HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 341, 910 PRINTER'S NO. 1171
No. 337 Session of 1979
INTRODUCED BY SCANLON, FEBRUARY 27, 1979
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON LABOR RELATIONS, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, OCTOBER 2, 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:
1 Section 14. The certificate of physical fitness required by
2 this act shall state that the minor has been thoroughly examined
3 by the said examining physician or certified nurse practitioner, <--
4 CERTIFIED NURSE PRACTITIONER, OR CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE
5 PRACTITIONER at the time of the application for an employment
6 certificate, and is physically qualified for the employment
7 specified in the statement of the prospective employer. In any
8 case where the said physician or certified nurse practitioner, <--
9 CERTIFIED NURSE PRACTITIONER, OR CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE
10 PRACTITIONER shall deem it advisable, he may issue a certificate
11 of physical fitness for a limited time; at the expiration of
12 which time the holder shall again appear, and submit to a new
13 examination before being permitted to continue at work. Except
14 as hereinafter provided, in a school district of the first,
15 second, or third class the physical examination of a minor
16 provided for by this act shall be made by a physician or <--
17 certified nurse practitioner, CERTIFIED NURSE PRACTITIONER, OR <--
18 CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE PRACTITIONER employed by the board of
19 school directors of the school district in which such minor
20 resides, and in a district of the fourth class by a physician or <--
21 certified nurse practitioner, CERTIFIED NURSE PRACTITIONER, OR <--
22 CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE PRACTITIONER appointed by the State
23 Department of Health and the certificate of physical fitness
24 provided for by this act shall be signed by said physician or <--
25 certified nurse practitioner, CERTIFIED NURSE PRACTITIONER, OR <--
26 CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE PRACTITIONER, and no fee or other
27 compensation for such service shall be required to be paid by
28 such minor or by his parent or guardian: Provided, however, That
29 any minor may, at his own expense, have the physical examination
30 provided for by this act made and the certificate of physical
19790S0337B1171 - 2 -
1 fitness signed by his family physician, as defined in section
2 1401 of the Public School Code of 1949, and its amendments. Any
3 physical examination required by this act to be accomplished as
4 a condition of employment which would be equal to or more
5 comprehensive than the standard examination given by the school
6 physician, or certified nurse practitioner, CERTIFIED NURSE <--
7 PRACTITIONER, OR CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE PRACTITIONER or
8 family physician will be deemed to meet the requirements of this
9 section, and the certificate of physical fitness may be signed
10 by the physician designated by the prospective employer to
11 perform such examination. For the purposes of this section,
12 "certified nurse practitioner" shall mean a certified school
13 nurse who is a graduate of a nurse practitioner program which
14 has been approved by the Department of Health School Nurse
15 Advisory Committee, OR A CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE PRACTITIONER <--
16 WHO HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE STATE BOARD OF NURSE EXAMINERS OF
17 THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
18 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
B15L31CVV/19790S0337B1171 - 3 -