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217.285 Display of choke-saving techniques posters.
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Each food service establishment, having an on-premises seating capacity of
twenty-five (25) persons or more, shall post inside the establishment, in a
location conspicuous to employees, a choke-saving techniques poster meeting
the following requirements.
The choke-saving techniques poster shall meet the following specifications:
(a) The poster shall depict through illustration and description procedures for
the removal of food which is lodged in a person's throat; and
(b) The techniques illustrated and described shall include, but need not be
limited to, the procedures whereby the choking person is grasped around
the lower chest and upper abdomen and given a quick jerk, thus putting
increased interabdominal pressure on the lungs and expelling the foreign
matter.
The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall produce or requisition the
production of the choke-saving techniques poster as provided in this section
and shall supply the posters to the local health departments for distribution
without cost to food establishments.
Effective:June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 515, effective June 20, 2005. -Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 459, effective July 15, 1998. -- Created
1990 Ky. Acts ch. 458, sec. 6.
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