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PART I. ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT

TITLE XXI. LABOR AND INDUSTRIES

CHAPTER 149. LABOR AND INDUSTRIES

FAIR COMPETITION FOR BIDDERS ON CONSTRUCTION, ETC., OF PUBLIC WORKS

WORK BY WOMEN AND CHILDREN

Chapter 149: Section 66. Time of work for children; exceptions

Section 66. A person shall not employ a child or permit a child to work in, about or in connection with any establishment or occupation before 6:00 a.m. or after 10:00 p.m.; provided, however, that a child may be employed as an operator in a regular service telephone exchange or a telegraph office until, but not after, 11:00 p.m.; provided, further, that a child 16 years of age or older may be employed until, but not after, 11:30 p.m. on any night other than a night preceding a regularly scheduled school day; provided, further, that a child 16 years of age or older may be employed in a restaurant or race track until, but not after, 12 o’clock in the evening on any night other than a night preceding a regularly scheduled school day; and provided, further, that an establishment which stops serving clients or customers at 10:00 p.m. may employ a child until, but not after, 10:15 p.m. A person shall not employ a child or permit a child to work in, about or in connection with any establishment or occupation after 8:00 p.m. unless the child is under the direct and immediate supervision of an adult acting in a supervisory capacity, who is situated in the workplace and is reasonably accessible to the child. This section shall not apply to a child employed at a kiosk, cart, or stand located within the common areas of an enclosed shopping mall that employs security personnel, a private security company or a public police detail every night from 8:00 p.m. until the mall is closed to the public.