{"ref":"NC-HC-ETH-02","title":"Smoking Prohibited While Serving Clients","category":"Ethics","summary":"Prohibits every Agency employee and contract worker from smoking while providing services in a client's home, as North Carolina law requires, extends the rule to e-cigarettes and vaping as the Agency's own standard, tells every client in writing that staff may not smoke in their home, and sets out how the rule is enforced.","inShort":["North Carolina law forbids you to smoke while serving a client in the client's home.","The Agency also forbids vaping and tobacco use while serving clients, on their property and in a car with a client.","Never smoke or vape anywhere near oxygen.","Every client is told in writing that staff may not smoke in their home.","Breaking this rule can lead to discipline and a state fine for the Agency."],"primaryCitation":"G.S. 131E-143","citations":["G.S. 131E-143(a)","G.S. 131E-143(b)","G.S. 131E-144.4(a)(2)"],"federalCitations":[],"surveyorAsks":["Show me your no-smoking policy.","How do your clients know that your staff may not smoke in their homes?"],"forms":[{"ref":"NC-HC-ETH-02-A","title":"No-Smoking Notice to Clients"}],"headings":["Terms of Reference","1. Purpose","2. Scope","3. Definitions","4. Policy Statement (G.S. 131E-143)","5. What Staff May Not Do","6. Breaks","7. Telling Clients","8. Enforcement","9. When the Client Smokes","10. Responsibilities","11. Records and Compliance Monitoring","12. Staff Training","13. References","14. Related Policies and Forms","15. Approval","16. Revision History"],"version":"1.0","sample":false,"pack":"nc-hca","state":"North Carolina","service":"Home care","guides":[{"path":"/guides/home-care-agency-policies/","h1":"What policies does a home care agency need?"}],"agency":{"name":"Sample Agency","legalName":"Sample Agency, LLC","logo":null}}