A child under seventeen (17) years of age shall not be employed or permitted to work in any occupation:(1) More than six (6) days in any week;(2) More than fifty-four (54) hours in any week;(3) More than ten (10) consecutive hours in any one (1) day;(4) More than ten (10) hours in a twenty-four-hour period; or(5) Before 6:00 a.m. or after 11:00 p.m., except that the limitations of 6:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. shall not apply to children under seventeen (17) years of age employed on nights preceding nonschool days in occupations determined by rule of the Division of Labor to be sufficiently safe for their employment.Amended by Act 2015, No. 162,§ 1, eff. 2/23/2015.Init. Meas. 1914, No. 1, § 6, Acts 1915, p. 1505; C. & M. Dig., § 7091; Pope's Dig., § 9073; Acts 1973, No. 449, § 2; 1975, No. 11, § 1; 1977, No. 326, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 81-707; 2005, No. 939, § 1.
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