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# O.C.G.A. § 39-2-2. Employment of minors under 16 years of age generally — Dangerous employment.

No minor under the age of 16 years shall be employed or permitted to work at any occupation or in any position which the Commissioner of Labor may declare by regulation dangerous to life and limb or injurious to the health or morals of such minor.

## History

Ga. L. 1925, p. 291, § 3; Code 1933, § 54-303; Ga. L. 1946, p. 67, § 2; Ga. L. 1981, p. 792, § 2.

## Law Reviews

For article recommending more consistency in age requirements of laws pertaining to the welfare of minors, see 6 Ga. St. B.J. 189 (1969).