This program is conducted under Title 310: Oklahoma State Department Health Chapter 355: Smoking in public places and indoor workplaces. In the event that there is an exemption to allow smoking in a public place such as a restaurant, sanitarians from the Oklahoma City-County Health Department (OCCHD) conduct plan reviews and inspections to make sure these facilities are in compliance. These sanitarians also have the authority to use enforcement at these facilities to keep compliance.

The majority of OCCHD’s role under this act is to monitor the smoking in places where food, alcohol, or low-point beer are being sold for the consumption of the public. On occasion, sanitarians will go out and collect information for the Oklahoma State Department of Health at public places that we normally do not have the authority to monitor. If you have any complaints on facilities not monitored by OCCHD, i.e. restaurants, bars, etc. please contact the Oklahoma State Department of Health at (405) 271-3619 or 1-877-662-8887.