§ 28-3-3 - Issuance of limited permits for work by children. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 28-3-3

   § 28-3-3  Issuance of limited permits forwork by children. – The school committee of each city or town, or any person that the schoolcommittee may designate, may issue for any child who has completed fourteen(14) years of age a special limited permit to work, permitting the employmentof the child on days on which schools are not in session, and on school days athours in which schools are not in session, at any legal employment and subjectto the requirements of law limiting the employment of children, but not foremployment in factories or in mechanical or manufacturing establishments. Thepermits to work shall be uniform throughout the state, and the permit to workform shall be prescribed and provided by the department of labor and training.The school committee of each city or town, or any person that the schoolcommittee may designate to issue the permits to work provided for in thissection, shall keep on file a copy of each permit to work granted, togetherwith the evidence on which the permit to work was granted.