2006 Kentucky Revised Statutes - .450   Enforcement of law -- Right to enter and inspect premises and records.

339.450 Enforcement of law -- Right to enter and inspect premises and records. (1) It shall be the duty of the Office of Workplace Standards and of the inspectors and agents of said office, with the assistance of the school directors of pupil personnel, police officers and juvenile session of District Court probation officers, to enforce the provisions of KRS 339.210 to 339.450, to make complaints against persons violating the provisions of those sections, and to prosecute violations thereof. The Office of Workplace Standards, its inspectors and agents shall have authority to enter and inspect at any time any place or establishment covered by KRS 339.210 to 339.450, and to have access to age certificates kept on file by the employer and such other records as may aid in the enforcement of KRS 339.210 to 339.450. School directors of pupil personnel are likewise empowered to visit and inspect places where minors may be employed, and shall report any cases of employment that they find in violation of KRS 339.210 to 339.450 to the Office of Workplace Standards. (2) Any person authorized to enforce KRS 339.210 to 339.450 may require an employer of a minor for whom an age certificate is not on file either to furnish him within ten (10) days the evidence showing that the minor is at least eighteen (18) years of age or to cease to employ or permit or suffer such minor to work. Proof of the making of such demand and of failure to deliver such proof of age shall be prima facie evidence, in any prosecution brought for violation of KRS 339.210 to 339.450, that such minor is under eighteen (18) years of age and is unlawfully employed. Effective: July 13, 1984 History:Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 256, sec. 6, effective July 13, 1984; and ch. 414, sec. 32, effective July 13, 1984 -- Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 188, sec. 178, effective July 15, 1980. -- Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 89, sec. 15. -- Created 1948 Ky. Acts ch. 107, sec. 24. Legislative Research Commission Note. This section was amended by two 1984 Acts which do not appear to be in conflict and have been compiled together. Legislative Research Commission Note (6/20/2005). 2005 Ky. Acts chs. 11, 85, 95, 97, 98, 99, 123, and 181 instruct the Reviser of Statutes to correct statutory references to agencies and officers whose names have been changed in 2005 legislation confirming the reorganization of the executive branch. Such a correction has been made in this section.