Wyoming Code § 27-6-114

Employment of children under 16 in amusement, immoral or dangerous pursuits forbidden; exceptions
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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.

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