PRINTER'S NO. 341
No. 337 Session of 1979
INTRODUCED BY SCANLON, FEBRUARY 27, 1979
REFERRED TO LABOR AND INDUSTRY, FEBRUARY 27, 1979
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," authorizing certified nurse
23 practitioners to administer certain physicals.
24 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
25 hereby enacts as follows:
26 Section 1. Section 14, act of May 13, 1915 (P.L.286,
27 No.177), known as the "Child Labor Law," amended January 26,
28 1966 (1965 P.L.1590, No.559), is amended to read:
29 Section 14. The certificate of physical fitness required by
1 this act shall state that the minor has been thoroughly examined
2 by the said examining physician or certified nurse practitioner
3 at the time of the application for an employment certificate,
4 and is physically qualified for the employment specified in the
5 statement of the prospective employer. In any case where the
6 said physician or certified nurse practitioner shall deem it
7 advisable, he may issue a certificate of physical fitness for a
8 limited time; at the expiration of which time the holder shall
9 again appear, and submit to a new examination before being
10 permitted to continue at work. Except as hereinafter provided,
11 in a school district of the first, second, or third class the
12 physical examination of a minor provided for by this act shall
13 be made by a physician or certified nurse practitioner employed
14 by the board of school directors of the school district in which
15 such minor resides, and in a district of the fourth class by a
16 physician or certified nurse practitioner appointed by the State
17 Department of Health and the certificate of physical fitness
18 provided for by this act shall be signed by said physician or
19 certified nurse practitioner, and no fee or other compensation
20 for such service shall be required to be paid by such minor or
21 by his parent or guardian: Provided, however, That any minor
22 may, at his own expense, have the physical examination provided
23 for by this act made and the certificate of physical fitness
24 signed by his family physician, as defined in section 1401 of
25 the Public School Code of 1949, and its amendments. Any physical
26 examination required by this act to be accomplished as a
27 condition of employment which would be equal to or more
28 comprehensive than the standard examination given by the school
29 physician, or certified nurse practitioner or family physician
30 will be deemed to meet the requirements of this section, and the
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1 certificate of physical fitness may be signed by the physician
2 designated by the prospective employer to perform such
3 examination.
4 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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