This Ford & Harrison, LLP memorandum discusses a recent amendment to the California Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1973 (Cal-OSHA) that requires hospitals to implement an injury prevention plan for workers who lift or move patients. Hospitals must train health care workers in safe lifting techniques, provide "lift teams" who are trained in the proper use of lifting equipment, and have a patient handling policy that reduces the manual repositioning of patients as much as possible. Furthermore, hospitals cannot discipline workers who refuse to move a patient out of concern for their safety or that of the patient.