Your responsibility: To eliminate exposure to environmental tobacco smoke in your office work environment
You must:
Prohibit tobacco smoke in your office work environment.
WAC 296-307-59005 | Note: | This rule does not preempt any federal, state, municipal, or other local authority's regulation of indoor smoking that is more protective than this section. |
| Definitions: | Office work environment is an indoor or enclosed occupied space where clerical work, administration, or business is carried out. |
| In addition, it includes: |
| Other workplace spaces controlled by the employer and used by office workers, such as cafeterias, meeting rooms, and washrooms. |
| Office areas of manufacturing and production facilities, not including process areas. |
| Office areas of businesses such as food and beverage establishments, agricultural operations, construction, commercial trade, services, etc. |
| Smoking |
| A person is smoking if they are: |
| Lighting up |
| Inhaling |
| Exhaling |
| Carrying a pipe, cigar or cigarette of any kind that is burning. |
| Link: | For work environments outside the office, contact your local health department using the link http://www.secondhandsmokesyou.com or by calling them directly. |
[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, 49.17.060. 06-22-023, § 296-307-590, filed 10/24/06, effective 12/1/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010,[49.17].040 , and [49.17].050. 01-17-033, § 296-307-590, filed 8/8/01, effective 9/1/01.]