§ 40-72.1. Occupations prohibited for children under sixteen.

A.  No child under sixteen (16) years of age shall be employed or permitted to work at any of the following occupations:

1.  Manufacturing, mining, or processing occupations, including occupations requiring performance of any duties in work rooms or work places where goods are manufactured, mined, or otherwise processed;

2.  Occupations which involve the operation or tending of hoisting apparatus or of any power-driven machinery other than office machines;

3.  The operation of motor vehicles or service as helpers on such vehicles;

4.  Public messenger service;

5.  Occupations declared to be particularly hazardous to the health and well-being of minors under sixteen (16) years of age by federal laws and regulations or as declared by the Commissioner of Labor; and

6.  Occupations, except office work or sales work, in connection with:

a.transportation of persons or property by rail, highway, air, water, pipeline or other means;

b.warehousing and storage;

c.communications and public utilities; and

d.construction including demolition and repair.

B.  This section shall not apply to:

1.  children working either on farms or for parents or any entity in which a parent owns an equity interest; or

2.  children engaged in the sale or delivery of newspapers to consumers.

Added by Laws 1991, c. 172, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Laws 1991, c. 295, § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.