COMPILED CODE - Iowa Legislature - State of Iowa

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§ 888. BUREAU OP LABOR. Tit. V, Ch. 6.
13 the employer within two days to the officer who issued it with a state-
14 ment of the reasons for the termination of such employment. A work
15 permit shall be issued only by the superintendent of schools or by a
16 person authorized by him in writing, or, where there is no superin-
17 tendent of schools, by a person authorized in writing by the local
18 school board in the community where such child resides, upon the
19 application of the parent, guardian or custodian of the child desiring
20 such permit. The person authorized to issue work permits shall not
21 issue any such permit until he has received, examined, approved and
22 filed the following papers duly executed, namely:
23 1. A written agreement from the person, firm or corporation into
24 whose service the child under sixteen years of age is about to enter,
25 promising to give such child employment, describing the work to be
26 performed and agreeing to return the work permit of such child to
27 the office from which it was issued within two days after the termina-
28 tion of the employment of such child.
29 2. The school record of such child filled out and signed by the
30 chief executive of the school which such child has last attended certi-
31 fying that the child is able to read intelligently and write legibly
32 simple sentences in the English language and has completed a course
33 of study equivalent to six yearly grades in reading, writing, spelling,
34 English language, geography, and arithmetic. Such school record
35 shall give also the name, date of birth and residence of the child as
36 known on the records of the school and also the name of its parent,
37 guardian or custodian.
38 3. A certificate signed by a medical inspector of schools or if
39 there be no such inspector then by a physician appointed by the board
40 of education certifying that the applicant for the work permit has
41 reached the normal development of a child of its age and is in suf-
42 ficiently sound health and physically able to perform the work for
43 which the permit is sought.
44 4. Evidence of age showing that the child is fourteen years old
45 or upwards which shall consist of one of the following proofs required
46 in the order herein designated as follows :
47 a A transcript of the birth certificate filed according to law with
48 a registrar of vital statistics or other officer charged with the duty of
49 recording births.
50 6 A passport or a transcript of a certificate of baptism showing
51 the date of birth and place of baptism of such child.
52 c A. school census record.
53 d In cases where none of the above named proofs is obtainable,
54 a certificate signed by the local medical inspector of schools, or if there
55 be no such inspector then by a physician appointed by the local board
56 of education certifying that in his opinion the applicant for the work
57 permit is fourteen years of age or upwards.
58 A duplicate of every such work permit issued shall be filled out
59 and forwarded to the office of the commissioner of labor between the
60 first and the tenth day of the month following the month in which it
61 is issued. The blank forms for the work permit, the employer's agree-
62 ment, the school record and the physician's certificate shall be formu-
63 lated by the state superintendent of public instruction and furnished
64 by him to the local school authorities. The work permit shall in no
65 case be issued to the applicant or its parent, guardian or custodian,
66 but shall in every case be forwarded to the prospective employer of