Monday, September 8, 2008
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HB1652: Smoking; misdemeanor if in certain proximity to medical oxygen source in health care facility.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 3 of Chapter 12 of Title 18.2 a section numbered 18.2-511.1as follows:
§ 18.2-511.1. Smoking in proximity to an oxygen source in a health care facility; penalty.
Any person who smokes or uses an open flame within 25 feet of an oxygen source in a health care facility when the area is posted as a non-smoking area is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.
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