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Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-2824

Prohibitions on smoking generally; penalty for violation

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 62 Va. App. 614 - Kepa, Inc. d/b/a She-Sha Café and Hookah Lounge v. Virginia Department of Health (2013)

Most recently applied in 62 Va. App. 614 - Kepa, Inc. d/b/a She-Sha Café and Hookah Lounge v. Virginia Department of Health (December 2013)

2009, cc. 153, 154; 2020, cc. 860, 861.

A. Smoking shall be prohibited in (i) elevators, regardless of capacity, except in any open material hoist elevator not intended for use by the general public; (ii) public school buses; (iii) the interior of any public elementary, intermediate, and secondary school; (iv) hospital emergency rooms; (v) local or district health departments; (vi) polling rooms; (vii) indoor service lines and cashier lines; (viii) public restrooms in any building owned or leased by the Commonwealth or any agency thereof; (ix) the interior of a child day center licensed pursuant to § 22.1-289.011 that is not also used for residential purposes; however, this prohibition shall not apply to any area of a building not utilized by a child day center, unless otherwise prohibited by this chapter; and (x) public restrooms of health care facilities.

B. No person shall smoke in any area or place specified in subsection A and any person who continues to smoke in such area or place after having been asked to refrain from smoking shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $25.

C. Civil penalties assessed under this section shall be paid into the Virginia Health Care Fund established under § 32.1-366.

Official source: Virginia Law Portal (LIS). Reproduced from public-domain Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.