A work permit, except for migrant laborers, shall be issued only by the superintendent of schools or department of workforce development, or by a person authorized by said superintendent in writing, or, where there is no superintendent of schools, by a person authorized in writing by the local school board where such child resides, upon the application of the parent, guardian, or custodian of the child desiring such permit. The person authorized to issue work permits shall not issue any such permit unless the person has received, examined, approved, and filed:
1. A written agreement from the person, firm, or corporation into whose service the child under sixteen years of age is about to enter, promising to give such child employment, describing the industry and the work to be performed.
2. Evidence of age showing that the child is fourteen years old, or more, which shall consist of one of the following proofs required in the order herein designated:
a. A certified copy of the birth certificate filed according to law with a registrar of vital statistics or other officer charged with the duty of recording births.
b. A passport or a certified copy of a certificate of baptism showing the date and place of birth and the place of baptism of such child.
c. In cases where none of the above-named proofs are obtainable, a certificate, signed by the local medical inspector of schools, or if there be no such inspector, then by a physician appointed by the local board of education, certifying that in the inspector's or physician's opinion the applicant for the work permit is fourteen years of age or more.
[SS15, § 2477-d; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 1531; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, § 92.6; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 92.11]
86 Acts, ch 1016, § 2; 96 Acts, ch 1186, § 23
Referred to in § 92.2
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