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4. Action to be taken by State Government:The dept dealing with Health in the state government shall be primarily responsible for implementing the provisions of these rules in coordination with other central/state government departments and various other stakeholders. The secretary in–charge of Health shall take following steps.
- Give wide publicity to the provisions of the rules; also put it on the official website of the Department.
- Ensure that all offices, Institutions, autonomous organization, including hospitals, Educational Institution/ Medical/Dental/ Nursing Colleges etc. under the Health/Medical Education Department and any public sector undertaking, follow the rules i.e. display of boards, identification of persons to whom a compliant of violation is to be lodged.
- Send communications to all state government departments, institution etc. in the state.
- To ensure that attached/subordinate offices, Autonomous organization & PSU’s under the respective department(s) comply with the law.
- That those in–charge or responsible for any public place implement the smoke–free rules.
- That all departments identify the person(s) to whom any complaint about violation(s) can be reported.
(A fact sheet indicating the steps to be taken by an organization is annexed)
- Send communications to all the heads of central government departments in the state like Railways, Customs and Central Excise, Defense Establishments, AG Office, Doordarshan, All India Radio, CPWD, Airports Authority, etc. for implementing the provisions of the rules.
- Send specific communications to Secretaries of Education Dept, Tourism dept, Transport Dept, Municipal Corporations as under:
- To Education Secretary (and /or Medical Education secretary) to make all the school, colleges including Medical, Dental, Nursing, Paramedical Colleges, universities including deemed universities to display the boards as per specification and follow the other provisions of the rules.
- To Transport Secretary for ensuring that the boards are displayed in all public conveyances under govt and private sector and also at the bus stops & bus terminals.
- To head of the Municipal Corporations to ensure that the provisions of the Act is implemented in the area under his jurisdiction.
- To Tourism Secretary
- To Inform all concerned in charge of places commonly frequented by tourists that they have to follow the rules and ensure that those places are smokefree.
- To ensure tourist are duly informed–through portals/websites, brochures and pamphlets about the provisions of the rule.
- To provide smoke free environment in all hotels/restaurants as laid down in the Rules
- To inform that hotels/restaurants having 30 or more rooms/ or 30 or more seating capacity may create a designated smoking area / space as per the specifications.
- To ensure that the boards as per the requirement are prominently displayed in all tourist spots including in hotels/restaurants/pubs/bars/coffee shops etc.
- Communicate to all district collectors the details of the provisions of the rules and action to be taken.
- Sensitize the representatives of Hotels/ Restaurants, Private workplaces, shopping malls, cinema theaters, Industry / factories about the provisions of the rules and set up a mechanism for monitoring implementation.
- Establish a coordinating mechanism by way of setting a state level task force/steering committee under the chairmanship of Principal Secretary/Secretary Health with representatives of all the major departments of State/Central Govts, other stakeholder and Civil Society. Also to establish Distt. Level committee under the chairmanship of District Collector with Chief Medical Officer (Dist Nodal Officer for Tobacco Control) as member Secretary.
