South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 12 - Child Labor--Discrimination On Basis Of Sex
Section 60-12-1 - Maximum hours for children under sixteen--Exceptions--Misdemeanor.

60-12-1. Maximum hours for children under sixteen--Exceptions--Misdemeanor.
No unemancipated child under sixteen years of age may be employed for more than four hours in any school day, twenty hours in any school week, eight hours in any nonschool day, forty hours in any nonschool week, or after 10 p.m. in any day that precedes a school day. The provisions of this section do not apply to children employed as actors or performers in motion pictures, theatrical, radio, or television productions. The provisions of this section do not apply to roguing or detasselling of hybrid seedcorn for any nonschool day or nonschool week. The employment of a child in violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.

Source: SDC 1939, §§17.0601, 17.9901; SDCL, §60-12-10; SL 1973, ch 303, §1; SL 1978, ch 359, §2; SL 1991, ch 411, §1; SL 1992, ch 360; SL 1994, ch 391.

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Structure South Dakota Codified Laws

South Dakota Codified Laws

Title 60 - Labor and Employment

Chapter 12 - Child Labor--Discrimination On Basis Of Sex

Section 60-12-1 - Maximum hours for children under sixteen--Exceptions--Misdemeanor.

Section 60-12-1.1 - School day and school week defined.

Section 60-12-2 - Employment of child under fourteen years of age restricted--Violation as misdemeanor.

Section 60-12-3 - Prohibited employment or exploitation of minors--Separate age limit for pumping fuel--Misdemeanor--Employment by parents excepted--License, permit, or certificate for agricultural employment.

Section 60-12-5 - Labor of minor necessary for support--Permit authorizing employment.

Section 60-12-6 - Records of employment of children required--Public inspection--Misdemeanor.

Section 60-12-7 - Cleanliness, ventilation and rest rooms in shops employing children--Dressing rooms--Misdemeanor.