Okla. Stat. tit. 40, § 72.1
Certain Occupations Not Permitted to Be Filled by Children under 16
Effective Nov 1, 2015Laws 1991, HB 1590, c. 172, § 2, eff. September 1, 1991; Amended by Laws 1991, HB 1723, c. 295, § 4, eff. September 1, 1991; Amended by Laws 2015, HB 1903, c. 39, § 1, eff. November 1, 2015 (superseded document available).
A. No child under sixteen (16) years of age shall be employed or permitted to work at any of the following occupations:
- 1. Manufacturing, mining, or processing occupations, including occupations requiring performance of any duties in work rooms or work places where goods are manufactured, mined, or otherwise processed;
- 2. Occupations which involve the operation or tending of hoisting apparatus or of any power-driven machinery other than office machines;
- 3. The operation of motor vehicles or service as helpers on such vehicles;
- 4. Public messenger service;
- 5. Occupations declared to be particularly hazardous to the health and well-being of minors under sixteen (16) years of age by federal laws and regulations or as declared by the Commissioner of Labor; and
6. Occupations, except office work or sales work, in connection with:
- a. transportation of persons or property by rail, highway, air, water, pipeline or other means,
- b. warehousing and storage,
- c. communications and public utilities, and
- d. construction including demolition and repair.
B. This section shall not apply to:
- 1. Children working either on farms or for parents or any entity in which a parent owns an equity interest;
- 2. Children engaged in the sale or delivery of newspapers to consumers; or
- 3. Children engaged in voluntary service for a charitable organization recognized exempt under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, Section 501(c), if the organization receives written permission from a parent or legal guardian of any such child.
Laws 1991, HB 1590, c. 172, § 2, eff. September 1, 1991; Amended by Laws 1991, HB 1723, c. 295, § 4, eff. September 1, 1991; Amended by Laws 2015, HB 1903, c. 39, § 1, eff. November 1, 2015 (superseded document available).