KRS 217.285: Display of choke-saving techniques posters.
Where this section sits in the code
- KRS Chapter 217
(1) 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.
(2) 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.
(3) 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.
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