This policy applies to patients, visitors, employees, medical staff, volunteers, students and all others associated with Independence Health System (IHS). It is the policy of IHS that smoking and the use of all tobacco products are prohibited on all campus sites and properties owned and/or leased by IHS. This includes all grounds of Butler Memorial Hospital, Clarion Hospital, Frick Hospital, Latrobe Hospital, and Westmoreland Hospital, as well as all Independence Health System locations, practices, parking lots, personal vehicles and other properties. In addition, tobacco products will not be sold within the hospitals.
The purpose of this policy is to create a safe and healthy environment for Independence Health System’s patients, visitors, employees, medical staff, volunteers, students and all others by prohibiting the use of all tobacco products on all Independence Health System’s campuses, and sites/properties. Age specific considerations are not applicable.
Independence Health System property includes:
Tobacco products covered by the policy include but are not limited to:
Stipulations of the policy:
Responsibilities of different individuals are spelled out here:
An employee who is found using tobacco products on any IHS property will receive a tobacco free policy notification ticket as part of the progressive corrective counseling process.
Each offense will have a written acknowledgment signed by the employee’s supervisor or security officer and the violator:
This tobacco free policy shall be made known to IHS personnel, medical staff, patients and the public through any means deemed appropriate by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) or their designee.
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