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§ 18.2-511.1 Smoking in proximity to a medical oxygen source in a health care facility; penalty

Any person who smokes or uses an open flame within 25 feet of a medical oxygen source in a health care facility, as defined in § 15.2-2820, when the area is posted as an area where smoking and open flame are prohibited is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.

History

This law was first created in 2007. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 430 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2009, chapters 153 and 154.

2007, c. 430; 2009, cc. 153, 154.

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