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What Kentucky Health Facilities Need to Know about Workplace Safety

Healthcare workplace violence is a recognized hazard in the healthcare industry. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported in 2018 that approximately 73% of all nonfatal workplace violence injuries involved healthcare workers.[1] Even then, the incidence of workplace violence is likely higher due to underreporting.[2] Combined with the increased stress, isolation for patients and providers, and continued staffing issues and burnout, workplace violence has become one of the main contributors for healthcare workers to leave the field.[3]

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Updates and Modernization of Kentucky's Assisted Living Legal Framework

Since 2022, Kentucky's assisted living community regulations have undergone significant updates. The recent updates to Kentucky’s assisted living community laws and regulations enhance resident safety and improve the communities that support them. Although Senate Bill (SB) 11 passed in 2022, as is often the case with complex regulatory frameworks, the applicable regulations were promulgated and enacted well into the end of 2023. More >

New Resident Legal Issues

Leaving medical school and entering residency is a daunting transition in the career of a new physician, presenting a new set of legal rules and requirements, including employment contracts and malpractice liabilities. We recommend familiarizing yourself with your program’s relevant manuals and policies and seeking legal advice when necessary. More >

Recent Supreme Court Decisions and the Impact on Reproductive Rights

Recent United States Supreme Court decisions have delivered small temporary wins for reproductive rights. A unanimous Supreme Court rejected a challenge to the FDA’s rule for prescribing and dispensing abortion pills. On June 13, 2024, a unanimous court decided in Food and Drug Administration v Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine that the anti-abortion doctors and medical groups that challenged the expansion of access to mifepristone, one of the two drugs used in medical abortions, lacked standing. Justice Brett Kavanaugh, writing for the court, acknowledged the challengers’ “sincere legal, moral, ideological, and policy objections” to elective abortion and to the FDA’s changes to the conditions on the use of mifepristone. However, the challengers to the FDA regulation failed to show how they had been harmed, as they do not themselves prescribe the medication. The court further found that merely objecting to abortion and to the FDA’s policies are not enough to establish standing and bring a case to federal court. The challengers contended that having to treat patients who suffered complications from using the drug is a harm to them and similarly convicted providers in other respects, such as diverting resources, increasing the likelihood of lawsuits, and increasing insurance costs. Justice Kavanaugh continued to describe the speculative nature of the challengers’ attempt to establish standing. If the challengers could sue with this theory, it could open a dangerous door to challenge “almost any policy affecting public health.” More >

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