Ohio Admin. Code 3701-17-20 - Smoking or use of flame producing devices; waste containers and ash trays
(A) No employee, resident of a nursing home,
visitors, or other persons in the nursing home shall be permitted to smoke,
carry a lighted cigarette, cigar or pipe or use any spark or flame producing
device in any room or area in a nursing home where oxygen is stored or in use.
Approved terminals of a piped oxygen supply does not constitute storage.
(B) "No smoking" signs shall be
posted in areas and on doors of rooms where oxygen is stored or in use.
(C) Except as provided for in
paragraph (D) of this rule, indoor resident
smoking shall only be permitted in properly equipped
and well-ventilated
separately enclosed and
separately ventilated
, indoor
designated areas as allowed for in division (D) of
section 3794.03 of the Revised
Code that accommodate the needs of the smokers. Nursing homes that allow outdoor resident smoking shall make
accommodations for residents during adverse weather conditions.
(1) The nursing home shall not designate as
resident smoking areas the dining and recreation
area or room, resident rooms, and areas or rooms where oxygen is stored, except
smoking may be permitted in the dining and recreation areas or rooms when such
areas or rooms meet the requirements of division (D) of
section 3794.03 of the Revised Code
and are not being used for their stated purpose.
(2) The nursing home shall post smoking signs
at the
all
designated resident smoking areas. The nursing
home shall take reasonable precautions to ensure the safety of all residents
when permitting residents
to smoke.
(D) The nursing home may establish a
smoke-free environment if all residents are notified of the policy prior to
admission. If a nursing home establishes a policy of this nature, the nursing
home shall continue to accommodate the needs of smokers living in the home on
the effective date of the smoke-free policy by complying with the provisions of
paragraph (C) of this rule.
(E)
Ash trays, waste baskets or containers where burnable materials may be placed
shall not be made of materials which are flammable, combustible or capable of
generating quantities of smoke or toxic gases. Ash trays and waste baskets and
containers where burnable materials may be placed shall be noncombustible or
carry a fire resistant "UL" or "FM" rating.
(F) Ash trays shall be provided in
all designated resident smoking areas. These ash trays shall be
either self-closing or have a cigarette island in the middle and shall not have
any cigarette holders located around the outside rim of the tray.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3721.04
Rule Amplifies: 3721.03, 3721.07, 3721.071
Prior Effective Dates: 5/2/1966, 3/1/71, 12/21/92, 10/20/01, 4/1/12
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3721.04
Rule Amplifies: 3721.03, 3741.07, 3721.071
Prior Effective Dates: 5/2/1966, 3/1/71, 12/21/92, 10/20/01
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