Minnesota Statutes Health (Ch. 144-159) § 144.417. Commissioner of health, enforcement, penalties

Subd. 2. Violations. (a) Any proprietor, person, or entity that owns, leases, manages, operates, or otherwise controls the use of an area in which smoking is prohibited undersections 144.414to144.417, and that knowingly fails to comply withsections 144.414to144.417, is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.

(b) Any person who smokes in an area where smoking is prohibited or restricted undersections 144.414to144.417is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.

(c) A proprietor, person, or entity in charge of a public place, public meeting, place of employment, or public transportation must not retaliate or take adverse action against an employee or anyone else who, in good faith, reports a violation ofsections 144.414to144.417to the proprietor or person in charge of the public place, public meeting, place of employment, or public transportation, or to the commissioner of health or other designee responsible for enforcingsections 144.414to144.417.

(d) No person or employer shall discharge, refuse to hire, penalize, discriminate against, or in any manner retaliate against any employee, applicant for employment, or customer because the employee, applicant, or customer exercises any right to a smoke-free environment provided bysections 144.414to144.417or other law.

Subd. 4. Local government ordinances. (a) Nothing insections 144.414to144.417prohibits a statutory or home rule charter city or county from enacting and enforcing more stringent measures to protect individuals from secondhand smoke or from involuntary exposure to aerosol or vapor from electronic delivery devices.

(b) Except as provided insections 144.411to144.417, smoking is permitted outside of restaurants, bars, and bingo halls unless limited or prohibited by restrictions adopted in accordance with paragraph (a).