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CR 190.2
 

190.2 Employment or exhibition of children as models
  1. A minor employed, used, exhibited, or caused to be exhibited as a model shall be accompanied by the parent or guardian of such minor or by an adult designated in writing by such parent or guardian provided that in relation to a minor fifteen years of age or under the employer of the minor may not be so designated by the parent or guardian.
  2. No minor shall be employed, used, exhibited, or caused to be exhibited as a model during the hours he is required to be in attendance in the school in which he is enrolled.
  3. (1) No minor under 7 years of age shall be employed, used, exhibited, or caused to be exhibited as a model for more than 2 hours in any 1 day and not more than 10 hours in any 1 week nor shall such minor be so employed, used, exhibited, or caused to be exhibited during the hours of 6 p.m. to 9 a.m.

(2)(i) No minor 7 years of age through 13 years of age, in any week during which the school said minor attends is in session, shall be employed, used, exhibited, or caused to be exhibited as a model more than 3 hours in any day in which such school is in session or 4 hours in any one day in which such school is not in session but not more than 18 hours in any such week.
    1. No minor 7 yeas of age through 13 years of age, in any week during which the school said minor attends is not in session, shall be employed, used, exhibited, or caused to be exhibited as a model more than 4 hours in any 1 day but not more than 20 hours in any such week.
    2. No such minor shall be employed, used, exhibited or caused to be exhibited between the hours of 6 p.m. and 9 a.m.

(3) (i) No minor 14 or 15 years of age, in any week during which the school said minor attends is in session, shall be employed, used, exhibited, or caused to be exhibited as a model more than 3 hours in any 1 day in which such school is in session or 8 hours in any 1 day in which such school is not in session, but not more than 23 hours in any such week.
    1. No minor 14 or 15 years of age, in any week during which the school said minor attends is not in session, shall be employed, used, exhibited, or caused to be exhibited as a model more than 8 hours in any 1 day but not more than 40 hours in any such week.
    2. No such minor shall be employed, used, exhibited, or caused to be exhibited between the hours of 6 p.m. and 9 a.m.

(4) (i) No minor 16 or 17 years of age, in any week during which the school said minor attends is in session, shall be employed, used, exhibited, or caused to be exhibited as a model more than 4 hours in any 1 day in which such school is in session or 8 hours of any 1 day in which such school is not in session but not more than 28 hours in any such week.
    1. No minor 16 or 17 years of age, in any week during which the school said minor attends is not in session, shall be employed, used, exhibited, or caused to be exhibited as a model more than 8 hours of any 1 day but not more than 48 hours in any such week.
    2. No male minor 16 or 17 years of age shall be employed, used, exhibited, or caused to be exhibited as a model between 12 o’clock midnight and 6 a.m. and no such female minor shall be so employed between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m.
  1. Child model work permits shall accompany each minor employed, used, exhibited, or caused to be exhibited as a model and each person employing, using, or exhibiting the minor shall at the beginning and at the completion of such employment, use, or exhibition for each day indicate the exact hours of such employment, use or exhibition and shall in addition indicate the total hours of such employment, use, or exhibition for such day.
  2. The certificate of physical fitness issued to each minor employed, used, exhibited, or caused to be exhibited as a child model shall, in the case of such minor who is in attendance at a school, be made by the medical inspector charged with the duty of making physical examinations of all school children and for each such minor not in attendance at a school shall be made by a physician licensed to practice medicine in the State of New York except that in a city of 1,000,000 population such certificate shall be issued only by a physician designated by the Department of Health if the minor is of school age.
  3. A child model work permit shall be issued by the superintendent of schools in cities and school districts employing a superintendent of schools and elsewhere by the district superintendent of schools. A superintendent of schools or district superintendent of schools may designate in writing one or more public school officials to act as certifying officers in his stead.
  4. A child model work permit may be revoked by the certifying officer at any time for any violation of law or of these regulations or for any other good cause.