Chapter 3 – Personnel, Training, and Employee Relations

31110.7 Nonsmoking and Non‑Tobacco Areas

• Signs shall be posted at entrances of all areas designated “no smoking” or “no tobacco products use or possession,” along with a citation of the authority requiring such prohibition.

• No person shall smoke in any building, areas of any building, or group of buildings owned, leased, or utilized by the Department, with the exception of state-owned housing serving as the primary residence for State employees, when inmates are not present. This shall include, but is not limited to, institutions, facilities, conservation camps, community correctional, reentry, furlough and restitution centers, and family visiting units.

• Smoking or tobacco possession is prohibited at any institution/facility that houses or detains inmates except for residential staff housing when inmates are not present.