15.2-2827 - Responsibility of building proprietors and managers.
§ 15.2-2827. Responsibility of building proprietors and managers.
Except as provided in § 15.2-2825, proprietors or persons who manage orotherwise control any building, structure, space, place, or area governed bythis chapter in which smoking is not otherwise prohibited may designate roomsor areas in which smoking is permitted as follows:
1. Designated smoking areas shall not encompass so much of the building,structure, space, place, or area open to the general public that reasonableno-smoking areas, considering the nature of the use and the size of thebuilding, are not provided;
2. Designated smoking areas shall be separate to the extent reasonablypracticable from those rooms or areas entered by the general public in thenormal use of the particular business or institution; and
3. In designated smoking areas, ventilation systems and existing physicalbarriers shall be used when reasonably practicable to minimize the permeationof smoke into no-smoking areas. However, this chapter shall not be construedas requiring physical modifications or alterations to any structure.
(2009, cc. 153, 154.)