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The
Kentucky Nurses Association, having recognized for several years
the lack of enforcement of the “whistleblower” provision of
the 1998 Patient Safety Act, has prioritized the passage of
legislation to create REAL WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION by seeking the
following:
•Defined
reporting process for nurses/healthcare workers who report
unsafe conditions and/or employer retaliation against
“whistleblowers”;
•Identification
of the agency empowered and required to investigate reports
concerning unsafe conditions;
•Identification
of the agency empowered and required to investigate reports
concerning retaliation against whistleblowers;
•Clarification
of recourse available to whistleblowers shown to have suffered
employer retaliation; and
•Identification
of penalties and the agency authorized to enforce penalties for
violation of the whistleblower protections.
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