Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 609 - Employment of Minors
NRS 609.190 - Employing or permitting child under 16 years of age to work in certain occupations prohibited.


1. No child under the age of 16 years shall be employed, permitted or suffered to work in any capacity in, about or in connection with:
(a) The preparation of any composition in which dangerous or poisonous acids are used.
(b) The manufacture of paints, colors or white lead.
(c) Dipping, drying or packing matches.
(d) The manufacture of goods for immoral purposes.
(e) Any mine, coal breaker, quarry, smelter, ore reduction works, laundry, tobacco warehouse, cigar factory or other factory where tobacco is manufactured or prepared.
(f) Any distillery, brewery or any other establishment where malt or alcoholic liquors are manufactured, packed, wrapped or bottled.
(g) Any glass furnace, smelter, the outside erection and repair of electric wires, the running or management of elevators, lifts or hoisting machines, or oiling hazardous or dangerous machinery in motion.
(h) Switch tending, gate tending, or track repairing.
2. No child under the age of 16 years shall be employed or permitted or suffered to work as a brakeman, fireman, engineer, motorman or conductor upon any railroad in or about establishments where nitroglycerin, dynamite, dualin, guncotton, gunpowder or other high or dangerous explosives are manufactured, compounded or stored.
3. No child under the age of 16 years shall be employed or permitted or suffered to work in any other employment declared by the Labor Commissioner to be dangerous to the lives or limbs, or injurious to the health or morals, of children under the age of 16 years.
[2:232:1913; 1919 RL p. 2649; NCL § 1048] + [5:232:1913; 1919 RL p. 2649; NCL § 1051]—(NRS A 1973, 550)

Structure Nevada Revised Statutes

Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 609 - Employment of Minors

NRS 609.185 - "Motion picture" defined.

NRS 609.190 - Employing or permitting child under 16 years of age to work in certain occupations prohibited.

NRS 609.200 - Determination by Labor Commissioner that certain employment dangerous or injurious to children under 16 years of age.

NRS 609.210 - Employing or exhibiting minor in certain injurious, immoral or dangerous activities: Criminal penalty.

NRS 609.221 - Prohibition by Labor Commissioner of employment of children under age of 16 years in certain sales activities.

NRS 609.230 - Employing or permitting minor to work as messenger: Limitations.

NRS 609.240 - Maximum hours of employment of child under 16 years of age.

NRS 609.245 - Employment of child under 14 years of age unlawful without written permission of district judge or designee.

NRS 609.250 - Employment of child under 14 years of age unlawful when school in session; exceptions.

NRS 609.260 - Superintendent of public instruction and attendance officer may demand proof of age of employed minor.

NRS 609.400 - Definitions.

NRS 609.410 - "Contract" defined.

NRS 609.420 - "Court" defined.

NRS 609.430 - "Interested party" defined.

NRS 609.440 - "Minor" defined.

NRS 609.450 - "Net earnings" defined.

NRS 609.460 - "Petition" defined.

NRS 609.470 - "Petitioner" defined.

NRS 609.500 - Petition for approval of contract: Filing; contents; attachments; refiling.

NRS 609.510 - Petition for approval of contract: Hearing; scope of evidence.

NRS 609.520 - Petition for approval of contract: Grounds for granting or denying petition; issuance of order granting or denying petition; effect of order.

NRS 609.530 - Appointment of special guardian if court grants petition; special guardian to hold certain net earnings of minor; expiration of special guardian’s role.

NRS 609.540 - Certain amount of net earnings to be set aside for minor; modification of amount to be set aside; disposition, upon termination of contract, of amount set aside.

NRS 609.550 - Limitation on minor’s ability to dispute validity of contract approved by court.

NRS 609.560 - Finality of courts’ rulings concerning contract.

NRS 609.570 - Limitation on effect of NRS 609.400 to 609.570, inclusive.

NRS 609.650 - Criminal penalty.

NRS 609.652 - Administrative penalty.