Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia
Department 511 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Chapter 511-3 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HAZARDS
Subject 511-3-7 - GEORGIA SMOKEFREE AIR ACT OF 2005
Rule 511-3-7-.04 - Definitions
Current through Rules and Regulations filed through September 23, 2024
The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation of these rules and regulations:
(a) "Act" means the Smokefree Air Act of 2005.
(b) "County Board of Health" means a board established in accordance with Chapter 3 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated.
(c) "Department" means Georgia Department of Public Health.
(d) "Private Club" means a facility that is not available for public use, control, or participation and is intended for or restricted to the use of a particular group or class of persons.
(e) "Reasonable Distance" means that smoking shall occur at a distance outside any enclosed area where smoking is prohibited sufficient to ensure that tobacco smoke does not enter the area through entrances, windows, ventilation systems or any other means, and to ensure that those indoors and those entering or leaving the smokefree area are not involuntarily exposed to secondhand tobacco smoke.
(f) "Ventilation System" means the continuous supply and removal of air with respect to a space, either by natural or mechanical means, to control chemical and physical hazards as well as to maintain temperature and relative humidity.
O.C.G.A. Secs. 31-2A-6, 31-12A-10 to 31-12A-12.
