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This law was first created in 2007. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 430<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2009, chapters 153<\/a> and 154<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":348137,"section_number":"15.2-2820","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2820\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1391675,"object_type":"law","relational_id":351095,"identifier":"18.2-511.1","token":"18.2\/12\/3\/18.2-511.1","url":"\/18.2-511.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-511.1\/","token":"18.2\/12\/3\/18.2-511.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Smoking in proximity to a medical oxygen source in a health care facility; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-511.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person who smokes or uses an open flame within 25 feet of a medical oxygen source in a health care facility, as defined in \u00a7 15.2-2820<\/a>, when the area is posted as an area where smoking and open flame are prohibited is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSMOKING IN PROXIMITY TO A MEDICAL OXYGEN SOURCE IN A HEALTH CARE FACILITY;\nPENALTY (\u00a7 18.2-511.1)\n\nAny person who smokes or uses an open flame within 25 feet of a medical oxygen\nsource in a health care facility, as defined in \u00a7 15.2-2820, when the area is\nposted as an area where smoking and open flame are prohibited is guilty of a\nClass 2 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: 2007, c. 430; 2009, cc. 153, 154.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}