PRINTER'S NO. 3857
No. 2697 Session of 2000
INTRODUCED BY LEDERER, DeWEESE, ROONEY, KENNEY, KELLER, THOMAS, GEIST, WILT, HALUSKA, BEBKO-JONES, E. Z. TAYLOR, PESCI, TRELLO, SOLOBAY, RUBLEY, WILLIAMS, JOSEPHS, M. COHEN, HORSEY AND YOUNGBLOOD, AUGUST 23, 2000
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AUGUST 23, 2000
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. F23L35RZ/20000H2697B3857