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(A) No employee, resident of a nursing home, visitors, or other persons in the nursing home shall be permitted to smoke, carry a lighted cigarette, cigar or pipe or use any spark or flame producing device in any room or area in a nursing home where oxygen is stored or in use. Approved terminals of a piped oxygen supply does not constitute storage.
(B) “No smoking” signs shall be posted in areas and on doors of rooms where oxygen is stored or in use.
(C) Except as provided for in paragraph (D) of this rule, resident smoking shall only be permitted in properly equipped and well-ventilated, indoor designated areas that accommodate the needs of the smokers.
(1) The nursing home shall not designate as smoking areas the dining and recreation area or room, resident rooms, and areas or rooms where oxygen is stored, except smoking may be permitted in the dining and recreation areas or rooms when such areas or rooms are not being used for their stated purpose.
(2) The nursing home shall post smoking signs at the designated smoking areas. The nursing home shall take reasonable precautions to ensure the safety of all residents when permitting residents to smoke.
(D) The nursing home may establish a smoke-free environment if all residents are notified of the policy prior to admission. If a nursing home establishes a policy of this nature, the nursing home shall continue to accommodate the needs of smokers living in the home on the effective date of the smoke-free policy by complying with the provisions of paragraph (C) of this rule.
(E) Ash trays, waste baskets or containers where burnable materials may be placed shall not be made of materials which are flammable, combustible or capable of generating quantities of smoke or toxic gases. Ash trays and waste baskets and containers where burnable materials may be placed shall be noncombustible or carry a fire resistant “UL” or “FM” rating.
(F) Ash trays shall be provided in designated smoking areas. These ash trays shall be either self-closing or have an cigarette island in the middle and shall not have any cigarette holders located around the outside rim of the tray.
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 05/19/2006 and 05/01/2011
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3721.04
Rule Amplifies: 3721.03, 3721.07, 3721.071
Prior Effective Dates: 5/2/1966, 3/1/71, 12/21/92, 10/20/2001