Oh, what a timely topic. Our state allows for concealed carry handguns, so we may not prohibit our employees from having a gun in their cars. We do prohibit them from carrying a gun into a patient home. They are allowed to carry pepper spray and we have even furnished it. We do not have a policy regarding patient/ family- owned guns being present (which I have observed as a HH OT in the past).
In regard to patient/ family- owned guns, we will discharge if a location is deemed unsafe for our employees.
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Richard Shelton MOT
Administrator
Baptist Health Hospice
Little Rock AR
+1 (501) 202-7480
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