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Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department ofChapter 296-800 - Safety and health core rules
ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE IN THE OFFICE
Section 296-800-24005 - Prohibit tobacco smoke in your office work environment

Wash. Admin. Code § 296-800-24005

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Current through Register Vol. 24-23, December 1, 2024
Section 296-800-24005 - Prohibit tobacco smoke in your office work environment

Exemption: The minimum criteria specified in this rule do not apply to outdoor structures provided for smokers such as gazebos or lean-tos that maintain the twenty-five feet distance from entrances, exits, windows that open, and ventilation intakes that serve an enclosed area where smoking is prohibited.

(1) You must prohibit smoking in your office work environment.
(2) You must use administrative controls to prevent tobacco smoke from entering your office from outside the building.
(3) You must make sure that outside smoking areas used by your employees are at least twenty-five feet from entrances, exits, windows that open, and ventilation intakes that serve an enclosed area where smoking is prohibited.

Wash. Admin. Code § 296-800-24005

Amended by WSR 18-22-116, Filed 11/6/2018, effective 12/7/2018

Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, 49.17.060. 06-22-023, § 296-800-24005, filed 10/24/06, effective 12/1/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010,[49.17].040, and [49.17].050. 01-11-038, § 296-800-24005, filed 5/9/01, effective 9/1/01.