Free Texas Workplace Violence Prevention Plan Template

The six elements your plan must contain

Chapter 331 requires a written, facility-specific plan covering each of the elements below. The template lays them out in the order a surveyor reviews them, with drafting prompts in each section.

• 01. Facility-specific scope & purpose — Names your facility class, units, patient population, and known risks — so the plan reads as yours, not a generic template a surveyor will spot in seconds.
• 02. Workplace violence prevention committee — Defines the required membership — an RN providing direct care, a physician providing direct care (if employed), and a security-services employee (if employed) — plus charter, appointments, and meeting cadence.
• 03. Risk & worksite analysis method — How the committee identifies environment-of-care hazards by area and reviews them at least annually — the basis the Joint Commission and OSHA both expect.
• 04. Training plan & cadence — Who is trained, on what, and how often — at least annually under Chapter 331, plus orientation and on-change training, with rosters retained for the survey file.
• 05. Confidential reporting & anti-retaliation policy — How staff report incidents confidentially, the prohibition on retaliation, and explicit language that does not discourage contacting law enforcement.
• 06. Post-incident response & annual evaluation — Acute treatment and work-assignment adjustment after an incident, plus the annual plan evaluation reported to your governing body — the single most overlooked statutory step.

How to make it facility-specific (the part that matters)

A surveyor can spot a borrowed template in seconds — generic threat language, no named units, no real risk inventory. The template prompts you to name your facility class, your high-risk areas (the ED, behavioral health, after-hours access), and the controls you actually use, so the plan reflects your environment of care rather than a download.

Common deficiencies the template helps you avoid

The recurring Chapter 331 findings are predictable: a committee missing the security-services representative, no documented annual evaluation to the governing body, training that misses night shift or contract staff, and a plan that was written once and never reviewed. Each template section flags the deficiency it is built to prevent.