105 CMR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH

105 CMR 590.000: STATET SANITARY CODE CHAPTER X - MINIMUM SANITATION STANDARDS FOR FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS

590.011 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
(A) Anti-Choking Procedures in Food Service Establishments.

(1) Pursuant to M.G.L. Ch.94 Sec. 305D, restaurants with a certain seating capacity are required to have one or more employees trained in a manual choke-saving procedure in accordance with 105 CMR 605.000:

Approved Choke-saving Procedures.

(2) Each food service establishment with a seating capacity that conforms with M.G.L. c. 94, § 305D shall:

(a) Have on its premises, while food is being served, an employee trained in manual procedures approved by the Department to remove food lodged in a person's throat; and

(b) Make adequate provision for insurance to cover employees trained in rendering such assistance.