Oklahoma Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 11, 2021) |
TITLE 310. Oklahoma State Department of Health |
Chapter 355. Smoking in Public Places And Indoor Workplaces |
Subchapter 1. General Provisions |
SECTION 310:355-1-6. Definitions
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- The following words and terms, when used herein, shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:"Act" means the Oklahoma Smoking in Public Places and Indoor Workplaces Act [63:1-1521 et seq]."Building" means an entire free standing structure enclosed or predominantly enclosed by exterior walls."Department" means the Oklahoma State Department of Health."Eating establishment" means an establishment licensed by the Department under Chapter 256 or any Chapter adopted to replace Chapter 256 that is primarily engaged in preparing and selling food, exclusive of low-point beer and alcoholic beverages, for immediate consumption on or off the premises, based upon gross receipts of the establishment."Nonsmoking area" or "nonsmoking space" means a smokefree area or space."Public transportation" means transportation services, facilities and equipment with multiple passenger capabilities, available to the public on a scheduled or demand basis including intercity, regional and city bus, minibus, van pool, car pool and taxicab services, and commuter rail services. [69:4005]"Recirculate" means movement of air or smoke from one area to another either mechanically by way of the heating, air conditioning and ventilation system or by other means of circulation, drifting, transfer or migration."Restaurant" means any eating establishment regardless of seating capacity. [63:1-1522.7]"Secondhand smoke" means the aerosol produced from combustion of tobacco products---consisting of a combination of many different gases, types of particulate matter, and semi-volatile organic compounds, visible and invisible, odorless and with odors---including smoke exhaled by smokers, smoke from the burning tip of a cigarette or other tobacco product, and materials escaping through cigarette paper."Smoke" means smoke from combustion of tobacco products, including secondhand smoke."Smokefree area" or "smokefree space" means an area or space within or outside a building where smoking is prohibited. Within a building that is not entirely exempt from the Act [63:1-1521 et seq], if smoking is permitted anywhere in the building, the air in the smokefree areas inside the building is protected from secondhand tobacco smoke from the smoking spaces by a combination of direct exhaust from the smoking spaces to the outside, full enclosure surrounding the smoking spaces, and sufficient negative air pressure in the smoking spaces relative to the smokefree areas to prevent the escape of smoke from the smoking spaces to any smokefree areas.