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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) The State Department of Health Services may develop guidelines for the content and effective presentation of tobacco smoking control programs designed to assist an individual in either a self-help or group environment. The guidelines may be distributed to state agencies. The State Department of Health Services may provide a copy of the guidelines to any individual or group, upon request, and may charge a fee that shall not exceed the actual cost of producing a copy.
(b) State agencies may offer tobacco smoking control programs to their employees. A state agency may use existing employee training funds to pay for the presentation of tobacco smoking control programs offered to state employees at a state-owned or state-leased building during normal work hours.
(c) Not later than January 31, 1994, and thereafter upon initial employment, each state agency shall inform its employees about the smoking prohibition contained in Section 7597, areas where smoking is permitted, and the availability of tobacco smoking control programs.
(d) Enrollment in a tobacco smoking control program by any state employee shall be voluntary.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - California Code, Government Code - GOV § 19994.33 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ca/government-code/gov-sect-19994-33/
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