{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-15.2-2824","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 15.2-2824","heading":"Prohibitions on smoking generally; penalty for violation","body":"A. Smoking shall be prohibited in (i) elevators, regardless of capacity, except in any open material hoist elevator not intended for use by the general public; (ii) public school buses; (iii) the interior of any public elementary, intermediate, and secondary school; (iv) hospital emergency rooms; (v) local or district health departments; (vi) polling rooms; (vii) indoor service lines and cashier lines; (viii) public restrooms in any building owned or leased by the Commonwealth or any agency thereof; (ix) the interior of a child day center licensed pursuant to § 22.1-289.011 that is not also used for residential purposes; however, this prohibition shall not apply to any area of a building not utilized by a child day center, unless otherwise prohibited by this chapter; and (x) public restrooms of health care facilities.B. No person shall smoke in any area or place specified in subsection A and any person who continues to smoke in such area or place after having been asked to refrain from smoking shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $25.C. Civil penalties assessed under this section shall be paid into the Virginia Health Care Fund established under § 32.1-366.2009, cc. 153, 154; 2020, cc. 860, 861.","path":["Title 15.2. Counties, Cities and Towns","Subtitle II. Powers of Local Government","Chapter 28.2. Virginia Indoor Clean Air Act","Article 2. Statewide Regulation of Smoking"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/15.2-2824/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:14:19Z","sha256":"69814ce3c04c721eb62eb1dada5b53d292dbeef8aa23d11223fdbcefe81c7012","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-15.2-2823","next":"us-va/va.-code-15.2-2825"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}