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2007 SESSION

073028216
HOUSE BILL NO. 1652
Offered January 10, 2007
Prefiled December 1, 2006
A BILL 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.
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Patron-- Armstrong
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Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
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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 18.2-511.1as follows:

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

Any person who smokes or uses an open flame within 25 feet of an oxygen source in a health care facility when the area is posted as a non-smoking area is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.