CODE OF VIRGINIA

PROHIBITIONS ON SMOKING GENERALLY; PENALTY FOR VIOLATION (§ 15.2-2824)

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 § 63.2-1701 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.

HISTORY: 2009, cc. 153, 154.