; table of contents. Sec. 2. Workplace violence prevention standard. Sec. 3. Application of the workplace violence prevention standard to facilities receiving Medicare and Medicaid funds. Sec. 4. Rules of construction. Sec. 5. Definitions. 2. Workplace violence prevention standard (a) Rulemaking (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, not later than one year of the enactment of the Act, the Secretary of Labor ( Secretary ) shall, pursuant to section 6 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 ( 29 U.S.C. 655 ), promulgate an interim final standard on workplace violence prevention (in this section such standard is referred to as the workplace violence prevention standard ) to require certain health care employers (hereinafter collectively referred to as covered health care employers ), including hospitals, any outpatient settings or clinics operating within a hospital license or any setting or clinic that provides outpatient hospital services, psychiatric hospitals, rehabilitation hospitals, long-term care hospitals, and any hospital operated by any United States department or agency, to adopt a comprehensive plan to protect health care workers and other personnel from workplace violence. The interim final standard shall meet the specifications of this section, at a minimum, but may exceed the requirements for covered health care facilities. The Secretary shall accept and consider public comments on any interim final standard published under this paragraph for 60 days after the date of such publication. The interim final standard shall remain in effect until it is replaced by a final standard on workplace violence prevention referred to in paragraph (2). (2) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, not later than two years of the enactment of the Act, the Secretary shall, pursuant to section 6 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 ( 29 U.S.C. 655 ), promulgate a final standard on workplace violence prevention. The final standard shall be based on the interim final standard as