SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1684, 2823 PRINTER'S NO. 3139
No. 1431 Session of 1975
INTRODUCED BY MESSRS. ZELLER, A. K. HUTCHINSON, RENWICK, ZWIKL,
MUSTO, PITTS, VROON, McCLATCHY, VALICENTI AND GREEN,
JUNE 10, 1975
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, IN SENATE, MAY 10, 1976
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of May 13, 1915 (P.L.286, No.177), entitled, as
2 amended, "An act to provide for the health, safety, and
3 welfare of minors; By forbidding their employment or work in
4 certain establishments and occupations, and under certain
5 specified ages; by restricting their hours of labor, and
6 regulating certain conditions of their employment; by
7 requiring employment certificates for certain minors, and
8 prescribing the kinds thereof, and the rules for the
9 issuance, reissuance, filing, return, and recording of the
10 same; by providing that the Industrial Board shall, under
11 certain conditions, determine and declare whether certain
12 occupations are within the prohibitions of this act;
13 requiring certain abstracts and notices to be posted;
14 providing for the enforcement of this act by the Secretary of
15 Labor and Industry, the representative of school districts,
16 and police officers; and defining the procedure in
17 prosecutions thereunder, and establishing certain
18 presumptions in relation thereto; providing for the issuance
19 of special permits for minors engaging in the entertainment
20 and related fields; providing penalties for the violation of
21 the provisions thereof; and repealing all acts or parts of
22 acts inconsistent therewith," changing the applicability of
23 the act to members of volunteer fire companies, volunteer
24 ambulance corps, and rescue squads in certain instances.
25 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
26 hereby enacts as follows:
27 Section 1. Subsection (f) of section 7.3, act of May 13,
28 1915 (P.L.286, No.177), known as the "Child Labor Law," added
1 June 27, 1973 (P.L.70, No.30), is amended and a subsection is
2 added to read:
3 Section 7.3. Minor Volunteer Fire Company, Volunteer
4 Ambulance Corps, Volunteer Rescue Squads and Volunteer Forest
5 Fire Crew Member Activities.--* * *
6 (f) All other existing provisions of this act and the
7 regulations promulgated thereunder affecting the employment of
8 minors shall be applicable in all cases, including the
9 requirements for employment certificates and the limitations on
10 hours of employment: Provided, That a minor sixteen or seventeen
11 years of age who is a member of a volunteer fire company who
12 answers a fire call while lawfully employed and continues in
13 such service until excused by the one acting as chief of that
14 fire company shall not be considered in violation of this act
15 for any part of the period so occupied.
16 (g) Any minor who is a member of a volunteer ambulance corps
17 or rescue squad may participate in training and any other
18 activity as provided by regulations adopted by the Department of
19 Labor and Industry BUT IN ANY CASE, DRIVERS OF ALL AMBULANCES OR <--
20 OTHER OFFICIAL AMBULANCE CORPS OR RESCUE SQUAD VEHICLES MUST BE
21 EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE.
22 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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