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The Request for Information (RFI) (published on December 7, 2016, (81 FR 88147)) provides the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) history with the issue of workplace violence in health care and social assistance, including a discussion of the Guidelines that were initially published in 1996, a 2014 update to the Guidelines, and the agency's use of 5(a)(1) in enforcement cases in health care. The RFI solicited information primarily from health care employers, workers and other subject matter experts on impacts of violence, prevention strategies, and other information that will be useful to the agency. OSHA was petitioned for a standard preventing workplace violence in health care by a broad coalition of labor unions, and in a separate petition by the National Nurses United. On January 10, 2017, OSHA granted the petitions. In accordance with the requirements of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA) OSHA convened a Small Business Advocacy Review (SBAR) panel in March 2023. OSHA issued the SBREFA Panel report on May 1, 2023.