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This law was first created in 2009. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 153<\/a> and 154<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":[{"id":58477,"section_number":"15.2-2825","catch_line":"Smoking in restaurants prohibited; exceptions; posting of signs; penalty for violation","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2825\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":58477,"section_number":"15.2-2825","catch_line":"Smoking in restaurants prohibited; exceptions; posting of signs; penalty for violation","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2825\/"}],"permalink":{"id":156327,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73974,"identifier":"15.2-2827","token":"15.2\/II\/28.2\/2\/15.2-2827","url":"\/15.2-2827\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2827\/","token":"15.2\/II\/28.2\/2\/15.2-2827","dublin_core":{"Title":"Responsibility of building proprietors and managers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2827","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Except as provided in \u00a7 15.2-2825<\/a>, proprietors<\/span> or persons who manage or otherwise control any building, structure, space, place, or area governed by this chapter in which smoking<\/span> is not otherwise prohibited may designate rooms or areas in which smoking<\/span> is permitted as follows:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Designated smoking<\/span> areas shall not encompass so much of the building, structure, space, place, or area open to the general public that reasonable no-smoking<\/span> areas, considering the nature of the use and the size of the building, are not provided; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Designated smoking<\/span> areas shall be separate to the extent reasonably practicable from those rooms or areas entered by the general public in the normal use of the particular business or institution; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> In designated smoking<\/span> areas, ventilation systems and existing physical barriers shall be used when reasonably practicable to minimize the permeation of smoke<\/span> into no-smoking<\/span> areas. However, this chapter shall not be construed as requiring physical modifications or alterations to any structure. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRESPONSIBILITY OF BUILDING PROPRIETORS AND MANAGERS (\u00a7 15.2-2827)\n\nExcept as provided in \u00a7 15.2-2825, proprietors or persons who manage or\notherwise control any building, structure, space, place, or area governed by\nthis chapter in which smoking is not otherwise prohibited may designate rooms or\nareas in which smoking is permitted as follows:\n\n1. Designated smoking areas shall not encompass so much of the building,\nstructure, space, place, or area open to the general public that reasonable\nno-smoking areas, considering the nature of the use and the size of the\nbuilding, are not provided;\n\n2. Designated smoking areas shall be separate to the extent reasonably\npracticable from those rooms or areas entered by the general public in the\nnormal use of the particular business or institution; and\n\n3. In designated smoking areas, ventilation systems and existing physical\nbarriers shall be used when reasonably practicable to minimize the permeation of\nsmoke into no-smoking areas. However, this chapter shall not be construed as\nrequiring physical modifications or alterations to any structure.\n\nHISTORY: 2009, cc. 153, 154.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}