Section 50-6-12 - Penalties. - New Mexico Statutes

50-6-12. Penalties. 

A.     A person who employs a child, or who is the parent, guardian or custodian of a child, and who permits that child to be employed in violation of any of the provisions of the Child Labor Act [50-6-1.1 NMSA 1978] is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.  Each violation of the Child Labor Act constitutes a separate offense.  A second or subsequent conviction of an employer, parent, guardian or custodian for violation of the Child Labor Act is a misdemeanor. 

B.     The director of the labor and industrial division of the labor department may report a violation of the Child Labor Act to the local district attorney, who may prosecute the alleged violator.