§ 1247. Smoking in certain public areas, indoor workplaces, and educational facilities prohibit...
Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 21. Crimes and PunishmentsEffective: November 1, 2021
Effective: November 1, 2021
21 Okl.St.Ann. § 1247
§ 1247. Smoking in certain public areas, indoor workplaces, and educational facilities prohibited--Exemptions--Penalty
A. The possession of lighted tobacco in any form is a public nuisance and dangerous to public health and is hereby prohibited when such possession is in any indoor place used by or open to the public, all parts of a zoo to which the public may be admitted, whether indoors or outdoors, public transportation or any indoor workplace, except where specifically allowed by law. Commercial airport operators may prohibit the use of lighted tobacco or lighted marijuana or the vaping of marijuana in any area that is open to or used by the public whether located indoors or outdoors, provided that the outdoor area is within one hundred seventy-five (175) feet from an entrance.
As used in this section, “indoor workplace” means any indoor place of employment or employment-type service for or at the request of another individual or individuals, or any public or private entity, whether part-time or full-time and whether for compensation or not. Such services shall include, without limitation, any service performed by an owner, employee, independent contractor, agent, partner, proprietor, manager, officer, director, apprentice, trainee, associate, servant or volunteer. An indoor workplace includes work areas, employee lounges, restrooms, conference rooms, classrooms, employee cafeterias, hallways, any other spaces used or visited by employees and all space between a floor and ceiling that is predominantly or totally enclosed by walls or windows, regardless of doors, doorways, open or closed windows, stairways or the like. The provisions of this section shall apply to such indoor workplace at any given time, whether or not work is being performed.
B. All buildings and other properties, or portions thereof, owned or operated by this state shall be designated as nonsmoking. The tobacco smoking provisions of this subsection shall not apply to veterans centers operated by this state pursuant to the provisions of Section 221 et seq. of Title 72 of the Oklahoma Statutes, which shall be designated nonsmoking effective January 1, 2015, at which time veterans centers may establish outdoor designated smoking areas for resident veterans only. Smoking tobacco shall only be allowed in designated outdoor smoking areas.
C. Any building, property or portion of any building or property owned or operated by a county or municipal government, or any trust or authority with a county or municipal government as the beneficiary, at the discretion of the county or municipal governing body, may be designated as a smoke-free location. For the purposes of this subsection, “smoke-free location” means a location where the use of tobacco, nicotine, marijuana or other lawful products consumed in a smoked or vaporized manner are prohibited.
D. All educational facilities or portions thereof as defined in the Smoking in Public Places and Indoor Workplaces Act and all educational facilities as defined in the 24/7 Tobacco-free Schools Act shall be designated as nonsmoking as provided for in Section 1-1523 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes. All campuses, buildings and grounds, or portions thereof, owned or operated by an institution within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education may be designated as tobacco and marijuana free including smoking or smokeless tobacco or smokable or vaporable marijuana, by the institution upon adoption of a policy stating the restrictions for the institution and an intent to enforce the penalty for violations as set forth in subsection M of this section.
4. Workplaces where only the owner or operator of the workplace, or the immediate family of the owner or operator, performs any work in the workplace, and the workplace has only incidental public access. “Incidental public access” means that a place of business has only an occasional person, who is not an employee, present at the business to transact business or make a delivery. It does not include businesses that depend on walk-in customers for any part of their business;
8. Medical research or treatment centers, if tobacco smoking is integral to the research or treatment. Furthermore, the restrictions on smoking or vaping of marijuana provided in this section shall not apply to medical research or treatment centers, if marijuana smoking or vaping is integral to the research or treatment;
9. A facility operated by a post or organization of past or present members of the Armed Forces of the United States which is exempt from taxation pursuant to Section 501(c)(8), 501(c)(10) or 501(c)(19) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C., Section 501(c)(8), 501(c)(10) or 501(c)(19), when such facility is utilized exclusively by its members and their families and for the conduct of post or organization nonprofit operations except during an event or activity which is open to the public; and
H. An employer not otherwise restricted from doing so may elect to provide tobacco smoking rooms where no work is performed except for cleaning and maintenance during the time the room is not in use for tobacco smoking, provided each tobacco smoking room is fully enclosed and exhausted directly to the outside in such a manner that no tobacco smoke can drift or circulate into a nonsmoking area. No exhaust from a tobacco smoking room shall be located within fifteen (15) feet of any entrance, exit or air intake.
I. If tobacco smoking is to be permitted in any space exempted in subsection F or G of this section or in a tobacco smoking room pursuant to subsection H of this section, such tobacco smoking space must either occupy the entire enclosed indoor space or, if it shares the enclosed space with any nonsmoking areas, the tobacco smoking space shall be fully enclosed, exhausted directly to the outside with no air from the tobacco smoking space circulated to any nonsmoking area, and under negative air pressure so that no tobacco smoke can drift or circulate into a nonsmoking area when a door to an adjacent nonsmoking area is opened. Air from a tobacco smoking room shall not be exhausted within fifteen (15) feet of any entrance, exit or air intake. Any employer may choose a more restrictive tobacco smoking policy including being totally tobacco smoke free.
J. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, until March 1, 2006, restaurants may have designated tobacco smoking and nonsmoking areas or may be designated as being a totally nonsmoking area. Beginning March 1, 2006, restaurants shall be totally nonsmoking or may provide nonsmoking areas and designated tobacco smoking rooms. Food and beverage may be served in such designated tobacco smoking rooms which shall be in a location which is fully enclosed, directly exhausted to the outside, under negative air pressure so tobacco smoke cannot escape when a door is opened, and no air is recirculated to nonsmoking areas of the building. No exhaust from such room shall be located within twenty-five (25) feet of any entrance, exit or air intake. Such room shall be subject to verification for compliance with the provisions of this subsection by the State Department of Health.
Credits
Laws 1975, c. 26, § 1, operative Sept. 1, 1975; Laws 2002, c. 96, § 1, eff. July 1, 2002; Laws 2002, c. 377, § 2, eff. July 1, 2002; 2003 S.J.R. No. 21, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003; Laws 2007, c. 70, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2007; Laws 2010, c. 95, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2010; Laws 2012, c. 30, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2012; Laws 2013, c. 15, § 14, emerg. eff. April 8, 2013; Laws 2013, c. 187, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2013; Laws 2014, c. 167, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2014; Laws 2015, c. 259, § 4; Laws 2017, c. 110, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2017; Laws 2019, c. 477, § 1; Laws 2021, c. 465, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
21 Okl. St. Ann. § 1247, OK ST T. 21 § 1247
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 295 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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