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Title XXXI
Labor
Chapter 450
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Section 450.045, Florida Statutes 2001

450.045  Proof of age; posting of notices.--

(1)  Any person who hires, employs, or suffers to work any child shall, in addition to the limitations provided in this part, first obtain and keep on record during the entire period of such employment proof of the child's age. This requirement shall be satisfied by:

(a)  A photocopy of the child's birth certificate;

(b)  A photocopy of the child's driver's license;

(c)  An age certificate issued by the district school board of the district in which the child is employed, certifying the child's date of birth; or

(d)  A photocopy of a passport or visa which lists the child's date of birth.

(2)  Any person who hires, employs, or suffers to work any minor shall post at a conspicuous place on the property or place of employment, where it may be easily read, a poster notifying minors of the Child Labor Law, to be provided by the division upon request.

History.--s. 5, ch. 81-192; s. 10, ch. 91-147.