Bill Text: OH SB375 | 2011-2012 | 129th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: To require that employees of food service operations be trained in performing the Heimlich maneuver.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-09-20 - To Health, Human Services, & Aging [SB375 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2011-SB375-Introduced.html

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As Introduced

129th General Assembly Regular Session 2011-2012

S. B. No. 375

Senator Tavares 

Cosponsors: Senators Brown, Kearney 

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A BILL

To enact section 3717.56 of the Revised Code to

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require that employees of food service operations

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be trained in performing the Heimlich maneuver.

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1. That section 3717.56 of the Revised Code be	4
enacted to read as follows:	5

Sec. 3717.56. (A) Every food service operation or retail food	6
establishment providing the services of a food service operation	7
shall require that each employee employed by the operation or	8
establishment, within a reasonable amount of time after being	9
hired, be trained to perform the Heimlich maneuver to relieve a	10
person choking on food or food particles. With respect to any	11
employee employed by the operation or establishment on or before	12
the effective date of this section, the operation or establishment	13
shall require the employee to have the required training within a	14
reasonable amount of time after the effective date of this	15
section.	16

(B) Any employee who is required to be trained under division	17
(A) of this section who receives training to perform the Heimlich	18
maneuver is not liable in damages in a civil action for injury,	19
death, or loss to person or property resulting from the	20
individual's failure to perform the Heimlich maneuver in an	21
emergency situation or from the individual's administration of the	22
Heimlich maneuver in an emergency situation, unless the maneuver	23
is administered in a manner that constitutes willful or wanton	24
misconduct.	25

(C) A food service operation or retail food establishment	26
providing the services of a food service operation is not liable	27
in damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person	28
or property resulting from an employee's administration of or	29
failure to administer the Heimlich maneuver in an emergency	30
situation, so long as the food service operation or retail food	31
establishment complies with division (A) of this section.	32