Ohio Code § 4109.05

§ 4109.05.

(A) The director of commerce, after consultation with the director of health, shall adopt

rules, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, prohibiting the employment

of minors in occupations which are hazardous or detrimental to the health and well-being

of minors. In adopting the rules, the director of commerce shall consider the orders issued pursuant

to the “Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938,” 52 Stat. 1060, 29 U.S.C. 201 , as amended. The director of commerce shall not adopt any rule that prohibits a minor who is sixteen

or seventeen years of age and who is employed by an employer under the manufacturing

and construction mentorship program created in section 4109.22 of the Revised Code from being employed in a construction occupation or manufacturing occupation if the

orders issued pursuant to the “Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938,” 29 U.S.C. 201, et seq., permit the employment of the minor in the construction occupation or manufacturing

occupation.  As used in this division, “construction occupation” and “manufacturing occupation”

have the same meanings as in section 4109.22 of the Revised Code . (B) No minor may be employed in any occupation found hazardous or detrimental to the

health and well-being of minors under the rules adopted pursuant to division (A) of

this section.