N.Y. Public Health Law § 2500-i: Child food choking prevention

§ 2500-i. Child food choking prevention. 1. The department shall

establish criteria for determining which foods and food products may

pose a significant choking risk for children in various age groups.

2. The department shall conduct an ongoing public awareness and

education program under section two hundred seven of this chapter on

choking risks, precautions and life-saving procedures, including, but

not limited to, listing on its internet website information that assists

members of the public in locating infant and child cardiopulmonary

resuscitation classes.

3. The department shall produce and distribute educational materials

on food choking risks, precautions and life-saving procedures. Such

materials shall be made available to child care centers, pediatricians

and nursery, elementary and secondary schools for distribution to

persons in parental relation to children, and to hospitals, birthing

centers and other appropriate health care providers for distribution to

maternity patients. In addition, such materials shall be provided to

health care professionals engaged in the care and treatment of children

for distribution to such children and persons in parental relation. The

department shall also provide information on food choking risks,

precautions and life-saving procedures on the department's internet

website. No provision of this subdivision shall be deemed to prohibit

the utilization and distribution of educational materials relating

thereto produced by any public, private or governmental entity, in lieu

of the department's production of such materials.

4. The department shall periodically review available data on choking

incidents in children and update the information on choking risks,

precautionary measures and life-saving procedures provided in its

educational materials and on its internet website, as appropriate.

5. The department shall report every three years, commencing January

first, two thousand eighteen, to the governor, the temporary president

of the senate and the speaker of the assembly on the implementation of

this section and any recommendations for furthering the purpose of this

section.

6. Implementation of this section shall be contingent upon and shall

be conducted within appropriations made therefor.