Controlled smoking areas
 18. (1) For the purposes of subsections 9 (7), (8) and (9) of the Act, the following are the requirements for a controlled smoking area if a proprietor or employer chooses to operate a controlled smoking area: 1. The controlled smoking area must be enclosed and separated from the rest of the building and must not be a thoroughfare. 2. The controlled smoking area must be set aside specifically for the purpose of smoking. 3. The controlled smoking area must be registered with the Minister by the proprietor of the controlled smoking area and by the employer of the workers who maintain the controlled smoking area. 4. The proprietor of the controlled smoking area and the employer of the workers who maintain the controlled smoking area shall ensure that maintenance checks of the controlled smoking area are conducted in accordance with Schedule 1. 5. The controlled smoking area shall 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. 6. The controlled smoking area must be cleaned daily.  There shall be no smoking in the controlled smoking area for two hours before custodial staff enter the controlled smoking area and while custodial staff are cleaning the controlled smoking area.  A sign shall be posted outside the controlled smoking area indicating the hours during which smoking is not permitted in the controlled smoking area. 7. The controlled smoking 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 smoking area and that exhausts to the exterior of the building. 8. The controlled smoking area must meet the requirements set out in Schedule 2.  O. Reg. 48/06, s. 18 (1). (2) If a controlled smoking area in the facility is set aside for the purpose of smoking 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 smoking area and in which smoking is not permitted and in which the other activity may be carried on.  O. Reg. 48/06, s. 18 (2). (3) If a controlled smoking area in the facility is set aside for the purpose of smoking, 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 smoking area.  O. Reg. 48/06, s. 18 (3). (4) The first sign referred to in subsection (3) shall meet the following requirements: 1. The sign shall be 10 centimetres in height and 10 centimetres in width. 2. The sign shall be a copy of the sign entitled “Controlled Smoking Areas (CSAs) in Residential Care Facilities, Designated Veterans’ Facilities and Psychiatric Facilities”, dated October 1, 2015 and accessible through www.ontario.ca/smokefree. O. Reg. 336/15, s. 12. (5) The second sign referred to in subsection (3) shall indicate the maximum permitted occupancy of the controlled smoking area.  O. Reg. 48/06, s. 18 (5). (6) Subject to subsection (7), the requirements of paragraphs 4 and 8 of subsection (1) do not apply to a controlled smoking area before June 30, 2006.  O. Reg. 48/06, s. 18 (6). (7) The requirements of paragraphs 4 and 8 of subsection (1) do not apply to a controlled smoking area until December 31, 2006, if the proprietor of the controlled smoking area has submitted plans to the Minister on or before June 30, 2006, indicating that the proprietor shall meet those requirements on or before December 31, 2006.  O. Reg. 48/06, s. 18 (7).