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8/16/2004
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MINNESOTA CLEAN INDOOR AIR ACT RULES AND ENFORCEMENT <br />REGARDING WORKPLACES, RESTAURANTS, AND BARS <br />In 1975, the Minnesota Clean Indoor Air Act (MCIAA) was �dS��k����� This landmark legislation <br />was passed to protect the public's health by restricting smoking in public places and workplaces. <br />In 1975, secondhand smoke was thought of as more of an annoyance than a health risk. Today <br />there are hundreds of studies and reports documenting the harmful health effects of secondhand <br />smoke. <br />Since 1975, some of the MCIAA rules have been amended. The latest revision was in 2002, and <br />includes new requirements for offices, factories, warehouses, and similar workplaces. The new <br />rules no longer allow employees to smoke at workstations although smoking is allowed in some <br />areas (e.g., private enclosed office occupied by one person with door closed and strict ventilation <br />requirements).36 Increasingly, more office buildings and other workplaces are voluntarily going <br />smoke-free. The MCIAA does not allow smoking at all in public schools (K-12), day cares, or <br />health care facilities. <br />No significant changes have occurred with the MCIAA regarding restaurants and bars. The <br />basic requirements are: <br />• Restaurants must designate at least 30 percent of the total seating capacity as nonsmoking <br />• Bars must follow restaurant seating requirements unless the bar has a limited food license <br />and seating capacity for 50 people or fewer. If so, the whole bar may be designated as <br />smoking permitted. <br />Nonsmoking and smoking-permittedseating must be separated by one of the following: <br />- A four-foot-wide space; <br />' A physical barrier 56 inches or more in height, or <br />` Outdoor (fresh) air ventilation of not less than 15 cubic feet per minute per person (this is <br />not the same as new ventilation requirements for offices, factories, warehouses, or similar <br />����cpla�e s�, �. <br />In Bloomington, staff from the Environmental Health Division enforce the MCIAA rules. <br />Environmental Health staff check to see if local bars and restaurants are in compliance with the <br />MCIAA when they do their food safety inspections, which are done four times a year. <br />Enforcement of the MCIAA in other workplaces (offices, warehouses, and similar workplaces) is <br />"complaint based," meaning that if a complaint comes to the Minnesota Department of Health or <br />to the Bloomington Environmental Health Division, staff will go out and assess the situation and <br />help them come into compliance. Warnings are given if there is a violation with corrections <br />noted. If a workplace does not make corrections in a timely manner, an administrative penalty <br />order (i.e., fine) may be given, although this rarely happens in Minnesota and never has <br />happened in Bloomington. <br />�� <br />
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