory Requirements Paper HCS – 341 Human Resources in Healthcare Instructor John Hulsebus, MBA, SPHR We define compassion as an empathetic emotional response to another person’s pain or suffering that moves people to act in a way that will either ease the person’s condition or make it more bearable (Lilius, 2003). The legal, safety, and regulatory impact on the human resource department greatly vary by which type of business and which type of employees. The rights
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Introduction Occupational Safety and Health is a practical field which is concerned with the safety, health and welfare of people in their workplaces. OSH not only protects workers, but also co-workers, workers' family members, employers, customers and anyone who is expected to be affected by the workplace or experience and accident or injury there. One of the most important aspects of OSH is emergency exits and fire protection systems. I have chosen this topic because fires can break out anytime
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Thomas Hartnett Briefing the Cost Club Senior Regional Staff This handout is intended to explain the five key regulatory areas Cost Club must adhere to. Following is a list of those areas: Employee Privacy, Employee Unions, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), and Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Employee Privacy Federal Law – General Privacy Laws * Driver’s Privacy Protection Act of 1994 – 18 U.S. Code 2721. This law limits
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Branch, GA 30542 (678) 908-4497 sirblacqueknight@gmail.com ------------------------------------------------- Project Management, Safety & Environmental Health Manager Adept at driving overall accident rates down 90%+ Decisive action-oriented and detail-driven Licensed Safety Professional with more than 12 years of safety leadership and comprehensive OSHA certifications, including STS/SPS, HTS, IST, EHS, SAC, SEM, CET, CDT, and CSC. Additional experience includes US Marine Corps service
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Compliance Laws One of the areas that are currently affecting the Health Care industry is Regulatory agencies. There is much dissatisfaction over the current state of healthcare in the U.S. Within all of our organizations, regulatory agency surveys are conducted to better the organizations as well as its employees. The purpose of the regulatory surveys is to focus on the areas that need improvement as well as promoting better health care access to the people in the community. Regulatory agencies serve
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Legal, Safety, and Regulatory Requirements Angelica Leadabrand HCS 341 September 26, 2011 Norman Greene Legal, Safety, and Regulatory Requirements In the healthcare industry there is a wide range of staff members who have a variety of specialties and responsibilities. Maintenance, Housekeeping, Medical staff, and Administration are all examples of positions available in hospitals or clinics. It is easy to see that staff in Administration may not have the same needs as staff members in
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OSHA 10 Safety Training OSHA SAFETY TRAINING FACT SHEETS -1- OSHA 10 Safety Training TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Electrical Fall Protection Struck-By Accidents Caught-Between Accidents PPE Scaffolds Cranes Power Tools Excavations Materials Handling Demolition Hazards Communication 3 6 10 12 14 15 18 21 24 26 28 32 36 -2- OSHA 10 Safety Training FACT SHEET: INTRODUCTION The mission of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is to send every worker home whole and healthy
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LEG500, Law, Ethics, and Corporate Governance Strayer University LEG500 13 Legal and Ethical Considerations in Marketing, Product Safety and Intellectual Property PharmaCare, week10 Assignment LEG500, Law, Ethics, and Corporate Governance Strayer University LEG500 13 Legal and Ethical Considerations in Marketing, Product Safety and Intellectual Property PharmaCare, week10 Assignment Review of PharmaCARE/CompCARE To first establish whom each entity is; PharmaCare is one of the
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masonry pilasters as load bearing supports in the vertical walls, lightweight steel to support the concrete floor systems, and a wooden roof. The most important detail of the buildings construction was the floor system. According to a US Fire Administration report, the “floors and roof of the building were supported by a frame of unprotected steel members…Steel beams spanned the width of the building at four locations, dividing the structure into 5 bays of
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[Industrial regulation pertains to the government regulation of firms’ prices or rates within industries. These regulations are in existence to prevent companies from forming a monopoly, to promote competition and achieve allocative efficiency.] (Brue, 2011) In the mid-1800’s industry began to grow and many companies were becoming monopolies by being dominant firms in their industry. They would drive up prices by using questionable tactics. Different businesses and consumers began to complain to
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