92.11  Issuance of work permits.
  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.  For cases where the proofs designated in paragraphs “a” and “b” are not obtainable, documentation issued by the federal government that is deemed by the commissioner to be sufficient evidence of age, or an affidavit signed by a licensed physician certifying that in the 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; 2009 Acts, ch 49, §2
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