Arkansas Code
Subchapter 2 - Food Service Establishments
§ 20-57-207. Prevention of choking — Nonliability

(a) The Secretary of the Department of Health shall study and approve instructions detailing first aid techniques and a poster diagramming first aid techniques designed and intended for use by a person without medical training in removing food which has become lodged in the throat of a choking victim.
(b) The secretary shall publish the approved instructions and poster and make them available to each food service operation in the state.
(c) Each food service operation shall post the instructions and the poster in places conspicuous to persons employed by or connected with the management of the food service operation in order that persons may become familiar with the techniques and may consult the instructions to provide relief to a choking victim.
(d) Failure of a food service operation to post the instructions and the poster as required by this section shall not subject the food service operation, any of its employees, or any persons connected with its management to any criminal penalty or to civil liability in an action for damages for personal injury or wrongful death arising from any choking emergency.
(e) Nothing in this section shall impose or be construed to impose a duty or obligation upon any food service operation, any of its employees, any person connected with its management, or any other person to remove, attempt to remove, or assist in removing food which has been lodged in the throat of a choking victim.
(f) No food service operation, employee of a food service operation, nor person connected with its management, nor any other person shall be liable in any civil action for damages for personal injury or wrongful death for not removing, not attempting to remove, or not assisting in the removal of food which has become lodged in the throat of a choking victim.
(g) No food service operation, employee of a food service operation, person connected with its management, nor any other person shall be liable in any civil action for damages for personal injury or wrongful death for any acts or omissions of any individual removing, attempting to remove, or assisting in the removal of food lodged in the throat of a choking victim in accordance with instructions supplied by the secretary.

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