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

(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.