A health care disaster means a natural or other type of disaster that:
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Increases the need for health care personnel
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Unexpectedly affects the county in which the nurse is employed or in a contiguous county
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Requires keeping existing on-duty personnel to maintain staffing levels necessary to provide patients with adequate care
Examples of health care disasters include:
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Events involving multiple serious injuries (e.g. fires, auto accidents, a building collapse)
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Chemical spills or releases
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A widespread outbreak of an illness requiring hospitalization for many people served by the health care employer
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A riot, disturbance, or other serious event within an institution that increases the need for nursing care
The health care employer determines if a health care disaster exists. This determination must be reasonable under the circumstances presented.
October 2018
Tags: New York, Nurse Mandatory Overtime
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