2006 Code of Virginia § 15.2-2800 - Definitions

15.2-2800. Definitions.

As used in this chapter unless the context requires a different meaning:

"Bar or lounge area" means any establishment or portion of an establishmentwhere one can consume alcoholic beverages and hors d'oeuvres, but excludingany such establishment or portion of the establishment having tables orseating facilities where, in consideration of payment, meals are served.

"Educational facility" means any building used for instruction of enrolledstudents, including, but not limited to, any day-care center, nursery school,public or private school, college, university, medical school, law school, orcareer and technical education school.

"Health care facility" means any institution, place, building, or agencyrequired to be licensed under Virginia law, including, but not limited to,any hospital, nursing facility or nursing home, boarding home, assistedliving facility, supervised living facility, or ambulatory medical andsurgical center.

"Private work place" means any office or work area that is not open to thepublic in the normal course of business except by individual invitation.

"Proprietor" means the owner or lessee of the public place, who ultimatelycontrols the activities within the public place. The term "proprietor"includes corporations, associations, or partnerships as well as individuals.

"Public conveyance" or "public vehicle" means any air, land, or watervehicle used for the mass transportation of persons in intrastate travel forcompensation, including, but not limited to, any airplane, train, bus, orboat that is not subject to federal smoking regulations.

"Public place" means any enclosed, indoor area used by the general public,including, but not limited to, any building owned or leased by theCommonwealth or any agency thereof or any locality, public conveyance orpublic vehicle, restaurant, educational facility, hospital, nursing facilityor nursing home, other health care facility, library, retail store of 15,000square feet or more, auditorium, arena, theater, museum, concert hall, orother area used for a performance or an exhibit of the arts or sciences, orany meeting room.

"Recreational facility" means any enclosed, indoor area used by the generalpublic and used as a stadium, arena, skating rink, video game facility, orsenior citizen recreational facility.

"Restaurant" means any building, structure, or area, excluding a bar orlounge area as defined in this chapter, having a seating capacity of fifty ormore patrons, where food is available for eating on the premises, inconsideration of payment.

"Smoke" or "smoking" means the carrying or holding of any lighted pipe,cigar, or cigarette of any kind, or any other lighted smoking equipment, orthe lighting, inhaling, or exhaling of smoke from a pipe, cigar, or cigaretteof any kind.

"Theater" means any indoor facility or auditorium, open to the public,which is primarily used or designed for the purpose of exhibiting any motionpicture, stage production, musical recital, dance, lecture, or other similarperformance.

(1990, cc. 902, 969, 15.1-291.1; 1993, cc. 957, 993; 1994, c. 928; 1997, c.587; 2001, c. 483.)