Wyoming § 27-6-114 Employment of children under 16 in amusement,
immoral or dangerous pursuits forbidden; exceptions

Wyoming Statutes

§ 27-6-114 — Employment of children under 16 in amusement, immoral or dangerous pursuits forbidden; exceptions

Wyoming § 27-6-114

Title 27Labor and Employment

Ch. 6EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN

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Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 27-6-114 (2026).

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(a)It is unlawful for any person having the care, custody or control of any child under the age of sixteen (16) years to:

(i)Exhibit, use or employ that child:

(A)As an actor or performer in any concert hall or room where alcoholic liquors and malt beverages are sold or given away except as provided in subsection (b) of this section;

(B)For any illegal or immoral purpose;

(C)For any business or in any place, situation, exhibition or vocation injurious to the morals, health or safety of the child.

(ii)Cause, procure or encourage a child to engage in any practice specified in paragraph (a)(i) of this subsection.

(b)Nothing in this section applies to or prevents:

(i)The employment or use of any child as:

(A)A singer or musician in any church, school or academy;

(B)A dishwasher, busb

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(a) It is unlawful for any person having the care, custody
or control of any child under the age of sixteen (16) years to:
(i) Exhibit, use or employ that child:
(A) As an actor or performer in any concert hall
or room where alcoholic liquors and malt beverages are sold or
given away except as provided in subsection (b) of this section;
(B) For any illegal or immoral purpose;
(C) For any business or in any place, situation,
exhibition or vocation injurious to the morals, health or safety
of the child.
(ii) Cause, procure or encourage a child to engage in
any practice specified in paragraph (a)(i) of this subsection.
(b) Nothing in this section applies to or prevents:
(i) The employment or use of any child as:
(A) A singer or musician in any church, school
or academy;
(B) A dishwasher, busboy or delivery person in a
place where alcoholic liquors and malt beverages are sold.
(ii) The teaching or learning of the science or
practice of music;
(iii) The physical development of a child's body in
any respectable gymnasium or natatorium;
(iv) Children from taking part in amateur
entertainments or theatricals for charity, or not for profit, in
schools, churches, settlement houses or boys' or girls' clubs.