California’s forthcoming Cal/OSHA workplace security regulations will establish new compliance requirements for hospitals under an already enacted statutory framework. While final regulatory language is pending, statutory timelines remain in place, and hospitals will be expected to meet defined compliance windows once final standards are published.
For hospital leaders, this creates a practical reality: regulatory timing does not eliminate operational lead times.
Rather than speculating on draft regulations, the session will focus on readiness: clarifying what is known, outlining realistic deployment timelines, and identifying proactive steps hospitals can take now to avoid a compressed compliance window.
The discussion will distinguish between statutory requirements and forthcoming regulatory standards, examine what a 90-day compliance window may mean operationally, and explore why multi-site security deployments often require 9–18 months when accounting for capital planning, procurement cycles, HCAI/internal approvals, construction sequencing, and workforce training.
Designed for hospital executives, security leaders, facilities directors, compliance officers, finance teams, and clinical stakeholders, this practitioner-focused session connects regulatory timelines with real-world implementation considerations — helping hospitals sequence planning decisions now to preserve flexibility, cost control, and operational continuity ahead of final rule publication.
By the end of this webinar, attendees will be able to:
- Distinguish between statutory timelines and forthcoming Cal/OSHA regulatory standards.
- Interpret a potential 90-day compliance window within realistic operational and capital planning cycles.
- Identify practical readiness steps — including leadership assignment, capital sequencing, site assessments, and RFI-stage market exploration.
- Recognize common deployment bottlenecks, including procurement, construction coordination, regulatory approvals, and workforce training.
- Assess how early planning can reduce compliance risk and preserve flexibility once final regulations are issued.
Expert Speakers
Milton Howard, Vice President Product Management, SoundThinking
Milton Howard is Vice President, Product Management at SoundThinking. He has more than 20 years of leadership experience in product management, product marketing, and business development. Prior to joining ShotSpotter, Milton was the head of product for Innovative, Inc. where he led the creation of a new mobile services cloud platform spawning thousands of new third-party applications.
Tri Dang, Senior Director Project Management, SoundThinking
Tri Dang leads the deployment of SafePointe weapons detection systems at SoundThinking, overseeing project planning and implementation across customer facilities. With more than 20 years of experience delivering complex technology deployments in government and enterprise environments, he specializes in adapting security solutions to each organization’s operational needs while ensuring smooth, efficient implementation.