Really? Missouri must have more stringent laws of rights of residents. They are allowed to smoke in an indoor designated area and also to drink alcohol in their rooms.
Obviously so.
When the first smoking restrictions went into effect in Delaware back in 1993 (or 4) a gazebo was built on the grounds of the state run nursing home.....it was enclosed, heated int he winter, A/C'd in the summer and was for the smoking residents.
When the new law went into effect in 2002 that building was included, because it was enclosed. The Administration of the Home (what we all called it in Delaware) applied for an exemption for it.........the application was DENIED.
The Home is run by the Department of Health and Social Services.....HSS built that building........HSS denied the use of it for smoking.