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339.210 Definition of "gainful occupation."
As used in KRS 339.220 to 339.450:
(1) "Gainful occupation" does not include employment in farm work or in domestic
service in a private home, nor occasional employment by a householder in
connection with the household and not in connection with the householder's
business or occupation, such as grass cutting or carrying ashes or similar casual
domestic tasks, nor the delivery of newspapers on regularly scheduled routes, nor to
employment as an actor or performer in motion pictures or theatrical productions, or
in radio or television productions, nor to employment of minors by their own
parents or persons standing in the place of a parent in occupations other than
manufacturing, mining, or those found by the commissioner of the Department of
Workplace Standards to be particularly hazardous; and
(2) "Gainful occupation" does not include a minor who is at least twelve (12) years of
age working as a referee, umpire, or official in a youth athletic program, subject to
the following:
(a) The minor is a referee, umpire, or official for an age bracket younger than the
minor's own age;
(b) An adult representing the youth athletic program is on the premises where the
athletic event is occurring; and
(c) The minor has on file with the person responsible for assigning the minor to
officiate for the youth athletic program the original or a copy of a written
consent to the child's employment as a referee, umpire, or official signed by
the minor's parent or guardian.
Effective: April 10, 2014
History: Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 108, sec. 1, effective April 10, 2014. -- Amended
2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 1770, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts
ch. 123, sec. 41, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 256, sec. 1,
effective July 13, 1984. -- Created 1948 Ky. Acts ch. 107, sec. 1.
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