
This policy applies to patients, visitors, employees, medical staff, volunteers, students and all others associated with Butler Health System (BHS). It is the policy of BHS that smoking and the use of all tobacco products are prohibited on all campus sites and properties owned and/or leased by BHS. This includes all grounds of Butler Memorial Hospital, Clarion Hospital, and Butler Health System, parking lots, personal vehicles and other properties. In addition, tobacco products will not be sold within the hospital.
The purpose of this policy is to create a safe and healthy environment for Butler Health System’s patients, visitors, employees, medical staff, volunteers, students and all others by prohibiting the use of all tobacco products on all Butler Health System’s campuses, and sites/properties. Age specific considerations are not applicable.
Butler 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 BHS 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 BHS 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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