AHA urges DOJ to protect health care workers from workplace violence
The AHA yesterday urged the Department of Justice to support legislation that would give health care workers the same legal protections against assault and intimidation as flight crews and airport workers have under federal law.
“Our nation’s health care workers deserve the same protections and the same commitment from the Department of Justice,” AHA wrote. “Unfortunately, there is no existing federal statute that protects health care workers from the even greater incidence of violence that they experience.”
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