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217.285 Display of choke-saving techniques posters.

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217.285 Display of choke-saving techniques posters. (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 <br>conspicuous to employees, a choke-saving techniques poster meeting the following <br>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 <br>chest and upper abdomen and given a quick jerk, thus putting increased <br>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 <br>shall supply the posters to the local health departments for distribution without cost <br>to food establishments. Effective: June 20, 2005 <br>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 <br>ch. 458, sec. 6.