Florida Administrative Code › 61 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION › 61L - Child and Farm Labor Program › Chapter 61L-2 - CHILD LABOR RULE › Section 61L-2.002 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
Unless otherwise specified, the terms and definitions
				  contained in Section 450.012, F.S., are incorporated
				  by reference. As used in Chapter 61L-2, F.A.C., and in the Child Labor Law,
				  Chapter 450, Part I, F.S., the following words, phrases or terms shall
				  mean:
(1) "Age" - When a particular
				age is cited, it shall mean any person who has not yet reached his or her next
				birthday. For example, "10 years of age or younger" refers to persons who have
				not yet reached their eleventh (11th) birthday; and "minors 16 and 17 years of
				age" refer to persons who have reached their sixteenth (16th) birthday, but
				have not reached their eighteenth (18th) birthday.
(2) "Chaperone" shall mean a person, at least
				eighteen (18) years of age, who has written permission of a minor's parent(s)
				or guardian to supervise the minor.
(3) "Child Labor Law" shall mean Chapter 450,
				Part I, F.S.
(4) "Close
				Supervision" shall mean supervision by an adult who remains within sight of the
				minor.
(5) "Corrosives" shall mean
				all substances, liquid or solid, that cause destruction of human skin tissue or
				have a severe corrosion rate on steel or aluminum.
(6) "Domestic work" shall mean household
				chores such as baby sitting, sweeping, mopping, cleaning, and/or emptying
				trash, which are performed in a private residence or nursing home.
(7) "Electric utility" shall have the same
				meaning as the term is defined at Section
				366.02(2),
				F.S.
(8) "Employ" shall mean put to
				use or service, engage the services of, or cause, permit, or suffer anyone to
				work.
(9) "Employer" shall mean any
				person, business, company, corporation, officer or director of a corporation,
				or general or limited partner of a business which employs a minor, or has
				control over the hours and/or working conditions of the minor.
(10) "Guardian" shall mean a person appointed
				by a court of this state, or any other state, or country, to act on behalf of
				the minor's person.
(11) "Hazardous
				occupations" shall mean those occupations designated as hazardous occupations
				in Section 450.061, F.S., and in Rule
				61L-2.005, F.A.C.
(12) "Pesticide" shall mean those chemicals
				defined in Section 487.153(21),
				F.S.
(13) "School day" shall mean
				any day or days designated for school attendance for a particular minor by the
				school in which the minor is enrolled. When a student is participating in a
				vocational or home-schooling program approved by the minor's assigned school or
				school district, that student's school days shall be set by the student's
				vocational instructor or home-teacher.
(14) "School hours" shall mean those hours
				designated for school attendance for a particular minor by the school in which
				the minor is enrolled. When a student is participating in a vocation or
				home-schooling program approved by the minor's assigned school or school
				district, that student's school hours shall be set by the student's vocational
				instructor or home-teacher.
(15)
				"Six consecutive days" shall mean six consecutive 24-hour periods during which
				work is performed without a 24-hour period of non-work.
(16) "Touring company" shall mean any
				for-profit employer in the entertainment industry which presents entertainment
				productions to the public on a touring basis and which, as part of such tour,
				presents any such production(s) in Florida as part of a multi-state tour. The
				term is not intended to cover performances by minors employed by theme parks
				which may have many locations, nor is it intended to cover production or
				promotional activities which may require travel.
(17) "Toxic substance" shall mean those
				substances defined in Section
				442.102(21),
				F.S.
(18) "Vocational Education"
				shall mean those vocational education programs defined in Section
				228.041(22),
				F.S., and all Department of Education approved job training programs, and job
				preparatory programs administered by the Agency for Workforce Innovation, or by
				other departments of the state, and federal programs, including the following
				programs now existing or similar programs developed hereafter: Work Experience
				and Career Exploration, Diversified Cooperative Training, Marketing Education,
				Adult Migrant Education, Job Training Partnership Act, Vocational
				Rehabilitation, Apprenticeship, and Job Corps.
(19) "Work" shall mean any activity which is
				performed by a minor at the direction of, or scheduled by, his or her employer,
				and shall include time spent performing activities at the direction of, or
				scheduled by, the employer which are preliminary to or postliminary to the
				minor's principal activity or activities. The term shall also include time
				spent by minors traveling from their permanent, or temporary living quarters,
				such as their home, hotel room, train-car, travel-trailer, or bus, to any site
				where the minor performs his or her work activities, and the return trip back,
				but only if such travel is required by, scheduled by, or arranged by the
				employer.
Rulemaking Authority
					 450.061 FS. Law Implemented
					 450.001,
					 450.021,
					 450.061,
					 450.081,
					 450.161
					 FS.
New 10-7-93, Formerly
					 38H-14.002.