§ 27-6-110 — Children; hours of labor

(a) No child under sixteen (16) years of age shall be
employed, permitted or suffered to work at any gainful
occupation except farm or domestic service, for more than eight
(8) hours in any twelve (12) hour period, or before the hour of
five (5:00) o'clock a.m. or after the hour of ten (10:00)
o'clock p.m. on nights followed by a school day, or after the
hour of twelve (12:00) midnight on days which are not followed
by a school day.
(b) Provided however that children between the ages of
fourteen (14) and sixteen (16) years who are not enrolled in
school may be employed at any gainful occupation for an eight
(8) hour period between the hours of five (5:00) a.m. and twelve
(12:00) midnight of any one (1) day.