An employer shall maintain a safe patient handling policy at all times for all patient care units, and shall provide trained lift teams or other support staff. California's Governor has just signed a bill (AB 1136) requiring hospitals in his state to implement a patient handling policy that includes lift teams.Patient lifts are covered under the Durable Medical Equipment benefit (Social Security Act §1861(s)(6)). The lift team law is designed to work in concert with hospital policies that take into account the individual needs of that particular hospital. Yes; this is a violation of the FLSA child labor rules. In the state's workplace safety law, under the definition of employees covered, four words remain: "except household domestic service. Work in the United States.