Nevada § 609.190 - Employing or permitting child under 16 years of age to work in certain occupations prohibited
Full text of Nevada Nevada Revised Statutes § 609.190 — Employing or permitting child under 16 years of age to work in certain occupations prohibited, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 609.190. Employing or permitting child under 16 years of age to work in certain occupations prohibited
1. No child under the age of 16 years shall be employed, permitted or suffered to
work in any capacity in, about or in connection with: (a) The preparation of any composition in which dangerous or poisonous acids are used. (b) The manufacture of paints, colors or white lead. (c) Dipping, drying or packing matches. (d) The manufacture of goods for immoral purposes. (e) Any mine, coal breaker, quarry, smelter, ore reduction works, laundry, tobacco
warehouse, cigar factory or other factory where tobacco is manufactured or prepared. (f) Any distillery, brewery or any other establishment where malt or alcoholic liquors
are manufactured, packed, wrapped or bottled. (g) Any glass furnace, smelter, the outside erection and repair of electric wires,
the running or management of elevators, lifts or hoisting machines, or oiling hazardous
or dangerous machinery in motion. (h) Switch tending, gate tending, or track repairing. 2. No child under the age of 16 years shall be employed or permitted or suffered to
work as a brakeman, fireman, engineer, motorman or conductor upon any railroad in
or about establishments where nitroglycerin, dynamite, dualin, guncotton, gunpowder
or other high or dangerous explosives are manufactured, compounded or stored. 3. No child under the age of 16 years shall be employed or permitted or suffered to
work in any other employment declared by the Labor Commissioner to be dangerous to
the lives or limbs, or injurious to the health or morals, of children under the age
of 16 years.
Source: official Nevada text · Last verified 2026-08-27
Frequently Asked Questions About Nevada § 609.190
What does Nevada Revised Statutes § 609.190 cover?
Section 609.190 ("Employing or permitting child under 16 years of age to work in certain occupations prohibited") is part of the Nevada Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Nevada. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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