For medical & dental practices
An employee handbook with HIPAA and OSHA built in — not bolted on
HIPAA makes documented workforce policies, training, and sanctions a compliance element in themselves (45 CFR 164.530). OSHA's bloodborne-pathogen standard adds a second written-policy mandate. Generate a handbook that carries both, plus every state employment policy your practice needs.
Free to create and preview — $199/year to download and share, 2 updates included.
Why practices fail on the workforce layer
When OCR investigates a privacy complaint, the first requests are your written workforce policies, training records, and sanctions policy. When OSHA inspects after a needlestick, it's the exposure control plan and the hepatitis-B documentation. Generic handbooks contain none of it — and enterprise compliance suites cost more than most practices' software budget. HandbookHQ generates the workforce layer of both regimes in plain English your whole team actually reads.
Practice-specific modules, generated alongside your complete multi-state handbook:
Patient Privacy (HIPAA) — Workforce Duties
HIPAA requires documented workforce policies, training, and sanctions — 45 CFR 164.530 makes the written policy itself a compliance element.
Bloodborne Pathogens & Exposure Control
OSHA's Bloodborne Pathogens standard mandates a written exposure control plan, universal precautions, hepatitis B vaccination offer, and post-exposure protocol.
Infection Control & Professional Standards
The practice-setting overlay: hand hygiene, illness reporting, sterilization roles, licensure/credential currency, and patient-boundary standards.
Plus the full multi-state employment handbook: 51 jurisdictions of sick leave, final pay, breaks, leave, and required policies — statute-cited.
Common questions
Does this replace our HIPAA compliance program?
No — it's the workforce-policy layer of it: the documented rules, no-snooping standard, minimum-necessary duty, breach-reporting urgency, and sanctions framing that 45 CFR 164.530 requires you to maintain and train on. Risk assessments and technical safeguards live in your broader program.
Does it cover OSHA requirements for dental offices?
The handbook carries the employee-facing duties of the Bloodborne Pathogens standard — universal precautions, PPE, the free hepatitis-B vaccination offer and declination, and post-exposure response — and points to your written Exposure Control Plan, which OSHA requires as a separate document.
Which states does it work in?
All 50 states plus DC. The HIPAA and OSHA modules are federal and identical everywhere; your state supplement adds each state's employment-law requirements (sick leave, final pay, breaks, and the rest).
HandbookHQ
$199/year
Complete handbook + industry modules + state supplements + acknowledgments + 2 updates a year. Free to create and preview.
Start with the free checkHandbookHQ is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. Industry modules are drafted against published licensing rules and statutes (citations included) and are pending attorney review; consult a licensed attorney about your specific situation.