District of Columbia § 7-741.04 Penalties.

District of Columbia Statutes

§ 7-741.04 — Penalties.

District of Columbia § 7-741.04

Title 7Human Health Care and Safety.

Ch. 7AFunctions of the Department of Health.

Subch. IIInspections, Penalties, Waiver, and Employee Rights.

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D.C. Code § 7-741.04 (2026).

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An employer or person who willfully violates the requirements of this chapter by:

(1)Smoking in a prohibited area shall be subject to a fine of not less than $100 or more than $1,000; subsequent offenses shall be subject to a fine of not less than $200 or more than $1,000;

(2)Obscuring, removing, defacing, mutilating or destroying any sign posted in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to a fine of $500; or

(3)Failing to post or maintain warning signs describing the prohibited activity and failing to notify a person observed to be smoking to stop the activity, as required by this subsection, shall be subject to a fine of $500; each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.

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An employer or person who willfully violates the requirements of this chapter by:

(1) Smoking in a prohibited area shall be subject to a fine of not less than $100 or more than $1,000; subsequent offenses shall be subject to a fine of not less than $200 or more than $1,000;

(2) Obscuring, removing, defacing, mutilating or destroying any sign posted in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to a fine of $500; or

(3) Failing to post or maintain warning signs describing the prohibited activity and failing to notify a person observed to be smoking to stop the activity, as required by this subsection, shall be subject to a fine of $500; each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.