Section 144-250-3 - Smoking PoliciesA.Required Contents and Use of Smoking Policies1 Each employer shall establish, or may negotiate through the collective bargaining process, a written policy concerning smoking and nonsmoking by employees in that portion of any business facility for which the employer is responsible.2 The employer's policy shall prohibit smoking except in Designated Smoking Areas in order to protect the employer and employees from the detrimental effects of environmental tobacco smoke.3 Smoking in workplaces shall only take place in Designated Smoking Areas. Designated Smoking Areas shall be described within the written policy.4 Smoking in the business facility must be in accordance with the written policy.5 The employer shall post and supervise the implementation of the written policy.6 The employer shall provide a copy of this policy to any employee upon request.7 All areas of a business facility into which members of the public are invited or allowed are governed by the provisions of 22 M.R.S.A. §§1541 - 1548 and 10 - 144 C MR c. 249.B. Permissible Contents of Smoking Policies The employer's written policy may prohibit smoking throughout the entire business facility.
10- 144 C.M.R. ch. 250, § 3