§ 143-599.  Exemptions.

All of the following facilities shall be exempt from the provisions of this Article:

(1) Any primary or secondary school or child care center, except for a teacher's lounge.

(2) An enclosed elevator.

(3) Public school bus.

(4) Hospital, nursing home, rest home, and State facility operated under the authority of G.S. 122C-181.

(5) Local health department and local department of social services and the building and grounds where the local health department or local department of social services, as applicable, is located. For the purposes of this subdivision, "grounds" means the area located within 50 linear feet of a local health department or a local department of social services.

(6) Any nonprofit organization or corporation whose primary purpose is to discourage the use of tobacco products by the general public.

(7) Tobacco manufacturing, processing, and administrative facilities.

(8) Indoor arenas with a seating capacity greater than 23,000.

(9) State correctional facilities operated by the Division of Prisons of the Department of Adult Correction.

(10) Community colleges.

(11) The buildings, grounds, and walkways of the University of North Carolina Health Care System and of the East Carolina University School of Medicine, Health Sciences Complex, and Medical Faculty Practice Plan. (1993, c. 367, s. 1; 1997-506, s. 53; 2005-19, s. 1; 2005-168, s. 1; 2005-239, s. 1; 2005-372, s. 1; 2006-133, s. 1; 2007-114, s. 3; 2011-145, s. 19.1(h); 2017-186, s. 2(eeeeee); 2021-180, s. 19C.9(p).)