Chapter
05-023
2005 -- H 6332
Enacted 05/04/05
A N A C T
RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY
-- WORKPLACE SAFETY ACT
Introduced By:
Representatives Malik, Watson, Carter, T Brien, and Lewiss
Date
Introduced: April 05, 2005
It is enacted by the General
Assembly as follows:
SECTION
1. Section 23-20.10-6 of the General Laws in Chapter 23-20.10 entitled
"Public Health and Workplace
Safety Act" is hereby amended to read as follows:
23-20.10-6.
Where smoking not regulated. [Effective March 1, 2005.] -- (a)
Notwithstanding any other provision
of this chapter to the contrary, the following areas shall be
exempt from the provisions of this
chapter.
(1)
Private residences, except when used as a licensed child care, adult day care
or health
care facility;
(2)
Hotel and motel rooms that are rented to guests and are designated as smoking
rooms; provided, however, that not
more than fifty percent (50%) of rooms rented to guests in a
hotel or motel may be so
designated;
(3)
Retail tobacco stores; provided that smoke from these places does not
infiltrate into
areas where smoking is prohibited
under the provisions of this chapter;
(4)
Private and semi-private rooms or designated areas in assisted living
residences and
nursing facilities as allowed by
regulation of the department of health under chapters 17.4 and 17
of this title;
(5)
Outdoor areas of places of employment, except those covered by the provisions
of
section 23-20.10-5;
(6)
Any smoking bar as defined in section 23-20.10-2(15);
(7)
Any facility operated under a class D liquor license provided the class D
liquor
license is held by a nonprofit
or charitable corporation with a defined membership, is not
ordinarily a place of public
accommodation but is distinctly private, and employs not more than
ten (10) employees;
(8) Any facility operated exclusively under a class C liquor license and
employs not
more than ten (10) employees.
(b) Exemptions (7) and (8) above shall remain in effect until October 1, 2006.
(c)
(b) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any stage
performance provided
that smoking is part of a
theatrical production.
SECTION
2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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