Helping Healers.Protecting Those Who Care for Us.
Code Safety is advancing prevention of Type II and Type III healthcare workplace violence through human-centered frameworks, measurable improvement, education, practical resources, and advocacy.
Violence should never be accepted as part of caring for others.
Code Safety treats workplace violence as a healthcare safety problem: something to prevent, respond to, measure, learn from, and change.
Mission
To prevent Type II and Type III workplace violence in healthcare through human-centered frameworks that strengthen prevention, response, measurement, education, and advocacy.
Vision
A healthcare system where people can provide care without fear, workers are supported after harm, and every incident strengthens prevention of the next one.
Our Promise
To approach workplace violence systematically, compassionately, transparently, and with a commitment to evidence over assumption.
Preventing the violence healthcare teams face.
Patient or visitor → healthcare worker
Violence or threats arising from a patient, family member, visitor, or other recipient of healthcare services.
Worker → worker
Violence or threats between current or former workers within the healthcare workplace.
Safety and empathy belong in the same system.
From incident response to lasting prevention.
Prevention requires more than a class or a policy. Code Safety connects organizational diagnosis, post-event response, measurement, and advocacy.
Diagnose
Identify workplace-violence risks, gaps, and recurring patterns across systems, units, and leaders.
Intervene
Give leaders a structured, human-centered method for responding after violence occurs.
Measure
Track meaningful trends and connect findings with targeted prevention strategies.
Advocate
Turn evidence and frontline experience into stronger workplace protections.
The burden is human, operational, and financial.
Practical tools. Current policy. Action you can take.
Useful public resources give healthcare workers and leaders a reason to return, share, and subscribe.
Federal WPV Watch
Follow the federal bills and OSHA rulemaking most directly connected to healthcare workplace-violence prevention.
View federal watch →After Violence: What Happens Next?
A concise Code Safety guide for immediate safety, support, reporting, non-blaming review, action, and follow-through.
State-by-State WPV Map
Explore verified healthcare workplace-violence requirements and official government sources, with more state guides added over time.
Explore the map →Explore healthcare workplace-violence requirements.
Click a state or use the accessible selector. Code Safety is launching with verified summaries for New York, California, Washington, and Oregon. Gray states are not labeled “no law” — they simply do not yet have a published Code Safety guide.
New York
New York law requires covered facilities to establish workplace-violence prevention programs. Beginning January 1, 2027, general hospitals must conduct a workplace safety and security assessment at least annually and develop a plan addressing identified threats or hazards.
Official New York law text →California
Cal/OSHA Title 8 §3342 establishes a healthcare-specific Violence Prevention in Health Care standard, including workplace-violence prevention planning and related employer duties for covered healthcare settings.
Official Cal/OSHA standard →Washington
RCW 49.19 requires healthcare settings to develop and implement workplace-violence prevention plans, including a security and safety assessment, and requires violence-prevention training.
Official Washington law →Oregon
Oregon has healthcare workplace-violence requirements, and Oregon OSHA is conducting 2026 rulemaking to implement and expand recent statutory changes for covered healthcare employers.
Official Oregon OSHA update →Know what is moving — and verify it at the source.
Once your free Congress.gov API key is added, the top ticker refreshes the latest official congressional action every six hours.
H.R. 2531 / S. 1232
Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act.
Official bill page →H.R. 3178 / S. 1600
Save Healthcare Workers Act.
Official bill page →RIN 1218-AD08
Workplace Violence in Health Care and Social Assistance rulemaking.
Official regulatory agenda →Understand the issue in plain language.
What is Type II workplace violence in healthcare?
Type II violence involves a patient, visitor, family member, or other recipient of healthcare services directing violence or threats toward a healthcare worker.
What is Type III workplace violence?
Type III violence involves violence or threats between current or former workers within the workplace.
What should happen after a workplace violence event?
Immediate safety and care come first, followed by reporting, support for the person harmed, non-blaming review, corrective action, and follow-through.
How does Code Safety track federal policy?
The Federal WPV Watch links to official Congress.gov and federal regulatory sources. With the Congress.gov API key connected, the ticker retrieves the latest congressional action automatically.
After Violence: What Happens Next?
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