Workplace Smoking Rules in South Dakota

Employers covered. Employers with one or more employees.

Written policy requirements. Employer policy not specified.

Posting requirements. No-smoking signs must be posted at building entrances and exits where smoking is prohibited.

No smoking areas. No-smoking areas not specified.

Designated smoking areas. In South Dakota, smoking is only allowed in designated areas of hospitals, medical and dental clinics, nursing homes, public libraries, museums, indoor theaters, concert halls, elementary and secondary school buildings, public conveyances, jury rooms and elevators. In addition, smoking is prohibited in day care centers during the time when children who are not family members of the day care provider are present. The law does not prohibit smoking in the named places if the smoking is confined to areas designated as smoking areas.