ORS 433.850: Prohibition on aerosolizing, smoking or vaporizing in place of employment; exceptions; posting signs.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) An employer: (a) Shall provide for employees a place of employment that is free of all smoke, aerosols and vapors containing inhalants; and (b) May not allow employees to smoke, aerosolize or vaporize inhalants at the place of employment. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section: (a) The owner or person in charge of a hotel or motel may designate up to 25 percent of the sleeping rooms of the hotel or motel as rooms in which the smoking, aerosolizing or vaporizing of inhalants is permitted. (b) Smoking of noncommercial tobacco products for ceremonial purposes is permitted in spaces designated for traditional ceremonies in accordance with the American Indian Religious Freedom Act, 42 U.S.C. 1996. (c) The smoking of tobacco products is permitted in a smoke shop. (d) The smoking of cigars is permitted in a cigar bar that generated on-site retail sales of cigars of at least $5,000 for the calendar year ending December 31, 2006. (e) A performer may smoke or carry a lighted smoking instrument that does not contain tobacco or cannabis, and may aerosolize or vaporize a substance that does not contain nicotine or a cannabinoid, while performing in a scripted stage, motion picture or television production if: (A) The production is produced by an organization whose primary purpose is producing scripted productions; and (B) The act of smoking, aerosolizing or vaporizing is an integral part of the production. (f) The medical use of marijuana is permitted in the place of employment of a licensee of a professional licensing board as described in ORS 475C.892. (3) An employer, except in those places described in subsection (2) of this section, shall post signs that provide notice of the provisions of ORS 433.835 to 433.875. [1981 c.384 §§4,5; 2001 c.104 §161; 2001 c.990 §2; 2007 c.602 §4; 2011 c.234 §1; 2015 c.158 §18; 2017 c.21 §109]
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 333-015-0025: Oregon Indoor Clean Air Act: Authority and Purpose — implements
- OAR 333-015-0035: Oregon Indoor Clean Air Act: General Provision — implements
- OAR 333-015-0040: Oregon Indoor Clean Air Act: Signs — implements
- OAR 333-015-0045: Oregon Indoor Clean Air Act: Ashtrays — implements
- OAR 333-015-0056: Oregon Indoor Clean Air Act: Smoke Shop Application for Certification — implements
- OAR 333-015-0057: Oregon Indoor Clean Air Act: Smoke Shop Application Review — implements
- OAR 333-015-0058: Oregon Indoor Clean Air Act: Smoke Shop Ongoing Requirements for Certification — implements
- OAR 333-015-0059: Oregon Indoor Clean Air Act: Smoke Shop Renewal of Certification — implements
- OAR 333-015-0061: Oregon Indoor Clean Air Act: Transfer of Ownership or Location — implements
- OAR 333-015-0062: Oregon Indoor Clean Air Act: Vehicles — implements
- OAR 333-015-0064: Oregon Indoor Clean Air Act: Outdoor Smoking Areas — implements
- OAR 333-015-0066: Oregon Indoor Clean Air Act: Cigar Bars — implements
- OAR 333-015-0070: Oregon Indoor Clean Air Act: Oregon Health Authority Responsibilities — implements
- OAR 333-015-0075: Oregon Indoor Clean Air Act: Complaint Response — implements
- OAR 333-015-0078: Oregon Indoor Clean Air Act: Violations — implements
- OAR 333-015-0080: Oregon Indoor Clean Air Act: Public Places which Oregon Health Authority, Public Health Authority Regularly Inspects — implements
- OAR 333-015-0082: Oregon Indoor Clean Air Act: Public Places Regulated by Other State Agencies or Local Governments — implements
- OAR 333-015-0085: Oregon Indoor Clean Air Act: Penalties — implements
- OAR 411-086-0350: Smoking — implements
This rule cites
- ORS 433.835 — resolved
- 433.875 — resolved
Cited by
- ORS 433.845: Prohibition on aerosolizing, smoking or vaporizing in public place or place of employment.
- ORS 433.855: Duties of Oregon Health Authority; civil penalties; rules; limitations; compliance checks.
- ORS 433.860: Enforcement.
- ORS 433.990: Penalties.
- OAR 333-015-0035: Oregon Indoor Clean Air Act: General Provision
- OAR 333-015-0075: Oregon Indoor Clean Air Act: Complaint Response
Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors433.html