Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §1580-B, sub-§2, as repealed and replaced by PL 1989, c. 878, Pt. G, §1, is amended to read:

2. Prohibition. Beginning November 16, 1989, no a person may not smoke tobacco or any other substance in any enclosed area of any hospital, except as otherwise provided in this section that a hospital may establish an enclosed and adequately ventilated smoking area for patient use. Nothing in this subsection prohibits a hospital from designating the entire hospital campus, both buildings and grounds, as a nonsmoking area.

Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §1580-B, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1991, c. 501, is repealed.

Sec. 3. 22 MRSA §1580-B, sub-§4, as repealed and replaced by PL 1989, c. 878, Pt. G, §1, is repealed.

SUMMARY

This bill eliminates the requirement that hospitals and state mental health institutes provide a smoking area but gives these facilities the discretion to provide a designated smoking area for patient use.