Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) Purpose
The purpose of this rule is to implement a campus wide
tobacco-free rule consistent with the provisions set forth in Chapter 3794. of
the Revised Code and the Ohio board of regents resolution promoting tobacco
free Ohio campuses, issued on July 23, 2012.
(B) Scope
This rule applies to all individuals who are present on the
university campus, including but not limited to employees, students and
visitors who may be located inside or outside of any buildings, residences, or
parking lots located on the university campus.
(C) Definitions
(1)
"Smoking"
refers to inhaling, exhaling,
burning, or carrying any lighted or heated product
intended for inhalation in any manner or any form. "Smoking" also includes the
use of an apparatus, including but not limited to, an electronic smoking
device, mod box, or electronic nicotine delivery system that creates an aerosol
or vapor, in any manner or in any form, or the use of any other smoking device
for the purpose of circumventing the prohibition of smoking in this
rule. "Smoking" does
not include the burning of incense in a religious
ceremony.
(2)
"Tobacco use" for the purposes of this rule means the
use of nicotine, tobacco-derived or containing products, and plant-based
products including products intended to mimic tobacco products, oral tobacco,
or other similar products.
(D) Rule
(1)
Restrictions. To protect the health and safety of our faculty, staff, students
and visitors, all property on the university campus is designed as a
nonsmoking, tobacco-free area. Smoking or tobacco use
is prohibited anywhere
on the
NEOMED campus.
This rule is
applicable to the inside and outside of all buildings, any parking areas,
all vehicles on campus and any personal residence.
Consistent with this rule, university groups or members of the
public that schedule indoor or outdoor spaces for approved functions on the
university campus are prohibited from allowing smoking or
permitting tobacco use during their function.
(2) Enforcement. People who
repeatedly
refuse to abide by the tobacco-free environment established by this rule
will be referred to the following reporting authorities for further action:
(a) Students will be reported to the chief
student affairs officer for handling in accordance with the student
handbook.
(b) Faculty
and staff will be reported to
human resources for handling in accordance with the
university faculty code of professional conduct
or the employee handbook, as appropriate.
(c) Visitors, contractors and guests who
are in violation of this policy should be immediately reminded of it and
directed to comply. Continued violation of this policy may result in further
action as deemed necessary by the appropriate personnel.
