217.285 Display of choke-saving techniques posters.

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(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.