Clay Whiting, MD
IEPC Member at Scripps Mercy
in San Diego

Dr. Clay Whiting, IEPC member at Scripps Mercy in San Diego, discussed violence in the emergency department with KPBS. See Link to the story by Heidi de Marco, New California law target ER violence but some say it’s not enough. ACEP found that more than 90% of ER doctors were threatened or attacked in the previous year. Even when incidents are reported, Whiting said accountability is rare. AB 977 went into effect in January. The new law increases jail time for people who assault ER workings from 6 months to one year, and raises penalties up to $2,000.