§ 20-27-1805 - Exemptions. - Arkansas Statutes

20-27-1805. Exemptions.

An owner or operator of any of the following areas may exempt itself from this subchapter:

(1) Private residences except when used as a licensed child care, adult daycare, or health care facility;

(2) (A) Hotel and motel rooms that are rented to guests and are designated as smoking rooms.

(B) However, if a hotel or motel has more than twenty-five (25) guest rooms, not more than twenty percent (20%) of rooms rented to guests in the hotel or motel may be designated as exempt from this subchapter;

(3) (A) All workplaces of any employer with fewer than three (3) employees.

(B) This exemption does not apply to any public place;

(4) A retail tobacco store, if secondhand smoke from the store does not infiltrate into areas in which smoking is prohibited under this subchapter;

(5) Areas within long-term care facilities that are designated by the long-term care facilities as a smoking area or for supervised patient smoking only;

(6) Outdoor areas of places of employment;

(7) All workplaces of any manufacturer, importer, or wholesaler of tobacco products, of any tobacco leaf dealer or processor, and all tobacco storage facilities;

(8) (A) All restaurants and bars licensed by the State of Arkansas that prohibit at all times all persons less than twenty-one (21) years of age from entering the premises if secondhand smoke does not infiltrate into areas in which smoking is prohibited under this subchapter.

(B) All restaurants and bars that are exempt under this subdivision (8) shall prominently display a health warning sign as defined by the State Board of Health; and

(9) Designated smoking areas on the gaming floor of any franchisee of the Arkansas Racing Commission.