PRINTER'S NO. 208
No. 179 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY LEDERER, WALKO, DeWEESE, GEIST, McGEEHAN, CRUZ,
LEACH, HARHAI, KELLER, BUNT, CRAHALLA, DONATUCCI, FREEMAN,
HORSEY, SATHER, SOLOBAY, E. Z. TAYLOR, BELFANTI, McCALL,
LAUGHLIN, KIRKLAND AND PISTELLA, FEBRUARY 11, 2003
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,
FEBRUARY 11, 2003
AN ACT
1 Requiring certain establishments to train staff on the Heimlich
2 maneuver and on cardiopulmonary resuscitation techniques.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Heimlich maneuver and CPR training for staff.
6 The owner or operator of any restaurant, hotel or other
7 establishment in this Commonwealth that serves food to customers
8 for consumption on the premises of the restaurant, hotel or
9 establishment shall provide training to employees of the
10 restaurant, hotel or establishment to ensure that at least one
11 employee on the premises during all hours of operation has been
12 trained in the Heimlich maneuver and in CPR.
13 Section 2. Effective date.
14 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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