Smoking in the Workplace Law Summaries
Kansas, Smoking in the Workplace Law Summaries
Kansas' smoking in the workplace law is located at Kan StatAnn, Secs. 21-4009-21-4014 and 65-530.
WHAT THE EMPLOYER MUST DO
General rule.- Smoking is prohibited in public places and state buildings, except in designated smoking areas. Smoking is completely prohibited in the state capitol.
No-smoking areas.- Kansas prohibits smoking in other than designated areas in public places, including but not limited to restaurants, retail stores, public transportation, health care institutions, elevators, educational facilities, libraries, theaters, art museums, concert halls, auditoriums, waiting rooms of medical offices, public buses and state, county or municipal buildings. Existing physical barriers and ventilation systems should be used to minimize the toxic affect of smoke in adjacent nonsmoking areas.
Smoking is not allowed at all in the state capitol and no area within the state capitol may be designated as a smoking area.
Smoking is prohibited in a medical care facility (general hospital, special hospital, ambulatory surgery center, recuperation center or licensed psychiatric hospital), except in designated smoking areas of licensed long-term care units. Signs stating that smoking is prohibited by law must be conspicuously posted in each medical care facility.
Smoking is also prohibited in daycare homes during hours of operation.
Designated smoking areas.- To minimize the toxic effect of smoke escaping from designated smoking areas, existing physical barriers and ventilation systems must be used.
POSTING
Signs indicating that smoking is either prohibited or permitted must be conspicuously posted.
PENALTIES
Violation of the smoking laws is a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of up to $20. Failure to post signs designating areas where smoking is and is not permitted is a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of up to $50.
Violation of the prohibition against smoking in daycare homes during hours of operation will subject the violator to a fine for the first or second offense and the violator's license will be suspended for a third or subsequent offense.
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