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D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
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Title 20. ENVIRONMENT |
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Chapter 20-21. SMOKING REGULATIONS |
Section 20-2103. POSTING OF SIGNS IN PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT AND PUBLIC PLACES
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2103.1The requirements of this section shall supplement the requirements for the posting of warning signs pursuant to DCMR Title 12D, Fire Prevention Code Supplement, and the BOCA National Fire Prevention Code.
2103.2When smoking is prohibited in a building by the building owner, the owner or the owner's agent shall conspicuously post signs that include the internationally recognized symbol for no smoking and read as follows:
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NO SMOKING UNDER PENALTY OF LAW. MAXIMUM FINE ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,000).”
2103.3When posting signs pursuant to § 2103.2, the building owner, or the owner's agent, shall conspicuously post signs at the entrance of the building, inside each elevator, and inside the building in sufficient number to give notice to the public of the law.
2103.4If a building owner does not prohibit smoking and a tenant of the building owner permits smoking because it is exempt under D.C. Official Code § 7-743 or has obtained an economic hardship waiver under D.C. Official Code § 7-745, the owner or the owner's agent shall conspicuously post signs that include the internationally recognized smoking symbol and read as follows:
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NO SMOKING EXCEPT IN SMOKING AREAS. MAXIMUM FINE ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,000)”.
2103.5When posting a sign pursuant to § 2103.4 the building owner, or the owner's agent, shall conspicuously post signs at the entrance to the building, inside each elevator, and inside the building in sufficient number to notice to the public of the law.
2103.6An employer shall conspicuously post one of the following signs in a place of employment:
(a)If the employer is not exempt under D.C. Official Code § 7-743 or has not obtained an economic hardship waiver under D.C. Official Code § 7-745, the employer shall conspicuously post signs that include the internationally recognized no-smoking symbol and read as follows:
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NO SMOKING UNDER PENALTY OF LAW. MAXIMUM FINE ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,000).”; or
(b)If the employer is exempt under D.C. Official Code § 7-743 or has obtained an economic hardship waiver under D.C. Official Code § 7-745, the employer shall conspicuously post signs that include the internationally recognized smoking symbol and read as follows:
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NO SMOKING EXCEPT IN SMOKING AREAS. MAXIMUM FINE ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,000)”.
2103.7The internationally recognized smoking and no-smoking symbols required for each of the signs described in this section shall be in a typeface that is at least as large as the largest lettering on the sign.
2103.8The employer shall post the signs required by § 2103.6 in the following places that are open to or used by employees or the public:
(a)At an entrance to the place of employment; and
(b)On the interior of any non-smoking area so that they are visible to employees and the public.
2103.9If the employer is exempt under D.C. Official Code § 7-743 or has obtained an economic hardship waiver under D.C. Official Code § 7-745, the employer shall conspicuously post in a designated smoking area a sign that states, in letters not less than three-quarters of an inch (3/4 in.) in height, the following:
“SMOKING IN ACCORDANCE WITH EMPLOYER'S SMOKING POLICY ONLY. SMOKING CAUSES LUNG CANCER, HEART DISEASE, EMPHYSEMA, AND MAY CAUSE FETAL INJURY, PREMATURE BIRTH, AND LOW BIRTH WEIGHT IN PREGNANT WOMEN. MAXIMUM FINE ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,000).”