Code of Maine Rules
10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
144 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - GENERAL
Chapter 250 - RULES RELATING TO SMOKING IN THE WORKPLACE
Section 144-250-3 - Smoking Policies
Universal Citation: 10 ME Code Rules ยง 144-250-3
Current through 2024-38, September 18, 2024
A. Required Contents and Use of Smoking Policies
1
Each employer shall establish, or may negotiate through the collective
bargaining process, a written policy concerning smoking and nonsmoking by
employees in that portion of any business facility for which the employer is
responsible.
2 The employer's
policy shall prohibit smoking except in Designated Smoking Areas in order to
protect the employer and employees from the detrimental effects of
environmental tobacco smoke.
3
Smoking in workplaces shall only take place in Designated Smoking Areas.
Designated Smoking Areas shall be described within the written
policy.
4 Smoking in the business
facility must be in accordance with the written policy.
5 The employer shall post and supervise the
implementation of the written policy.
6 The employer shall provide a copy of this
policy to any employee upon request.
7 All areas of a business facility into which
members of the public are invited or allowed are governed by the provisions of
22 M.R.S.A. §§1541 - 1548 and 10 - 144 C MR c. 249.
B. Permissible Contents of Smoking Policies
The employer's written policy may prohibit smoking throughout the entire business facility.
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