PDFWAC 296-307-59005
Prohibit tobacco smoke in the office work environment.
Exemption: | The minimum criteria specified in this rule do not apply to outdoor structures provided for smokers such as gazebos or lean-tos that maintain the twenty-five-feet distance from entrances, exits, windows that open, and ventilation intakes that serve an enclosed area where smoking is prohibited. |
(1) The employer must prohibit smoking in the office work environment.
(2) The employer must use administrative controls to prevent tobacco smoke from entering the office from outside the building.
(3) The employer must make sure that outside smoking areas used by their employees are at least twenty-five feet from entrances, exits, windows that open, and ventilation intakes that serve an enclosed area where smoking is prohibited.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, and 49.17.060. WSR 20-21-091, § 296-307-59005, filed 10/20/20, effective 11/20/20; WSR 06-22-023, § 296-307-59005, filed 10/24/06, effective 12/1/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, [49.17].040, and [49.17].050. WSR 01-17-033, § 296-307-59005, filed 8/8/01, effective 9/1/01.]