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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
Introduced by: Councilmember Curran
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
Title
Health - Smoking On or Adjacent to Hospital Premises
FOR the purpose of prohibiting smoking on or adjacent to hospital premises; defining certain terms; providing for certain exceptions; imposing certain penalties; providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to smoking in areas near hospitals.
Body
BY adding
Article - Health
Section(s) 12-601 through 12-612, inclusive, to be under the new subtitle
“Subtitle 6. Smoking On or Adjacent to Hospital Premises”
Baltimore City Revised Code
(Edition 2000)
BY repealing and reordaining, with amendments
Article 1 - Mayor, City Council, and Municipal Agencies
Section(s) 40-14(e)(7)(Title 12) and 41-14(6)(Title 12)
Baltimore City Code
(Edition 2000)
SECTION 1. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That the Laws of Baltimore City read as follows:
Baltimore City Revised Code
Article – Health
Title 12. Tobacco Products
SUBTITLE 6. SMOKING ON OR ADJACENT TO HOSPITAL PREMISES
§ 12-601. DEFINITIONS.
(A) IN GENERAL.
IN THIS SUBTITLE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS HAVE THE MEANINGS INDICATED.
(B) HOSPITAL.
“HOSPITAL” MEANS AN INSTITUTION THAT:
(1) HAS A GROUP OF AT LEAST 5 PHYSICIANS WHO ARE O...
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