- (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.
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.