(C) "Place of employment" means an enclosed area under the | 14 |
direct or indirect control of an employer that the employer's | 15 |
employees use for work or any other purpose, including but not | 16 |
limited to, offices, meeting rooms, sales, production and storage | 17 |
areas, restrooms, stairways, hallways, warehouses, garages, and | 18 |
vehicles. An enclosed area as described herein is a place of | 19 |
employment without regard to the time of day or the presence of | 20 |
employees. | 21 |
(H) "Retail tobacco store" means a retail establishment that | 38 |
derives more than eighty percentper cent of its gross revenue | 39 |
from the sale of cigars, cigarettes, pipes, or other smoking | 40 |
devices for burning tobacco and related smoking accessories and in | 41 |
which the sale of other products is merely incidental. "Retail | 42 |
tobacco store" does not include a tobacco department or section of | 43 |
a larger commercial establishment or of any establishment with a | 44 |
liquor permit or of any restaurantincludes a cigar bar. | 45 |
(L) "Outdoor patio" means an area that is either: enclosed by | 70 |
a roof or other overhead covering and walls or side coverings on | 71 |
not more than two sides; or has no roof or other overhead covering | 72 |
regardless of the number of walls or other side coveringsany area | 73 |
not
enclosed with permanent walls, that does
not function as a | 74 |
parking lot, and is attached or immediately
adjacent to the | 75 |
permanent structure of a building, except that in the case of a | 76 |
community-based correctional facility developed pursuant to | 77 |
Chapter 2301. of the Revised Code or a facility licensed under | 78 |
section 2967.14 of the Revised Code, "outdoor patio" includes an | 79 |
area that is immediately adjacent to the permanent structure of | 80 |
the facility, has at least one side of the enclosure consisting of | 81 |
one wall of the facility, and is otherwise enclosed with a fence | 82 |
or other material used for security purposes. | 83 |
(A) Private residences, except during the hours of operation | 88 |
as a child care or adult care facility for compensation, during | 89 |
the hours of operation as a business by a person other than a | 90 |
person residing in the private residence, or during the hours of | 91 |
operation as a business, when employees of the business, who are | 92 |
not residents of the private residence or are not related to the | 93 |
owner, are present. | 94 |
(C) Family-ownedA family-owned and operated placesplace of | 99 |
employment in which
all employees are related to the owner, but | 100 |
only if the enclosed
areas of the place of employment are not | 101 |
open to the public, are
in a free standing structure occupied | 102 |
solely by the
place of employment, and smoke from the place of | 103 |
employment does
not migrate into an enclosed area where smoking | 104 |
is prohibited
under the provisions of this chapter. | 105 |
(D) Any nursing home, as defined in division (A) of section | 106 |
3721.10(A) of the Revised Code, but only to the extent necessary | 107 |
to comply with division (A)(18) of section 3721.13(A)(18) of the | 108 |
Revised Code. If indoor smoking area is provided by a nursing home | 109 |
for residents of the nursing home, the designated indoor smoking | 110 |
area shall be separately enclosed and separately ventilated so | 111 |
that tobacco smoke does not enter, through entrances, windows, | 112 |
ventilation systems, or other means, any areas where smoking is | 113 |
otherwise prohibited under this chapter. Only residents of the | 114 |
nursing home may utilize the designated indoor smoking area for | 115 |
smoking. A nursing home may designate specific times when the | 116 |
indoor smoking area may be used for such purpose. No employee of a | 117 |
nursing home shall be required to accompany a resident into a | 118 |
designated indoor smoking area or perform services in such area | 119 |
when being used for smoking.
| 120 |
(2) Except as provided in division (E)(3) of this section, a | 124 |
retail tobacco store shall annually file with the department of | 125 |
health by the thirty-first day of January thirty first an | 126 |
affidavit stating the percentage of its gross income during the | 127 |
prior calendar year that was derived from the sale of cigars, | 128 |
cigarettes, pipes, or other smoking devices for smoking tobacco | 129 |
and related smoking accessories. Any retail tobacco store that | 130 |
begins operation after the effective date of this section or any | 131 |
existing retail tobacco store that relocates to
another location | 132 |
after the effective date of this section may only qualify for this | 133 |
exemption if located in a
freestanding structure occupied solely | 134 |
by the business and smoke
from the business does not migrate into | 135 |
an enclosed area where
smoking is prohibited under the provisions | 136 |
of this chapter. | 137 |
(F) Outdoor patios as defined in Section 3794.01(I) of this | 140 |
chapter. All outdoor
patios shall be physically separated from an | 141 |
enclosed area. If
windows or doors form any part of the partition | 142 |
between an
enclosed area and the outdoor patio, the openings | 143 |
shall be closed
to prevent the migration of smoke into the | 144 |
enclosed area. If
windows or doors do not prevent the migration | 145 |
of smoke into the
enclosed area, the outdoor patio shall be | 146 |
considered an extension
of the enclosed area and subject to the | 147 |
prohibitions of this
chapterAn outdoor patio. | 148 |
(G) Private clubs as defined in division (B)(13) of section | 149 |
4301.01(B)(13) of the Revised Code, provided all of the following | 150 |
apply: the club has no employees;that the club is organized as a | 151 |
not-for-profit entity; only members of the club are present in the | 152 |
club's building; no persons under the age of eighteen are present | 153 |
in the club's building; the club is located in a freestanding | 154 |
structure occupied solely by the club; smoke from the club does | 155 |
not migrate into an enclosed area where smoking is prohibited | 156 |
under the provisions of this chapter;, and, if the club serves | 157 |
alcohol, it holds a valid D4 liquor permit. | 158 |