Fla. Admin. Code Ann. R. 61L-2.002 - Definitions
Unless otherwise specified, the terms and definitions contained in Section 450.012, F.S., are incorporated by reference. As used in Chapter 61L-2, F.A.C., and in the Child Labor Law, Chapter 450, Part I, F.S., the following words, phrases or terms shall mean:
(1) "Age" - When a particular
age is cited, it shall mean any person who has not yet reached his or her next
birthday. For example, "10 years of age or younger" refers to persons who have
not yet reached their eleventh (11th) birthday; and "minors 16 and 17 years of
age" refer to persons who have reached their sixteenth (16th) birthday, but
have not reached their eighteenth (18th) birthday.
(2) "Chaperone" shall mean a person, at least
eighteen (18) years of age, who has written permission of a minor's parent(s)
or guardian to supervise the minor.
(3) "Child Labor Law" shall mean Chapter 450,
Part I, F.S.
(4) "Close
Supervision" shall mean supervision by an adult who remains within sight of the
minor.
(5) "Corrosives" shall mean
all substances, liquid or solid, that cause destruction of human skin tissue or
have a severe corrosion rate on steel or aluminum.
(6) "Domestic work" shall mean household
chores such as baby sitting, sweeping, mopping, cleaning, and/or emptying
trash, which are performed in a private residence or nursing home.
(7) "Electric utility" shall have the same
meaning as the term is defined at Section
366.02(2),
F.S.
(8) "Employ" shall mean put to
use or service, engage the services of, or cause, permit, or suffer anyone to
work.
(9) "Employer" shall mean any
person, business, company, corporation, officer or director of a corporation,
or general or limited partner of a business which employs a minor, or has
control over the hours and/or working conditions of the minor.
(10) "Guardian" shall mean a person appointed
by a court of this state, or any other state, or country, to act on behalf of
the minor's person.
(11) "Hazardous
occupations" shall mean those occupations designated as hazardous occupations
in Section 450.061, F.S., and in Rule
61L-2.005, F.A.C.
(12) "Pesticide" shall mean those chemicals
defined in Section 487.021(49),
F.S.
(13) "School day" shall mean
any day or days designated for school attendance for a particular minor by the
school in which the minor is enrolled. When a student is participating in a
vocational or home-schooling program approved by the minor's assigned school or
school district, that student's school days shall be set by the student's
vocational instructor or home-teacher.
(14) "School hours" shall mean those hours
designated for school attendance for a particular minor by the school in which
the minor is enrolled. When a student is participating in a vocation or
home-schooling program approved by the minor's assigned school or school
district, that student's school hours shall be set by the student's vocational
instructor or home-teacher.
(15)
"Six consecutive days" shall mean six consecutive 24-hour periods during which
work is performed without a 24-hour period of non-work.
(16) "Touring company" shall mean any
for-profit employer in the entertainment industry which presents entertainment
productions to the public on a touring basis and which, as part of such tour,
presents any such production(s) in Florida as part of a multi-state tour. The
term is not intended to cover performances by minors employed by theme parks
which may have many locations, nor is it intended to cover production or
promotional activities which may require travel.
(17) "Vocational Education" shall mean all
Department of Education approved job training programs, and job preparatory
programs administered by the Agency for Workforce Innovation, or by other
departments of the state, and federal programs, including the following
programs now existing or similar programs developed hereafter: Work Experience
and Career Exploration, Diversified Cooperative Training, Marketing Education,
Adult Migrant Education, Job Training Partnership Act, Vocational
Rehabilitation, Apprenticeship, and Job Corps.
(18) "Work" shall mean any activity which is
performed by a minor at the direction of, or scheduled by, his or her employer,
and shall include time spent performing activities at the direction of, or
scheduled by, the employer which are preliminary to or postliminary to the
minor's principal activity or activities. The term shall also include time
spent by minors traveling from their permanent, or temporary living quarters,
such as their home, hotel room, train-car, travel-trailer, or bus, to any site
where the minor performs his or her work activities, and the return trip back,
but only if such travel is required by, scheduled by, or arranged by the
employer.
Notes
Rulemaking Authority 450.061 FS. Law Implemented 450.001, 450.021, 450.061, 450.081, 450.161 FS.
New 10-7-93, Formerly 38H-14.002.
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