The BON Safe Harbor Quick Request Form is an abbreviated form to allow a nurse to quickly write down the key information necessary to initially invoke safe harbor in writing as required by Board Rule 217.20(d)(3) at the time the nurse is asked to accept what he/she believes to be an unsafe assignment or engage in ...

The Florida Nurse Practice Act, Chapter 464, Florida Statutes, was enacted to ensure that every nurse practicing in Florida meets minimum requirements for safe practice. A nurse who falls below the minimum competency or who otherwise present a danger to the public shall be prohibited from practicing in Florida.

Under the Safe Harbor for Nurses act, a nurse is protected from adverse action by a facility when the nurse makes a good faith request to be allowed to reject an assignment.

Invoking Safe Harbor A nurse is free to invoke safe harbor at any time during their shift, including if an assignment changes along the way. To invoke safe harbor, the nurse must notify the supervisor in writing that they are invoking safe harbor.

Incident-based nursing peer review focuses on determining if a nurse's actions, be it a single event or multiple events (such as in reviewing up to five (5) minor incidents by the same nurse within a year's period of time), should be reported to the Board or if the nurse's conduct does not require reporting because the ...

Safe harbor is a nursing peer review process that a nurse may initiate when asked to engage in an assignment or conduct that the nurse believes in good faith would potentially result in a violation of the Nursing Practice Act (NPA) or Texas Board of Nursing (Board or BON) rules or be a violation of the nurse's duty to ...

(15) Safe Harbor--A process that protects a nurse from employer retaliation, suspension, termination, discipline, discrimination, and licensure sanction when a nurse makes a good faith request for nursing peer review of an assignment or conduct the nurse is requested to perform and that the nurse believes could result ...

Invoking Safe Harbor A nurse is free to invoke safe harbor at any time during their shift, including if an assignment changes along the way. To invoke safe harbor, the nurse must notify the supervisor in writing that they are invoking safe harbor.