(a) A minor under 18 years of age shall not be employed or permitted to work in, about or in connection with: (1) Any occupation prohibited by the United States Secretary of Labor pursuant to the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act [29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq.]; (2) Blast furnaces; (3) Docks or wharves, other than marinas where pleasure boats are sold or serviced; (4) Railroads; (5) The erection or repair of electrical wires; (6) Distilleries where alcoholic beverages are manufactured, bottled, labelled, wrapped or packaged; (7) The manufacturing of dangerous or toxic chemicals or compounds; (8) Any other occupation which the Secretary deems injurious to the health, safety, welfare or morals of the minor; (9) Any occupation as a pilot, firefighter or engineer on any vessel or boat engaged in commerce; or (10) Any occupation as a messenger for a telegraph, telephone or messenger company in the distribution, delivery, collection or transmission of goods or messages before 6:00 a.m. or after 10:00 p.m. of any day in any town or city having a population of over 20,000 persons. (b) Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to a minor under 18 years of age who is enrolled in a work-study, student-learner, apprenticeship or similar program where the employment is an integral part of the course of study, and the employment is procured and supervised by the school system or by a federal or state monitored apprenticeship program. (c) A minor under 18 years of age shall not spend more than 12 hours in a combination of school hours and work hours per day. (d) A minor under 18 years of age shall have at least 8 consecutive hours of nonwork, nonschool time each 24-hour day. (e) A minor under 18 years of age shall not be employed or permitted to work more than 5 hours continuously without a nonworking period of at least one half hour.
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