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2007 SESSION


CHAPTER 430
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 3 of Chapter 12 of Title 18.2 a section numbered 18.2-511.1, relating to smoking in proximity to an oxygen source; penalty.
[H 1652]
Approved March 19, 2007

 

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 18.2-511.1 as follows:

§ 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 § 15.2-2800, when the area is posted as an area where smoking and open flame are prohibited is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.