Facilities must adopt smoking regulations that include prohibiting smoking in areas with flammable or hazardous materials, posting appropriate no-smoking signage, prohibiting unsupervised smoking by patients classified as not responsible, and providing noncombustible ashtrays and metal self-closing containers in permitted smoking areas. These requirements align with NFPA Life Safety Code sections 18.7.4 and 19.7.4, which apply to health care occupancies.
View official sourceK741 Smoking Regulations Smoking regulations shall be adopted and shall include not less than the following provisions: (1) Smoking shall be prohibited in any room, ward, or compartment where flammable liquids, combustible gases, or oxygen is used or stored and in any other hazardous location, and such area shall be posted with signs that read NO SMOKING or shall be posted with the international symbol for no smoking. (2) In health care occupancies where smoking is prohibited and signs are prominently placed at all major entrances, secondary signs with language that prohibits smoking shall not be required. (3) Smoking by patients classified as not responsible shall be prohibited. (4) The requirement of 18.7.4(3) shall not apply where the patient is under direct supervision. (5) Ashtrays of noncombustible material and safe design shall be provided in all areas where smoking is permitted. (6) Metal containers with self-closing cover devices into which ashtrays can be emptied shall be readily available to all areas where smoking is permitted. 18.7.4, 19.7.4