(a) Any person, whether acting for himself or herself or as agent for another, who employs any minor under the age of eighteen years at any occupation described in subsection (a) of section 10-193 without having obtained a certificate as provided therein shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars.
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) of this section shall be construed to apply to any person desiring to employ a minor under the age of eighteen years through a youth development program of a regional workforce development board.
(1949 Rev., S. 1455; P.A. 77-614, S. 302, 610; P.A. 78-218, S. 123; P.A. 85-308, S. 2, 3; P.A. 86-333, S. 9, 32; P.A. 19-117, S. 98.)
History: P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of education for secretary of the state board of education, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-218 included feminine personal pronoun in reference to persons acting “for himself or herself or as agent for another”; P.A. 85-308 deleted internal reference to obsolete provision in Sec. 10-193; P.A. 86-333 deleted fines for failing to have, keep on file, or show upon request a leaving certificate when a child under 16 years of age is employed and for employing such a child who does not have such a certificate; P.A. 19-117 designated existing provisions re fine for person who employs minor without having obtained certificate as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re Subsec. (a) not to be construed to apply to person desiring to employ minor through youth development program of regional workforce development board, effective July 1, 2019.