333-015-0035 Oregon Indoor Clean Air Act: General Provision (1) No person shall smoke, aerosolize or vaporize an inhalant or carry a lighted smoking instrument in a public place or place of employment except in those areas that are not required to be smoke, aerosol or vapor free under ORS 433.850(2) and OAR 333-015-0035(6) through (8). (2) Employers shall provide for employees a place of employment that is free of all smoke, aerosols and vapors containing inhalants; and may not allow employees to smoke, aerosolize or vaporize inhalants at the place of employment, except in those areas listed in ORS 433.850(2) and in OAR 333-015-0035(5) through (8). (3) In providing a smoke, aerosol, or vapor free place of employment, an employer must ensure that: (a) No person smokes, aerosolizes or vaporizes an inhalant within a place of employment. (b) No person smokes, aerosolizes or vaporizes an inhalant within 10 feet of the following parts of a place of employment: (A) Entrances; (B) Exits; (C) Windows that open; and (D) Ventilation intakes that serve an enclosed area. (4) No person shall smoke, aerosolize or vaporize an inhalant or carry a lighted smoking instrument within 10 feet of the following parts of public places or places of employment: (a) Entrances; (b) Exits; (c) Windows that open; and (d) Ventilation intakes that serve an enclosed area. (5) The owner or entity in charge of a hotel or motel may designate up to 25 percent of the sleeping rooms of the hotel or motel as rooms in which smoking, aerosolizing or vaporizing of inhalants is permitted. (a) If the owner or entity in charge of a hotel or motel chooses to designate up to 25 percent of sleeping rooms as smoking, aerosolizing or vaporizing permitted, all smoking, aerosolizing or vaporizing rooms on the same floor must be contiguous. The status of the rooms may not be changed, except to add more non-smoking, non-aerosolizing or non-vaporizing rooms. (b) The owner or entity in charge of a hotel or motel shall provide written notice to patrons upon check-in as to the smoking, aerosolizing or vaporizing status of the sleeping rooms. (c) The owner or entity in charge of a hotel or motel shall post signs at each entrance and exit in accordance with OAR 333-015-0040, with the exception of at sleeping room entrances and exits. Signs shall notify all patrons that smoking, aerosolizing or vaporizing is limited to certain sleeping rooms. (d) The owner or entity in charge of a hotel or motel shall provide written information to patrons upon check-in, describing how patrons may notify management of smoking, aerosolizing or vaporizing occurring in non-smoking, non-aerosolizing or non-vaporizing areas or rooms. (e) Nothing in these rules shall prevent the owner or entity in charge of a hotel or motel from prohibiting smoking, aerosolizing or vaporizing on the entire premises. (6) Smoking of noncommercial tobacco products for ceremonial purposes is permitted in spaces designated for traditional ceremonies in accordance with the American Indian Religious Freedom Act, 42 U.S.C. 1996. (7) The following areas are not required to be smoke-free: (a) Smoke shops that are certified by the Authority under these rules; (b) Cigar bars if: (A) The cigar bar generated on-site retail sales of cigars of at least $5,000 for the calendar year ending December 31, 2006; and (B) The cigar bar has provided the Public Health Division with proper documentation as required by OAR 333-015-0066. (c) Up to 25 percent of the sleeping rooms of a hotel or motel, as designated by the owner or entity in charge. The hotel or motel must comply with rules set forth in OAR 333-015-0035(5). (8) The medical use of marijuana is permitted in the place of employment of a licensee of a professional licensing board as described in ORS 475B.919. (9) Nothing in these rules shall prevent an employer in charge of a place of employment or an entity in charge of a public place from designating the entire place of employment or public place as smoke, aerosol or vapor free. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 433.855 Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 433.835 - 433.870 History: PH 23-2019, amend filed 11/18/2019, effective 01/01/2020 PH 30-2015, f. 12-29-15, cert. ef. 1-1-16 PH 26-2014, f. & cert. ef. 10-8-14 PH 2-2012, f. & cert. ef. 2-1-12 PH 2-2010, f. & cert. ef. 1-14-10 PH 12-2008, f. 8-15-08, cert. ef. 1-1-09 PH 27-2004, f. & cert. ef. 8-19-04 PH 18-2004(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 5-7-04 thru 10-27-04 OHD 12-2002, f. & cert. ef. 8-27-02 OHD 8-2002(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 5-28-02 thru 11-22-02 HD 10-1983, f. & ef. 7-1-83