34:2-21.10 Employment certificate; contents.
10. a. An employment certificate shall state the name, sex, color, date and place of birth, residence, color of hair and eyes, height, weight, any distinguishing facial marks of the child--the employer's name, address and type of business, the occupation of the child, the kind of proof of age submitted, the grade completed, physician's approval and the name and address of parent. Except as provided in subsection b. of this section, every such certificate shall be signed in the presence of the issuing officer by the child in whose name it is issued.
b. During a state of emergency or public health emergency, requiring the personal appearance of the minor, and, under certain circumstances, the minor's parent or guardian, before the school district issuing officer in order to apply for or sign employment certificates may be satisfied through the use of audio-visual technology.
If the state of emergency does not apply to the entire State, a minor shall be regarded as a covered minor under this section only if the minor resides in the area subject to the state of emergency.
c. As used in this section:
"Public health emergency" means an occurrence or imminent threat of an illness or health condition, caused by bioterrorism, epidemic or pandemic disease, or a novel and highly fatal infectious agent or biological toxin, that poses a substantial risk of a significant number of human fatalities or incidents or permanent or long-term disability, and which has been declared a public health emergency by the Governor.
"State of emergency" means a natural or human-made disaster or emergency, including an epidemic or other health emergency, for which a state of emergency has been declared by the President of the United States, the Governor, a municipal emergency management coordinator, or other public authority permitted by law to declare a state of emergency.
L.1962, c.91, s.3; amended 1977, c.430, s.2; 1981, c.147, s.2; 1981, c.331, s.5; 2021, c.162, s.3.