Controlled areas
 26. (1) For the purposes of subsection 13 (1) of the Act, the following are the requirements for a controlled area if a proprietor or employer chooses to operate a controlled area: 1.  The controlled area must be enclosed and separated from the rest of the building and must not be a thoroughfare. 2.  The controlled area must be registered with the Ministry by the proprietor of the controlled area and by the employer of the workers who maintain the controlled area. 3.  The proprietor of the controlled area and the employer of the workers who maintain the controlled area shall ensure that maintenance checks of the controlled area are conducted in accordance with Schedule 1 to this Regulation. 4.  The controlled area must comply with all the applicable codes and standards, and, where the requirements of the applicable codes and standards conflict with the requirements in this Regulation, the requirements of the applicable codes and standards shall prevail. The existing fire separations and other life safety systems shall be maintained or upgraded as required based on the new usage of the space. 5.  The controlled area must be cleaned daily, and i.  there shall be no smoking or use of electronic cigarettes in the controlled area for two hours before custodial staff enter the controlled area and while custodial staff are cleaning the controlled area, and ii.  a sign must be posted outside the controlled area indicating the hours during which smoking and the use of electronic cigarettes is not permitted in the controlled area. 6.  The controlled area must be equipped with a separate ventilation system that supplies a minimum ventilation rate of 30 litres per second per person for the maximum permitted occupancy of the controlled area and that exhausts to the exterior of the building. 7.  The controlled area must meet the requirements set out in Schedule 2 to this Regulation. O. Reg. 268/18, s. 26 (1). (2) If a controlled area in the facility is set aside for the purpose of smoking or the use of electronic cigarettes and for the purpose of carrying on another activity, there must be another area in the facility that is of a size equal to or greater than the area of the controlled area and in which smoking or the use of electronic cigarettes is not permitted and in which the other activity may be carried on. O. Reg. 268/18, s. 26 (2). (3) If a controlled area in the facility is set aside for the purpose of smoking or the use of electronic cigarettes, the proprietor of the facility and the employer of the workers in the facility shall post the sign described in subsection (4) and the sign described in subsection (5) outside any entrance to the controlled area. O. Reg. 268/18, s. 26 (3). (4) The first sign referred to in subsection (3) shall meet the following requirements: 1.  The sign must be 10 centimetres in height and 10 centimetres in width. 2.  The sign must be a copy of the sign entitled “Controlled Areas in Certain Residential Facilities”, dated April 1, 2020 and accessible through a website of the Government of Ontario. O. Reg. 268/18, s. 26 (4); O. Reg. 430/19, s. 8; O. Reg. 197/20, s. 5. (5) The second sign referred to in subsection (3) shall indicate the maximum permitted occupancy of the controlled area. O. Reg. 268/18, s. 26 (5).