California Labor Code 6332 – (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the …
(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1) “Community health care worker” means an individual who provides health care or health care-related services to clients in home settings.
Terms Used In California Labor Code 6332
- Department: means the Department of Industrial Relations. See California Labor Code 6302
- Person: means any person, association, organization, partnership, business trust, limited liability company, or corporation. See California Labor Code 18
(2) “Employer” means a person or entity that employs a community health care worker. “Employer” does not include an individual who is a recipient of home-based services and who is responsible for hiring his or her own community health care worker.
(3) “Violence” means a physical assault or a threat of a physical assault.
(b) Every employer shall keep a record of any violence committed against a community health care worker and shall file a copy of that record with the department in the form and detail and within the time limits prescribed by the department.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 46, Sec. 107. (SB 1038) Effective June 27, 2012.)