2006 Alabama Code - Section 25-8-47 — Work permits - Application; required papers; officer authorized to administer oaths for affidavits.

(a) The person authorized to issue work permits shall not issue any permit unless the minor personally makes application to him or her, and until he or she receives, approves, and files the following papers duly executed:

(1) A written statement of the person, firm, or corporation into whose service the minor is to enter to the effect that he or she intends to employ the minor. The statement shall give the nature of the occupation and the job duties for which the minor is to be employed.

(2) If the person is under 16 years of age and is to work outside school hours on school days, a school record signed by the principal or teacher of the school attended by the person to the effect that he or she is a regular attendant at school and is performing satisfactory school work.

(3) One of the following evidences of age, establishing the fact that the person is of the legal minimum age for the job in which he or she is to be employed, is required, preferably, in the order designated:

a. A certified copy of the person's birth certificate.

b. A certified copy of the person's baptismal record showing the date of birth and place of baptism.

c. A bona fide contemporary Bible record of birth.

d. A life insurance policy which has been in force for at least one year.

e. A passport or certificate of arrival in the United States which shows the age of the person.

f. Any valid driver's license from any state that has a photograph and displays the date of birth of the person to whom it was issued.

g. If, in any instance, the issuing officer authorized to issue the permits is satisfied that none of the above proofs of age can be produced and the parent, guardian, or custodian makes an affidavit that none of the above proofs of age can be produced by them, the issuing officer may use the minor's school record of age in conjunction with an affidavit of age sworn to by the parent, guardian, or custodian of the person and authorization from a child labor inspector.

(4) A statement signed and dated by the parent or guardian stating the minor's age and date of birth and approval of the employment duties as described by the prospective employer.

(b) The issuing officer may administer oaths for affidavits establishing age.

(Acts 1995, No. 95-604, p. 1263, §16.)