§ 2500-i. Child food choking prevention. 1. The department shall
establish criteria for determining which foods and food products may
pose a significant choking risk for children in various age groups.

2. The department shall conduct an ongoing public awareness and
education program under section two hundred seven of this chapter on
choking risks, precautions and life-saving procedures, including, but
not limited to, listing on its internet website information that assists
members of the public in locating infant and child cardiopulmonary
resuscitation classes.

3. The department shall produce and distribute educational materials
on food choking risks, precautions and life-saving procedures. Such
materials shall be made available to child care centers, pediatricians
and nursery, elementary and secondary schools for distribution to
persons in parental relation to children, and to hospitals, birthing
centers and other appropriate health care providers for distribution to
maternity patients. In addition, such materials shall be provided to
health care professionals engaged in the care and treatment of children
for distribution to such children and persons in parental relation. The
department shall also provide information on food choking risks,
precautions and life-saving procedures on the department's internet
website. No provision of this subdivision shall be deemed to prohibit
the utilization and distribution of educational materials relating
thereto produced by any public, private or governmental entity, in lieu
of the department's production of such materials.

4. The department shall periodically review available data on choking
incidents in children and update the information on choking risks,
precautionary measures and life-saving procedures provided in its
educational materials and on its internet website, as appropriate.

5. The department shall report every three years, commencing January
first, two thousand eighteen, to the governor, the temporary president
of the senate and the speaker of the assembly on the implementation of
this section and any recommendations for furthering the purpose of this
section.

6. Implementation of this section shall be contingent upon and shall
be conducted within appropriations made therefor.