§ 28-3-10 — § 28-3-10. Declaration of places or occupations as hazardous for minors.

Rhode Island § 28-3-10

• Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
• Title 28: Labor and Labor Relations
• Ch. 28-3: Employment of Children

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§ 28-3-10. Declaration of places or occupations as hazardous for minors.

The department of labor and training is empowered and is authorized, under any rules that it may determine, to declare any particular work, occupation, trade, place, or process injurious, dangerous, or hazardous for minors under sixteen (16) years of age. The department of labor and training is also empowered and authorized, under any rules that it may determine, to declare any particular work, occupation, trade, place, or process injurious, dangerous, or hazardous for any particular minor under sixteen (16) years of age, although the work, occupation, trade, place, or process may not have been declared injurious, dangerous, or hazardous for all minors under sixteen (16) years of age. When the rules are determined, it shall be unlawful for the particular minor to be employed or permitted to work in the particular work, occupation, trade, place, or process declared by the department of labor and training to be injurious, dangerous, or hazardous for him or her.

Legislative History

P.L. 1943, ch. 1312, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 28-3-10; P.L. 1986, ch. 198, § 13; P.L. 1988, ch. 517, § 1.