Child Labor

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This is Chapter 5 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Child Labor.” It is part of Title 40.1 “Labor and Employment”.

It’s comprised of the following 43 sections.

§ 40.1-100	Certain employment prohibited or limited
§ 40.1-100.1	Employment where hazard capable of causing serious physical harm or death
§ 40.1-100.2	Employment involving sexually explicit visual material prohibited
§ 40.1-101	Qualifications as to theaters
§ 40.1-102	Issuance of theatrical permit
§ 40.1-103	Cruelty and injuries to children; penalty; abandoned infant
§ 40.1-104	Age certificates
§ 40.1-105	Repealed
§ 40.1-106	Repealed
§ 40.1-109	Newspaper carriers on regular routes; hours
§ 40.1-109.1	Child engaged in the work of content creation; criteria
§ 40.1-109.2	Child engaged in the work of content creation; trust account
§ 40.1-110	Repealed
§ 40.1-111	Repealed
§ 40.1-112	Solicitation generally
§ 40.1-113	Child labor offenses; civil penalties
§ 40.1-114	Enforcement of child labor law
§ 40.1-115	School attendance
§ 40.1-116	Curfew ordinances not affected
§ 40.1-78	Employment of children under fourteen and sixteen
§ 40.1-79	Repealed
§ 40.1-79.01	Exemptions from chapter generally
§ 40.1-79.1	Exemptions from chapter generally; participation in volunteer fire company activities
§ 40.1-80	Repealed
§ 40.1-80.1	Employment of children
§ 40.1-81	Repealed
§ 40.1-81.1	Records to be kept by employers
§ 40.1-82	Repealed
§ 40.1-83	Repealed
§ 40.1-84	Employment certificate required
§ 40.1-85	Kinds of employment certificates
§ 40.1-86	Repealed
§ 40.1-87	Vacation or part-time employment certificate
§ 40.1-88	Work-training certificate
§ 40.1-89	Same; employment not allowed; revocation of certificate
§ 40.1-90	Repealed
§ 40.1-92	Issuance of certificates
§ 40.1-93	Proof required for employment certificate
§ 40.1-94	Proofs of age
§ 40.1-95	Repealed
§ 40.1-96	Contents of employment certificates
§ 40.1-97	Repealed
§ 40.1-98	Repealed